Behind the unassuming facade at 160 East 71st Street hides a Neo-Grec townhouse with unusual and charming features. The listing for the property, held by Patricia Wheatley and Nikki Field at Sotheby’s, touts the 4,625-square-foot townhouse’s eye-catching original architectural details, “from hardwood flooring with decorative boarders to substantial arched Mahogany casings.”
A unique banister and inlay on the stairs is inviting, while a wall of windows invites light into the kitchen area. The townhouse may be on the smaller side at 16 feet wide, but it doesn’t look like it—at least judging by the listing pictures.
The south-facing garden is landscaped in a tiered design, and is accessible from the second-floor library, pictured above, as well. A modern addition added a fifth floor that’s addressed on the floorplans as a media room, with front and rear terraces, but can also be used as a master suite. The townhouse has five bedrooms and four-and-a-half bathrooms in total, and is on the market for $9.8 million.
- Listing: 160 East 71st Street [Sotheby’s via StreetEasy]
- For sale in New York archives [Curbed]