Home of the Week: Roslindale Victorian with alcove bed, stained glass
This Queen Anne, built in 1893, is priced at $875,000. View more listings to buy or rent in Boston at realestate.boston.com.
58 Hewlett St., Roslindale
$875,000
Style: Queen Anne Victorian
Year built: 1893
Square feet: 2,148
Bedrooms: 4
Baths: 1 full, 1 half
Sewer/water: Public
Taxes: $6,298 (2018, without residential exemption)
This Queen Anne Victorian was the first house built on Hewlett Street, according to the listing. That was nearly 125 years ago, and successive owners have incorporated changes while conserving the past.
During one such renovation, a prior owner summoned a master carpenter, whose exquisite creations are found throughout the house.
The home has a broad and welcoming front porch that opens into the foyer, where a new element — chosen because it looks old — has been installed: a gas-fired heater. The fixture, which looks like a coal-burning stove, sits next to the front stairwell and spreads warmth through much of the house via a fan.
To the right is the living room. Nestled in the front of the house, it has a classic Victorian touch, a bay window. An oval plaster medallion hosts a Rejuvenation chandelier with gaslight glass shades. Refurbished metal registers are hidden under deliberately understated two-toned wooden covers crafted by the master carpenter. There are several of these in the home.
A working pocket door separates the living and dining rooms. The dining room features crown molding and its own Rejuvenation chandelier, this time displayed under a circular plaster medallion. Adjacent is a half bath with white Nantucket bead-board wainscot underneath sky blue walls.
Around the corner is an expansive kitchen with solid-wood cabinets painted an antiqued moss green, a subway tile backsplash, and light-colored granite counters. The appliances, including the gas stove, are stainless steel. Opposite the long counter with the sink is another set of cabinets; the upper level has translucent glass doors, and the lower offers long and wide drawers. Undermount lights shine on the granite countertop.
In the center of the kitchen is a custom-made table with a natural-finish maple top and farmhouse-style legs painted a moss green to match the cabinets. The table, built for the kitchen, is for sale with the house.
The front stairwell includes a landing that boasts a trio of stained-glass windows with geometric designs and pastel tones that color one’s journey upstairs, where two bedrooms and the home’s full bath are found.
The master bedroom is in the front of the house and has its own bay window, guaranteeing natural light floods the room. There is a ceiling fan with a light and an extensive closet with bi-fold doors and built-in shelving.
Thomas Jefferson would feel comfortable in the second of this home’s four bedrooms. Like in his famous Monticello, there is an alcove bed here. Made for this room, the bed is composed of Nantucket bead-board planks and has shelving. Underneath the bed are two long drawers. The ceiling is painted sky blue.
The full bath was created by combining a bedroom with the existing bathroom, and the result is a really comfortable space with a restored claw-foot tub, a separate shower with a clear-glass door and tile surround, and a double vanity with marble counters atop white cabinets. The bathroom has two large windows, but privacy is of no concern; the lower part of each is stained glass. The flooring is tile.
Completing the floor is an office with floor-to-ceiling bookshelves.
The third floor has two bedrooms, both of which are sunny places, thanks to full-size windows. The attic is plumbed for a bathroom.
The flooring on the first level is the original oak and fir. There is carpeting on the second and third floors. The windows are original to the house and have wavy glass, but the frames have been restored and insulated. They have storm windows.
The house has central air.
The property is a corner lot, so at 0.14 of an acre, it has a bit more backyard than some of the neighbors. The current owners installed irrigation systems for their garden, which includes peach and fig trees and blueberry bushes. A massive beech overlooks the garden and shed.
The basement has a poured-concrete floor, a skimcoat of concrete on the granite foundation, and a heat source — cast-iron radiators. There are two tandem parking spots in the driveway, which was recently refinished with pavers.
Stephen Lussier of Arborview Realty in Jamaica Plain is the listing agent.
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