What It Went For

French Chateau-style stone home in Bridle Path goes for $5.535M

Bridle Path 25 Tudor Gate (Bayview Avenue and york Mills road)

Asking price: $6.35 million

Sold for: $5.535 million

Taxes: $25,083 (2020)

Bedrooms: 5

Bathrooms: 5

Square footage: 5,003

Garage: 4

Parking: 4

Days on the market: 47

People in the area longing for a ravine setting and a larger home were drawn to this French Chateau-style stone home designed in 1974 by the late Napier Simpson, a prominent Toronto architect known for his restoration and heritage-conservation work, says listing agent Elli davis.

“In the early 1990s, the five-bedroom house was purchased by John Grand of the family that founded the paper and printing business called Grand & Toy. In 2006, my client’s family purchased the house after living for many years at a ravine property on nearby Bayview ridge.”

Signature features of 25 Tudor Gate include a two-storey turret with a free-standing curved oak staircase that connects the three levels, and a great room with a cathedral ceiling, wood beams and windows overlooking the ravine.

The great room also has a two-storey woodburning fireplace and a stained glass featured wall.

A walkout to a terrace from the separate dining room and an eat-in kitchen with an indoor barbecue are highlights. This level also has a main bedroom/sitting room suite that has a seven-piece ensuite bathroom. Three bedrooms and a loft with a walkout to a balcony share the second level.

The more than 5,000-square-foot home has a 2,367-square-foot lower level that includes a fifth bedroom, an exercise room, a media/entertainment room and a walkout to the patio.

The 105x166-foot ravine lot, which has landscaped grounds and extensive stone terraces, backs on to Windfields Park.

“The multi-tiered backyard is framed by the stone patios where one can often spot a deer venturing up from the ravine and enjoy watching all the seasons change before their eyes,” davis says.

A circular cobblestone driveway and a triple garage, plus an additional single garage, are other features.

davis says, “Interest was steady during the course of the listing, with several serious interested buyers revisiting the property.”

Buyers were drawn by the distinct architecture, which resembles a European estate, and the expansive lot, she says.

Tudor Gate is in the Bayview/york Mills area close to the Canadian Film Centre on Bayview.