Home of the Week

West Roxbury Spanish Colonial is good for the sol

Sunny four-bedroom, 2.5-bath home includes a library, a family room/office addition with a wet bar, and a screen porch.

The home sits on a quarter acre. -Photos by David Ward

By John R. Ellement

June 26, 2024

124 Theodore Parker Road, West Roxbury

$1,475,000

Style Spanish Colonial

Year built 1915

Square feet 2,626

Bedrooms 4

Baths 2 full, 1 half

Sewer/Water Public

Taxes $11,128 (2024, without residential exemption)

Colonials are a familiar sight in West Roxbury, but a home that draws design cues from a Spanish hacienda is not.

Located on a side street cooled by mature London planetrees, this house sits back from the street, but the Spanish-style terra-cotta tile roof is visible, as is the light tan stucco that cloaks much of the exterior. A long walkway bisects the landscaped front yard, leading to a wide porch burly columns fortify. Trellises on each side offer opportunities for greenery.

Columns fortify the large front porch/entry.

Insider, the foyer offers a broad, carpeted stairwell, a closet, and access to a sunny roughly 340-square-foot living room. The top visual feature is the working wood-burning fireplace, which has a wood mantel and a red brick firebox and is original to the 109-year-old home. There are five windows in this room, including a three-window bump-out. The 100-square-foot sitting room sits on the other side of the foyer.

The working wood-burning fireplace is the feature element of the living room.

Pocket doors reveal the dining room. Like other rooms in this home, the 240-square-foot space is bright, with a bank of three windows on the left wall, a pair in the back, and a glass door to a 95-square-foot screen porch and, from there, the 300-square-foot bluestone patio. The dining room also has a chandelier with candle-like lights, a chair rail, crown molding, and a built-in china cabinet. The flooring is hardwood in the living and dining rooms and the library.

Next is the 250-square-foot eat-in kitchen, where there is no trace of the early 20th century. It’s fully updated and was expanded to include a breakfast nook with a wet bar. It’s open to a new 160-square-foot family room/office space that receives a bonanza of natural light from half-moon windows.

The family room off the kitchen and office is the place to watch a movie. Why? Easy access to popcorn.

The kitchen features golden brown granite countertops, including on the island, which also has a gas cooktop and an overhang for seating. The appliances are white and blend nicely with the butterscotch-colored white maple cabinets, several of which have glass doors. The flooring is birch.

The kitchen gives the 109-year-old house a modern space.

A small porch on the right side of the house serves as a second entry and opens into a mudroom with built-in coat racks, a window seat, and tile flooring. It also provides access to a half bath with lapis tile accents and a single vanity.

The second level has three bedrooms, including the primary suite and an additional full bath. The 260-square-foot primary bedroom is carpeted with hardwood below. The space has three windows, and a set of French doors opens to a sleeping porch. The suite also includes the laundry room and a walk-in closet that is nearly 14 feet deep.

The primary suite comes with a walk-in closet, a laundry room, and a bath.

The primary bath creates a need to choose: Shower? Bath? Both options are available. The double vanity lines the right side of the bathroom with a cream-colored marble countertop, a great match for the travertine floor tile. The shower with multiple heads sits behind a clear glass door. The shower walls and floor are a natural travertine tile. A soaking tub surrounded by marble sits next to it underneath a window.

There’s both a shower and a soaking tub in the primary bath.

Two bedrooms ranging from 227 to 240 square feet and the second full bath complete this level. The bath has a single vanity with a quartz countertop, shower, and ceramic tile flooring.

Either of the two rooms on the third floor could become the fourth bedroom.

The basement is unfinished.

The home sits on a quarter acre. Heat is via hot water radiators. The family room addition has central air.

Brian J. Kenneally of Keller Williams Realty in Chestnut Hill is the listing agent.

See more photos of the home:

The library/sitting room at the front of the house is filled with built-in shelves.

The bath shared by the two other bedrooms on the second floor.

One of the secondary bedrooms on the second floor.

Barbecue on the 300-square-foot bluestone patio.

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