House of the Week: $5.3 million for a High Park Edwardian with a fireplace flown in from France

Neighbourhood: High Park–Swansea Price: $5,299,000 Size: 6,000 square feet Bedrooms: 4+2 Bathrooms: 5

Real estate agent: Ashley Shaw, Sotheby’s International Realty

The Place

A four-plus-two-bedroom, five-bathroom heritage home on the northeastern edge of High Park. Recently renovated, the house comes with a hand-carved marble fireplace flown in from France, white-oak floors, a sparkling kitchen and 100-year-old windows. Residents are within walking distance of Keele station and the many restaurants, boutiques and coffee shops along Roncesvalles. And motorists are a short drive from the Gardiner.

The History

This stately Edwardian was built in 1917. The current owner redesigned its interior with classic European finishes and natural light top of mind.

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The Tour

The façade is adorned in red brick—a bright background for the cobblestone driveway and manicured garden.

The porch, revamped with composite wood, overlooks the famously leafy neighbourhood.

In the living room: white-oak herringbone floors, crown-moulded everything and a hand-crafted marble gas fireplace from France.

A different angle highlights one of the home’s many bay windows.

Here we have the powder room, whose door features a design carved directly into the wood. Note the original stained-glass windows on the left.

Down the hall is the open-concept kitchen, dining area and family room. That’s heritage plaster work surrounding the chandeliers.

The backsplash and island are lined with Italian porcelain.

There are also custom cabinets that camouflage the appliances, including a Thermador fridge and coffee station. The stove is La Cornue.

Opposite the island, residents will find built-in millwork with several displays and a bevelled diamond window.

Now for the family room, complete with another gas fireplace. Those windows double as bi-folding doors that descend into the backyard.

Here’s the staircase, wrapped in iron rails.

Moving upstairs reveals the main suite, which is peppered with skylights.

The main bedroom comes with 10-foot vaulted ceilings and enough space for a lounge.

And here’s the walk-in closet.

This is the spa-inspired main ensuite. It has two matching vanities, marble floors, a glass shower, a soaker tub and its own skylight.

The bedroom also walks out to this private terrace.

See?

Here’s one of the secondary bedrooms. The dramatic floral wallpaper is a nice touch.

And here’s a peek inside one of the secondary ensuites, this one with a dresser-style vanity and a herringbone rainfall shower.

Moving downstairs, the basement has its own sound system built into the nine-foot ceilings. The space is ideal for hosting.

There’s also a gym down here.

And this is the basement bathroom.

The backyard is all about black accents: the window trim, the furniture, the cobblestones and the fence with a bonus lattice design on top for privacy.

Finally, here’s the garage, which looks more like a post-industrial studio. But it can still fit two cars.

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