Exclusive | Rare Brooklyn mansion asks $12.49M after a breathtaking renovation: Had to be taken apart and put back together

A 22-room classical mansion in Prospect Park South is on sale for $12.49 million, making it the most expensive listing in the bucolic Brooklyn neighborhood — one that seems a world apart from the city.The unusual and wonderful Brooklyn residence that Brownstoner once dubbed a “Colonial Revival on steroids” returned to the market on Monday with a major facelift, according to StreetEasy.The 11,000-plus-square-foot mansion listed for $12.49 million — a nearly $10 million jump from its last sale price.  The landmarked home’s listing representative, Mike Lubin of Brown Harris Stevens, told The Post that its current owner of eight years, an architect, restored the home to its former pre-war splendor.  “This is considered kind of the Grand Dame of the neighborhood,” Lubin said.

“It was built with a lot of architectural detail, and the scale is very, very dramatic.” The home possesses the scale of a county manor, with stately two-story Ionic columns and an expansive porch.The interior spans 11,450 square feet, including nine bedrooms and 7.5 bathrooms.When the mansion was last snapped up for $2.75 million in 2017, it was in a state of disrepair with peeling paint and rotting wood marring the once-grand facade.

You wouldn’t know it looking at the home today, however.The once “creepy” home now boasts some of the most impressive curb appeal in the neighborhood, thanks to the extensive renovations. These changes, according to Lubin, included bathroom, kitchen, roof, plumbing and central air upgrades — as well as restoring the pocket doors, fireplace mantels and 66 wood-framed windows.“It was like a puzzle that had to be taken apart and put back together,” Lubin said. The front double doors lead to a coffered hall connected to a front parlor, a reception parlor, a mahogany-clad dining room and a library with bay window.

The impressive chef’s kitchen has a 10-foot island, a marble farm sink and its own fireplace — one of many fireplac...