Home Tour: $2.75 million Hyde Park manor

CINCINNATI -- Leaded clear and delicately stained glass windows. Timbered ceilings. Oak paneled doors and random-width floors with walnut pegs. Plastered arches. Window seats. Carved limestone fireplace. Stone and half-timber architecture.

Old English Country charm is everywhere in this 6,043-square-foot, six-bedroom Hyde Park house just off GrandinRoad, which is currently on the market for $2.75 million.

Theres been a lot of respect given to the character of this house and the tranquility of it, said listing agent Gail Coughlin of Coldwell Banker West Shell. The current owners, along with the previous ones, have maintained the houses refined charm while upgrading it for modern living, she said.

Recent improvements include kitchen and lower-level lounge remodels. Other luxuries are a second-floor laundry room and two-level, four-car garage.

Then theres the park-like setting 1.76 wooded acres, pond, grilling patio under a pergola and a large play area. The yard is a strong selling point, Coughlin said, as are its neighborhood features.

I think whats most special is that youre in the heart of it all, she said, pointing to Hyde Park Square, the Cincinnati Country Club and Summit Country Day School. "You can get anywhere in 10 minutes, yet theres all this privacy.

The architectural firm of H.W. Cordes designed the house sometime around 1930 for bank vice president Henry Pfeister and his wife, Ella. Cordes and Sons packed a ton of English charm dark wood, textured walls, beamed ceilings into the house that smacks guests right there at the front door.

The dark oak doors leaded glass window features a centered piece of stained glass that depicts a dancing (or passant guardant) golden lion. It is the family crest of King Henry III (1207-72), and the motif is repeated on the living rooms fireplace screen.

Visitors walk through that door into a grand 20-foot by-16-foot entry hall. Straight ahead in the oak-beamed and coffered-ceiling room are two finely leaded glass doors that open onto a covered porch that hangs above the backyard below.

Wide arches open to the living room on the right and dining room on the left.

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Home Tour: $2.75 million Hyde Park manor