This house, which previously belonged to several of the town’s people of note, was built in 1865 on a 665-m² plot and boasts all the attributes of a bourgeois home: cornerstones, a balcony with wrought-iron guard-rail, painted tiles above the windows, moulded cornices and belt courses, etc. The edifice is oriented east to west, opens onto the street as well as a tree-lined square and is not overlooked by neighbours. The three-storey property, one of which is in the recently converted attic, is made up of an approximately 300-m² main house, a covered garage and an adjoining, also recently renovated, three-room apartment with a separate entrance. To the rear, there is a stone-walled garden in which a hazelnut tree provides shade.
On the side facing the street, beneath the tiled, gabled roof, the house boasts a pale pink façade.
Below a balcony with a wrought-iron guard-rail, the entrance is framed with moulding and millstone on the ground floor. At the top of two steps, the double-leaf wooden door is half-glazed, protected by ironwork decorations, and is topped by fanlight windows. The tall windows are indicative of the impressive interior volumes. A solid wood carriage door leads into a covered garage, with capacity for one vehicle, as well as a workshop. Above, a door opens into the lounge of the separate apartment, recently converted into a split-level home, with its own entrance from the street.
On the garden side, the light grey coloured residence is punctuated by four vertically aligned rows of windows with wooden louvred shutters and a French window leading to the garden on the ground floor. Another, more modern window above the garage, with a skylight on the level above, indicates where the dual-aspect apartment is. A granite patio looks onto the approximately 500-m² lawned garden.

The main house

The ground floor
Behind the glazed entrance vestibule, a remnant of a previous private practice profession, the corridor with its warm coloured cement tiles leads to the living areas and beyond into the garden. It leads to four classically decorated rooms, with wooden doors, oakwood inverted chevron-patterned flooring, moulded ceilings and marble fireplaces. On the street side of the house, there is a large office and a lavatory. On the other side of the corridor, which also leads to the patio and the cellar in the basement, there is a dining room with an adjoining open-plan kitchen. A large island unit with a granite work-top and gilded bronze plumbing fittings combines elegantly with custom-made walnut wood cupboards into which top-quality house household appliances have been built-in, including a pipe oven and a wine cabinet.
The wooden staircase that climbs upstairs boasts a wrought-iron balustrade crowned by an alabaster newel post cap. Two windows with painted stained glass depicting a knight are evidence of the joineries from a bygone age.
The first floor
The landing leads to four bedrooms with oakwood flooring, fireplaces, cast iron radiators and, for some of them, in-built wardrobes. The impressive ceiling height enhances the feeling of volume in these rooms. One of the bedrooms has an en suite shower room, while opposite the staircase the two largest bedrooms are separated by a vast bathroom with a bath and a washbasin atop an Art Deco column. The bathroom is bathed in light thanks to a tall window overlooking the garden, which also serves to highlight the small cement tiles. There is a separate lavatory.
The attic
The staircase carries on up to the top floor and leads to a vast master bedroom, below the exposed roof frame, with a ceiling height of more than 5 metres. The period flooring has been preserved and restored in a gentle, light colour. Custom-made cupboards have been installed on either side of the sloping ceiling and wood panelling has also been added. Light streams into this room thanks to the skylights. The open-plan bathroom is no less remarkable with its large stoneware floor tiles, black lacquered fittings, walk-in shower and large bath. There is also a lavatory on this floor. If so desired, this level could be converted into a relaxation area or games room.