Kansas City Penthouse at the Walnuts!

Kansas City Penthouse at the Walnuts!

Kansas City Penthouse at the Walnuts!

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The Walnuts in downtown Kansas City, Missouri has been the most elegant residence in the city’s downtown since it was built in 1929. Its three buildings reside in a 10-acre heavily wooded city block of parkland overlooking formal English gardens. Jacobean architecture blends brick and stone into parapet walls, corbeled oriel windows, terraces and balconies. Tudor and Elizabethan influences are seen in the stone masonry, diamond-patterned brick work, heavy mullioned windows and handsome arched entrances.

The Walnuts penthouse has long been a Missouri landmark with a history of hosting dignitaries such as Margaret Thatcher, Ronald and Nancy Reagan, and Prince Charles when it was owned by Charles Price, Ambassador to Britain, who died in 2012. At 9,000 square feet, the penthouse includes the top two floors steeped in old world charm with the addition of the best in high tech house systems and connectivity.

Already the epitome of luxury when owned by Ambassador Price, the current owner, who paid $3 million for the penthouse, added another $6 million to enhance it further with details such as gold-plated hardware, brass and copper inlays to the already exquisite black terrazzo floors, padded silk-upholstered walls and opulent silk window dressings. All doors, including closet doors to inside the dressing rooms are black lacquer with gold leaf hardware by Sherle Wagner, as are all fixtures throughout the entire home.

Sleeping quarters consist of a master suite with its own living room, glorious his-and-hers baths and walk-in closets/dressing rooms so large they practically require a tour guide. Rooms so elegant that even the closet rods are lit from underneath. In an opposite wing there is a guest suite nonpareil, with its own living room (which could be used as a bedroom) and yet another large dressing room and bath of green and gold marble. There is also a large apartment perfect for live-in staff.

With so many architectural and decorative details, some of the outstanding takeaways are the many terraces with unobstructed views in all directions, the conservatory opening out to the largest terrace and a walk-in silver closet off the butler’s pantry lined every inch with red felt. It’s the home where afternoon tea served by the butler would be expected while viewing the terrace rose garden or sitting in front of one of the grand fireplaces on a chilly winter afternoon. For more information.

Kansas City’s finest condo with everything including gold-plated hardware and fixtures and silk-upholstered walls, last listed for $3 million with additional improvements of $6 million. Sells to the highest bidder over $1.5 million on January 30, 2015.

Source: www.catesauction.com