The building is typical of northern bourgeois houses and great Roubaix families: elegant in its understated appearance, its façade is cadenced by enough windows and ornamental décor to provide a pleasing and balanced composition to the whole. The immense dwelling in red brick, topped with two gabled dormer windows, has three storeys and a total floor area of 350 m², while its central front door, framed by three windows, balances the façade’s symmetrical configuration. In addition, the property comes with a sizeable garden that extends lengthwise behind the house.

The House

The ground floor
The front door opens onto a foyer with a colourful geometric-patterned cement tile floor, which is currently used as a cloakroom. Following on from here is a central hallway leading to six rooms: an office, a triple living room of 80 m², a kitchen facing the garden, a bedroom connected to a private bathroom, a pantry and lavatory. The office, a kind of cabinet of curiosities with red-painted walls and a 19th-century ambiance, is an atypical room with octagonal dimensions, a gilded moulded ceiling and an original chandelier. With a varnished straight-plank hardwood floor, the vast living room, which includes a library with bookshelves, cupboards and wood panelling, combines a sophisticated ambiance with pastoral tones, while the ceilings are defined by finely-crafted stucco cornices. In addition, a red marble fireplace topped with a mirrored chimneybreast faces elegant solid white wooden doors, which provide access between the rooms as well as to the courtyard and garden. As for the fitted kitchen, with a floor-to-ceiling height of more than 3 metres and a glass ceiling crowning the whole, this room and its central island seem to float in the middle of the garden, while its wood-panelled walls create a sort of dreamlike impression of a greenhouse, blurring the line between the house’s interior and exterior. Opening onto the garden, the kitchen acts as a link between the outdoor areas and the rest of the living spaces.
Lastly, opposite the small hallway that extends the entrance hall and reflected by a mirror, the elegant curtail steps of the wooden staircase, safeguarded by a simple handrail, lead to the house’s upper floors.
The first floor
On this floor, the landing provides access to three bedrooms: the first, bathed in light and facing the garden, has a red marble fireplace from the late 19th century as well as an adjacent bathroom with a white tile floor. The second, more modest in size, faces the street and includes a number of storage areas, while the third, spacious and luminous, also looks out onto the street. Completing this level is a shower room, which has been decorated with understated and meticulous details.
The second floor
The landing leads to a large living area and fitted kitchen illuminated by a large skylight, two shower rooms, two lavatories as well as two large, brightly-lit bedrooms.
The basement
Accessible via a staircase, this level is divided into four sizeable rooms including a cellar for storing fine wines, a furnace room, a workshop and a storeroom.