184 Rugby Road

This impressive single family Prospect Park South Victorian is picture perfect in every way and will certainly check off each item on your wish list for your "forever home". This sixteen room home was designed by the renowned architect Carroll Pratt more than a century ago and was recently renovated. It is perfectly situated on a professionally landscaped park-like 85-foot-wide lot that provides beauty, privacy, and a long private driveway with a two-car garage.The expansive first floor features an openness and lightness not usually found in Victorian homes and is highlighted by a spectacular two-story high wall of leaded glass windows, bathing the graceful staircase in warm sunlight. The grand double parlor living area with its stained leaded glass windows and fireplace, it will easily accommodate your largest gatherings while your guests will dine in high style in the coffered ceiling formal dining room. The spacious and well-appointed contemporary eat-in kitchen has plenty of counter space, two windows and flows effortlessly into the adjoining breakfast room with views of the lush rear garden.The upper bedroom floors features nine extra-large rooms, three full baths, and a room-sized cedar closet as well as a quaint balcony.The lower level of this home has been designed for more life style enjoyment with a huge fully finished English Basement complete with a wet bar, wine cellar and a full resort styled bathroom as well as a panty with an extra refrigerator.The quality of the materials and craftsmanship of a bygone era is evident throughout this unusually large home which retains its original character and period details yet has been very recently renovated to modern day standards, including multi-zoned central air conditioning. With an inviting deep front porch, Monet worthy sumptuous landscaped front, rear and side gardens, there are secluded seating areas perfect for dining Alfresco while being surrounded by seasonal foliage. Also included is a garden irrigation system; plenty of storage and much more.Located in heart of Victorian Brooklyn, Prospect Park South is an urban oasis, a historic district where the streets are lined with lavish, single-family residences that have withstood the pressures of change and remain one of New York's greatest architectural treasures. Just a stone's throw from Prospect Park, the B & Q subway lines to Manhattan, and the best restaurants and shops in the area. All showings by appointment only.