Within the early years of the twentieth century, interesting tree-lined streets with grand Edwardian- and Tudor-style estates of San Francisco’s prestigious Presidio Heights enclave attracted an array of native notable households. At present, standard boutiques, trend-setting eating places, and the Presidio’s alluring greenery, trails, golf, picnic areas, and beachfront increase the attraction. This good-looking four-level residence—courting to 1906 and meticulously maintained and up to date—is a refined reminder of the classicism of the neighborhood’s early heyday and exemplifies its enduring class and attract.

San Francisco, California | Blair Heath, Sotheby’s Worldwide Realty – San Francisco Brokerage

Amid the spectacular 6,100 sq. toes, the residence provides quite a few authentic architectural particulars, rooms beneficiant in scale, and a uncommon mixture of formal finery and an atmosphere of contemporary ease. Timeless components of Tudor model are prevalent: diamond-paned leaded-glass home windows, deeply hued wooden rafter beams contrasting with soothing white partitions, excessive ceilings, and old-growth quarter-sawn hardwood flooring. Past the inviting lobby is a light-filled front room with a stone fire, a proper eating room with a leaded-glass bay window, and a streamlined kitchen with a full complement of stainless-steel home equipment—together with a wine chiller—and an enthralling breakfast space. A door offers method to a pleasant balcony excellent for open-air lounging and eating with a view of the Golden Gate Bridge within the distance and the formal backyard beneath.

A stately stairway with carved wooden balustrades hyperlinks all 4 ranges of the house. On the 2 higher flooring are six serenely fashionable bedrooms with palettes that encourage restful leisure, ample closets, and baths—many en suite—with vintage-inspired fixtures and finishes. The stylish main bed room boasts outsized home windows admitting beautiful gentle and gazing out over neighboring treetops and rooflines towards the Golden Gate Bridge, a sizeable walk-in closet with ample built-ins, and a chic spa-inspired bathtub with a jetted soaking tub and steam bathe. Increasing the choices for recreation and leisure is a heat and welcoming household room with a painted brick-framed fire, putting beam work, hardwood flooring, built-in bookshelves and cupboards, and a discreet bar closet. Steps result in a window-wrapped workplace with a wall of built-ins and a transparent iconic view of the Golden Gate Bridge, the waters of the bay, and the Marin headlands. One of many versatile top-floor bedrooms may simply perform as a house fitness center or a second workplace.

The brightly lit decrease degree provides a wine cellar and tasting room, an extra bed room and bathtub preferrred for employees or long-term guests, a half bathtub, a spacious laundry room, the house’s storage, and a recreation and sport room with a moist bar and French doorways to the idyllic yard backyard. Secluded by fencing and privateness hedges, this pleasant oasis options meticulous landscaping and a spiraling staircase that rises to the patio off the kitchen. The yard is lined with an allée of ginkgo timber—cherished for his or her lengthy historical past and attention-grabbing magnificence, making them the peerlessly becoming flora to accompany a residence prized for comparable traits.