05/07/2026
A Storybook Victorian, Straight Out of a Different Era
On a quiet street, behind a hedge of perennials that have been blooming here longer than most of us have been alive, stands a home that time has treated tenderly, and that has been tenderly loved in return.
This 1880s Victorian, built originally as a church manse, is one of those listings that comes along once in a very long while. Carefully restored with every modern convenience, yet still rich with its original character, the details speak for themselves: pressed tin ceilings and walls, leaded and stained glass that turns the afternoon sun into something painterly, glowing hardwood floors, elegant French doors, and a showstopper of a second-floor bathroom anchored by a tin claw-foot tub dating to 1881.
Outside, the 25 x 163 ft lot reads like the opening page of a novel. Perennial gardens front and back bloom in turn from spring through fall, and the long, leafy backyard feels like a private retreat hidden in plain sight. It’s the kind of place where summer evenings stretch out and a quick morning coffee somehow turns into an hour of doing absolutely nothing. At the rear of the property, a fully heated and insulated garage waits to be claimed as a studio, a workshop, or whatever creative life you’ve been daydreaming about.
Pair all of that with a finished basement suite (with its own kitchen), four bedrooms, three bathrooms, and an ownership history that can be counted on one hand, and what you have is genuinely rare: a home with stories already settled into its walls, ready to make room for yours.
Houses like this don’t come up often. When they do, you don’t just move in. You join the story.
📍 170 Cowan Ave, Toronto
Offered at $1,549,900
Open House May 9 & 10, 2–4pm
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