This turn-of-the-century townhouse on Beacon Hill with five levels of living space was updated in a way that preserved its authentic charm while adding contemporary features.
The 10-room single-family brick rowhouse at 22 Joy St. — built in 1890 — was completely redone in 2006 with a granite, cherrywood and stainless-steel kitchen and a spacious top-floor master bedroom suite. The 3,096-square-foot home with formal dining and living areas, double Victorian parlors with wood-burning fireplaces, and a private courtyard and third-floor deck is listed for $2,700,000.
The makeover also included a two-zone gas-fired heating and central air-conditioning system, new electrical and plumbing, five updated bathrooms and recessed lighting throughout. The brick exterior was repointed and large four-pane windows had their rope-and-pulley systems updated with custom shutters. But much of the original woodwork, including door and window moldings, wide-pine floors, staircases, wood-burning fireplaces and top-floor wood beams, has been retained.
You enter through a double set of wood doors into an oak-floored foyer with a sweeping staircase. A formal dining room to the right is walled off from the foyer and accessed through French doors around a corner. The dining room has a wood-burning fireplace, recessed lighting and an original exposed beam.
The adjacent living room also has an original wood-burning fireplace and a recessed-lit tray ceiling with an exposed beam. In one corner is a wet bar added in 2006 with Green Goddess granite counters and a Marvel wine cooler. Windows from this room and the adjacent kitchen look out on a narrow private courtyard.
You step down from here into a long kitchen and breakfast nook with four large windows overlooking the courtyard and a leaded glass door that opens onto it.
Redone in 2006, the kitchen has dark cherry-wood floors, light cherrywood cabinets and Green Goddess granite countertops. There are also two stainless-steel sinks, two wall ovens and two wine coolers. Stainless-steel appliances also include a Sub- Zero refrigerator, G.E. Profile dishwasher and gas stovetop with a Zephyr hood.
A restored original winding staircase leads up to the second floor, where there are two Victorian parlors with original wide-pine floors and pine wainscoting. The front parlor, currently outfitted as a home office, has two tall windows, recessed lighting, and a wood-burning fireplace with a marble mantel.
The back parlor, currently outfitted as a den, has its own wet bar with Green Goddess granite and a Marvel wine cooler and an original brick fireplace. Off this room is a small bedroom, and there's a half-bath off the hallway.
There are two more bedrooms on the third floor with restored pine floors, recessed lighting and large windows. The front bedroom has a wood-burning fireplace, and the rear bedroom opens out onto a good-sized private deck. There's a full bathroom on this floor with a Green Goddess granite vanity and a white-tiled walk-in shower.
The entire fourth floor of the townhouse is a master bedroom suite with vaulted ceilings, original wood beams and exposed brick walls. The oak-floored bedroom has custom lighting and lots of closet space. The en-suite master bathroom, also with oak floors, has a clawfoot tub as its centerpiece.
There's a marble-line shower and wood vanity topped by white vessel sinks and high-end wall faucets.
The finished basement has beige ceramic tile floors. There's a family room, off which is a European full bathroom with a showerhead in the wall. Off the family room is a closet with a Kenmore washer and dryer, and closets holding the home's two-zone heating and central air-conditioning system replaced in 2006.
There's also an exercise room with barrel vaulted openings for storage, and stairs up to a bulkhead that opens into the courtyard.
Parking is on-street with a residential permit, as there is no on-site space.
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