4947 Brookview Dr, Dallas, TX 75220 listing details

This unique, gated Italian residence which sits on 1.179 acres is one of the finest homes in Sunnybrook Estates. Manicured gardens, designed by noted landscape architect Harold Leidner, surround the home and provide beautiful views from every room in the house. This inviting property has an open floorplan and spacious living areas beginning with the grand foyer with limestone floors, soaring ceilings and exquisite iron staircase, a living room and dining room with stone fireplaces and custom painted and stenciled cove ceilings plus a wine room. The kitchen has every amenity complete wit...h a Wolfe 6 burner commercial range with grill and griddle, 2 Asko dishwashers, double Subzero, separate vegetable sink on a large island plus an oversized breakfast bar. The kitchen has an open breakfast and morning room which flow into a very spacious den with a vaulted ceiling, beautiful fireplace and built-ins and an exceptional view of the grounds. A 90-foot gallery with a hand painted cathedral ceiling and four pair of Palladian french doors opening to the rear grounds connects the west wing to the east wing of the home. In the east wing there is a handsome pine library complete with coffered ceiling, walls of bookshelves, fireplace and double doors opening to the yard. The sumptuous master bedroom is accessed by a 17-foot hallway with a barrel ceiling and has a fireplace, sitting area, its own private porch and beautiful his and her baths with Venetian plaster walls and custom closets. Also downstairs is a luxurious guest room with an elegant bath. Upstairs are three large bedrooms with en-suite baths and balconies, a gameroom with adjacent wet bar and powder bath and an exercise room/upstairs den with bath and a second utility room. The back stairway is accented by hand painted, French Brown Italian tiles. The vast backyard area is a private oasis with mature trees and large grassy areas and has a sizable outdoor loggia with fireplace and spacious dining and seatin Show more