27 Bank Street

This West Village beauty is available as a single-family home for the first time in decades.Offering a rare opportunity, this magnificent Italianate-style townhouse built in 1856 is on the finest tree-lined West Village block. Built 22 feet wide and with many original details intact, this grand house retains a wonderful sense of history while enjoying the comforts of many modern renovations.This house is filled with light from both the open southern and northern exposures which overlook a lush planted garden. There are at least five bedrooms and five bathrooms with a separate garden floor apartment offering a kitchen and one and a half bath and access to the large, open garden. The original stoop entrance opens onto the parlor floor with the original staircase and an elegant 31-foot long living room featuring 12-foot ceilings, ornate ceiling moldings, wide plank oak floors and original marble fireplaces. On this floor, the formal dining room and renovated kitchen add to the comforts of the modern renovations this house offers. Both the second and third floors each have two bedrooms with the original marble fireplaces, a bathroom, an office/nursery/den. There is a laundry room on the third floor. On the top floor of the house is a studio with soaring ceilings, a wall of windows and a roof deck together with a full bathroom and kitchenette would make an excellent entertainment room. There is an another bedroom with bathroom en suite on this floor. Additionally, there is a garden floor apartment with separate access which has one bedroom,1.5 bath and a newly renovated kitchen.Elegance, charm, space, light and quiet in a top location: this classic home has it all. Available immediately.