The Castle on the Park, Estate of the Day

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed)
Mar 27th 2009 at 1:02PM

They call it the castle on the park but it's actually a former church. Today's home is a Gothic Revival building overlooking Dolores Park in San Francisco. It started off as a church back in 1909 and is now renovated into a three-bedroom home with plenty of stained glass and open spaces including the main hall on the ground floor. The home includes a new kitchen, a luxury master bath with a marble Roman tub, a master changing room, mahogany cabinets in the living room set against massive expanses of exposed brick. The church tower has 360 degree views from arched stained mahogany windows and roof-top deck and features a custom steel and transparent plexiglass spiral staircase. It's gorgeous space although it seems like a bit of a decorating challenge and will need of plenty of furniture to turn it into a warmer personal home. This home is listed at $9.95 million.

[via International Herald Tribune's Raising the Roof]
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shieldsbrown Mar 27th 2009 10:58PM

What's the square footage? Feel free to check my numbers here, but it seems to me that we got a lot that's 85x114, and the building seems to be pretty much built out to the limits, x 2 because assume at least two floors, so that's just under 20,000 sq ft. Take away, say 5,000 for the 5-car interior parking, that's 15,000 sq ft and there are only THREE bedrooms?!

Deidre Woollard Mar 27th 2009 11:03PM

You got me curious I went to Realtor. com and they've got it at 17,000 sq ft. with only three bedrooms.
http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/601-Dolores-St_San-Francisco_CA_94110_1106559071

shieldsbrown Mar 28th 2009 12:45PM

I guess it's a good thing they didn't break up the big open spaces. The thing I'd hate about these huge houses is the inconvenience. There I am getting into bed, decide I'd like a snack, and it's four and a half miles to the kitchen. I live in a tiny old cottage, and it's nice that if I lose something, 40 steps takes me around the whole place to look for it.