Home of the Week: Winthrop Victorian is a bright spot on a wintry day
With pops of color and a turret sunroom, this four-bedroom property is a retreat for all seasons. Continue reading at realestate.boston.com.
24 Temple Ave., Winthrop
$1,349,900
Style Victorian
Year built 1900
Square feet 2,922
Bedrooms 5
Baths 2 full, 2 half
Water/Sewer Public
Taxes $9,209 (2021)
This 121-year-old Victorian is just a short walk to the shores of Winthrop Beach, but it offers glimpses of Boston Harbor, not Logan Airport. That view is reserved for the other side of town.
The elaborate and colorful front door opens into a chandeliered foyer with 10-foot ceilings, a working fireplace with a gorgeous white marble mantel, and a stairwell on the right to the two upper floors.
To the left, one finds the living room and a key feature in Victorian homes: a turret. In this iteration, the circular space the tower forms is a light-bringer with three curved windows. The view into the room from this perch is a second white marble fireplace, thick crown molding, hardwood flooring, recessed lighting, and a disk-like period light fixture with flecks of colored glass.
A pocket door separates the living room and the dining room, where a crystal candle-like chandelier hangs from a plaster medallion and casts a brilliant glow on the cherry-red walls. A built-in china cabinet holds court in the corner of the room, which also contains a pair of windows, thin crown molding, tall baseboards, and French doors to the family room, where the bright walls give way to a neutral palette, wide crown molding, and a wood ceiling that flows into the dining area of the eat-in kitchen.
The flooring shifts to large format marble tile in the kitchen. The 755-square-foot kitchen has been fully updated to include granite counters; high-end stainless steel appliances, including a wine chiller and a gas stove with a grilling area; an island with seating; two sinks; and dark honey-colored, raised-panel cabinetry with smokey-glass doors. The working area of the kitchen is awash in brightness from three pendant fixtures with mosaic glass and recessed lighting, a combination that creates bursts of pattern on the orange walls. A slider opens to the deck, which offers a great spot to relax after swimming in the heated in-ground pool.
A half bath with a long baroque-style mirror and a matching vanity topped with a step-edged granite counter completes this floor.
The second level holds the owner suite, two bedrooms, and a shared bath. The owner suite, which is roughly 265 square feet, boasts the bay windows of the turret and has wide crown molding that seriously hugs its curves. A crystal and brass light fixture that mimics flowers hangs from a plaster medallion, and the flooring is hardwood. The en-suite shower-only bath has lavender walls, white ceramic tile flooring, and a nondescript vanity with a granite countertop.
The larger of the two other bedrooms (157 square feet versus 130) offers pairs of windows and closets. The other has a single closet and two windows. They share a full bath with a tub/shower combination, a white ceramic tile floor, a window, green foliage-like walls, and a dual vanity topped with Formica.
The top floor contains the fifth bedroom, a sunroom at the top of the turret, and storage.
The partially finished basement is utilitarian and provides a laundry area, a sink, cabinetry, and a half bath with a single vanity and tile flooring. The home sits on 0.15 of an acre.
Anna Colletta of C&C Realty Associates in Melrose has the listing.
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