06/10/2024
๐ Recently Sold๐
Built in 1891 - 1252 Denman St. Is a well cared for example of the remaining character homes in Victoria BC.
Offered at $1,000,000
DESCRIPTION:
Welcome to this unique heritage home in Fernwood! This versatile property is equipped to serve as a single-family dwelling, a duplex, or even an Airbnb, making it a truly flexible and income-generating investment. The back outdoor space is a serene oasis, complete with a fountain, outdoor bar, and additional storage spaces, including a studio. Inside, this home is filled with character, featuring lofts, natural lighting, murphy beds for space-saving solutions, and cozy gas fireplaces that add warmth to the living spaces.
ARCHITECTURE & HISTORY
This is a hip-roofed, two-storey, cubical Italianate house without the usual eaves brackets. It has a slightly shorter, hipped-roof addition at the rear. There is a corbelled brick chimney located close to the roof peak. The upper windows extend into the cornice, and, as is common, all the windows have drip caps and aprons. There is an angled bay on the lower front adjacent to a small entry porch, both with flat-topped hipped roofs. The porch has two square posts and a simple balustrade. The house is clad in drop siding, but was for decades covered with asphalt shingles and beveled siding below. The house and its mirror image, 27, now 2213 Spring St, bracket the family's comer store, see below, all of which were on two lots. From 1992 Todd Doherty rehabilitated this house. He found a trap door in the kitchen floor, over an old well. The concrete well cap is still in the crawl space.