This landmarked four-story Renaissance/Romanesque Revival brownstone on Sterling Place in Prospect Heights needs a bit of tending, but it’s a serious looker, loaded with original woodwork and other detail. Built circa 1897, it was designed by William H. Reynolds, whose Prospect Heights brownstones are “among the most beautiful and desirable homes in Brooklyn,” as Suzanne Spellen noted in this writeup.

She lauded the beautiful facade on this one, “resplendent in florid Byzantine leaf in terra-cotta, with bands of it ornamenting the curved bay, topped off by a cast metal cornice.”

It doesn’t disappoint on the inside either. Note the mantels and mirrors, the wainscoting, the crown moldings, the stained glass, and the wedding-cake plaster details on ceilings and friezes. The staircase is a very grand one with two giant pier mirrors and a bench with original hat hooks.

The lovely built-in glass-fronted cabinets in the rear parlor are a typical feature of Renaissance Revival houses.

This house also has three bathrooms with original tiles, antique fixtures and clawfoot tubs — the one pictured is a beaut, in remarkably good shape.


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The house is set up as a single-family, with the kitchen — which is a little drab for such a grand residence, but perfectly serviceable — on the garden level.

There’s acres of space above, with all the bedrooms, offices and nurseries a single family could want. It’s in fairly good shape, but not quite showroom condition — it could use some floor refinishing and the like.

The 3,940-square-foot house sits on a 19-foot-by-131-foot lot, so there’s an extra-deep rear garden, with a patchy lawn and some landscaping.

Listed by Gamal Hasan of Century 21, the house is asking $3.695 million. How do you like it?

[Listing: 321 Sterling Place | Broker: Century 21] GMAP

Brooklyn Homes for Sale in Prospect Heights at 321 Sterling Place

Brooklyn Homes for Sale in Prospect Heights at 321 Sterling Place

Brooklyn Homes for Sale in Prospect Heights at 321 Sterling Place

Brooklyn Homes for Sale in Prospect Heights at 321 Sterling Place

Brooklyn Homes for Sale in Prospect Heights at 321 Sterling Place

Brooklyn Homes for Sale in Prospect Heights at 321 Sterling Place

Brooklyn Homes for Sale in Prospect Heights at 321 Sterling Place

Brooklyn Homes for Sale in Prospect Heights at 321 Sterling Place

Brooklyn Homes for Sale in Prospect Heights at 321 Sterling Place

Brooklyn Homes for Sale in Prospect Heights at 321 Sterling Place

Brooklyn Homes for Sale in Prospect Heights at 321 Sterling Place

Brooklyn Homes for Sale in Prospect Heights at 321 Sterling Place

 

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