Comprising mostly north-south facing terraced houses with a garden to the south and a service access to the north, the district developed mainly in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The architectural diversity typical of the period still defines the suburb. No exception to the rule, the entrance to the property is on the south side from a one-way street with a cycle path, parking spaces and numerous trees. A wrought-iron wicket gate and an automatic gate open onto the grounds. A garage and two parking spaces within the walled garden provide parking for three vehicles.
A wooded gravel garden leads to the townhouse coming into view behind a lime tree that has stood there for over a century. Dating back to 1928, it now spans three storeys. Originally built on a ground floor and one upper storey - a first level for receptions and a second for private areas - the house was extended upwards at the end of the century. A cornice on the facade marks the transition between the two upper floors.
The main south-facing elevation has four bays and is rendered, featuring mock stonework. All the windows are arched. The joinery and entrance door are original: made by a carpenter to a custom design, they are of oak and pegged. The wrought-iron railings along the terrace and the large aluminium openings on the ground floor are contemporary echoes of the iron and glass canopy above the door, adding a slightly industrial feel to the house.
A tiled terrace of around 40 m², raised and accessed from the garden via a few steps, extends along the entire south facade of the house. Below, behind and under the impressive lime tree, a second terrace, covered and perpendicular to the first, provides protection from the summer sun at any time of the day. The roof, like those of the house and garage, is of Roman tiles.

The house

The ground floor
The first level is accessed from the raised terrace via the wood, glass and iron entrance door, topped by a glazed transom, or via the sliding door opening into the kitchen from the east. The entrance hall leads to the sitting room on the left and the dining room on the right, all with original cement tile flooring and high moulded ceilings. At the back of the hall, a marble and cement tile staircase leads to the first floor.
The sitting room has a marble and earthenware fireplace in variegated colours. This room has recently been converted into a full-width space that opens onto the adjoining room, which is currently used as a study and television room. A bookcase has been installed on either side of the fireplace, using the old small-paned window frames from the southern ground floor facade.
Opposite is the large dining room, with its original wood panelling. This provides access to the fitted kitchen, which is as bright as all the other rooms on this level, receiving light from a large glass door opening out onto the terrace. At the rear of the house, on the north side, a service passageway leads to a laundry area and a cellar used to store wine and other items. It then opens onto the little street that runs alongside the house to the north and provides access to the staircase leading to the upper floors. A shower room with toilet to the north of the kitchen completes this level.
The first floor
A luminous marble, wood and cement tile staircase with wrought iron balustrade and walnut handrail leads to the first floor. This mansion-like floor features a wide corridor leading to four bedrooms: two to the north and two to the south, three of which have marble fireplaces. Two of the bedrooms have en-suite shower or bathrooms. The others include washbasins and one has a shower. There is a separate lavatory at the end of the corridor.
The floors are of original narrow strip oak, except for the shower rooms, where engineered wooden flooring has been laid. The bright rooms are lit by tall windows with wooden, partly louvred shutters.
The second floor
In 1995, a top floor was created in the roofspace by raising the height of the building. It is air-conditioned and accessed from the centre of the first-floor corridor by a double-return wooden staircase. A central corridor leads to five carpeted rooms: three south-facing bedrooms with small arched windows and washbasins, and two rooms with sloping ceilings, each lit by a roof window. There is also a tiled shower room with storage space and a separate lavatory.