The impressive three-storey brick house has already been home to several celebrities
Just days after it was revealed that the Cork TV presenter is selling his London home of 20 years, it has emerged that his historic home in Manhattan is also now listed on a property website.
The Manhattan Carriage House at 6 Sniffen Court in Murray Hill is listed for $5.595M (€4.9M).
One of 10 historic houses that were formerly horse stables built during the Civil War, the impressive three-storey brick house has already been home to several celebrities.
Norton, who bought the mid-19th-century house in 2002, which he later learned was being sold by the model Claudia Schiffer, said it reminded him of London, where he was living and working at the time.
He said he remembered flipping through Manhattan real estate listings when photos of the carriage house located in a tiny, gated mews in Murray Hill jumped out at him.
“I couldn’t stop thinking about it,” the host of ‘The Graham Norton Show’ previously said. “And I finally caved in and flew over to see it.”
Inside the house with herringbone wooden floors and shelving
After he arrived he was shown other properties around the city, “but none of them captured my heart in the way Sniffen Court did”, he admitted.
“Once you step into Sniffen Court there is no sense that you are in the heart of Manhattan.”
At that time the Manhattan property was planned as a place where he could one day retire, but those plans changed after marrying Scottish director Jono McLeod.
Referring to this London sale, he recently told The Sunday Times that he had been thinking about a “big change” for some time and now feels “brave enough” to make the move.
And while he described with nostalgia the moments spent in the house by the River Thames, he did not mention the house in the US.
The bright and airy interior
He held onto the property and only recently completed a gut renovation, before his retirement plans changed and it is now back on the market for $5.595 million, according to the listing broker, Chris Kann of the Corcoran Group.
The private stone mews, built between 1863 and 1864, is part of the Sniffen Court Historic District, just off East 36th Street near Third Avenue, and had also been home to the composer Cole Porter and the musician Lenny Kravitz.
“I don’t think a lot of people know about this little mews,” Mr Kann told the New York Times. “Passing through the entry gate you’re immediately drawn to another time. It’s by far one of the most charming and picturesque settings one can experience in New York City. It’s very European.”
Created in early Romanesque Revival style, the house has a rooftop deck, two bedrooms and two “and a half” bathrooms.
Hardwood floors and restored crown mouldings and baseboards run through the interior space.
The front door opens into a massive space with soaring 4.5-metre high ceilings and a row of windows that bring in the light.
Inside the living room
On one wall, there is seating just below an oversize picture window, and on another, a wood-burning fireplace crafted of lilac stone.
Beyond the great room is a library with a bar area and built-in bookshelves, along with a formal dining room decked out in red and featuring an Andy Warhol print of the actress Jane Fonda.
The nearby kitchen is outfitted with stainless-steel countertops and backsplash, green wood cabinetry and a narrow breakfast bar. The lower level also includes a powder room, one of the three bathrooms, that features bold wallpaper and a stone vanity.
Stairs in the great room lead up to the second floor, where there is a spacious guest bedroom with an en suite bathroom.
The primary bedroom suite, with a marble bathroom and closet space, is on the top level, includes a den/home office with a skylight off the sleeping area and a morning bar/kitchenette with window banquette seating.
A set of stairs heads up to the irrigated roof deck lined with hedging and potted plants. There are areas carved out for lounging, dining and entertaining.
Referring to it as “a jewel box,” Norton admitted he would miss the carriage house, where there had been “lots of parties, big and small, over the years” as it was great for entertaining “with the roof terrace for summer and the working fireplace in the winter”.
It follows last week’s revelation that Norton had put his €5.8M luxury London home on the market.
The presenter has lived at the home in Wapping for 20 years.
The staircase up to the second floor
It has now gone on sale for a whopping €5.8 million (£4.9 million).
Described by real estate agents Knight Frank as “a beautifully presented residence” the three-storey home has four bedrooms, four sitting rooms and five bathrooms.
It is “set in an exclusive and private garden square enclave, that is positioned on the banks of the River Thames in a prime and central Wapping setting.”
The home, which was built in 1811 as a customs office by the London Dock Company, is large with bare red brick in areas, with expensive wood flooring throughout, and its many windows flood the home with light.
A snap showcasing the outside of the home shows the residence tucked away among the hustle and bustle of the city with a large green area in front of it, set against the backdrop of London’s famous river and the skyline.
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