Duplex on Beacon Hill has private garden

At the corner of Mount Vernon and Joy streets on Beacon Hill, steps from the State House, is an elegant two-level home that seems like a townhouse.

Denise Booher of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage has listed this condo, Unit 5, at 43 Mount Vernon St. at $1.045 million.

A private entrance on Joy Street opens to a lovely landscaped garden and the front door.

To the right of the granite-tiled foyer is a 20-foot-long living/dining room with a chair rail, crown molding and a large gas fireplace.

Off the dining room is a gourmet galley kitchen with custom-built cherry cabinets, granite counters and a Jenn-Air refrigerator, gas cooktop, microwave and wall oven.

A powder room, concealed by a pocket door, is at one end of the kitchen and a laundry room with a stacked washer/dryer is at the other end.

The kitchen is linear and equipped with high-end appliances.

One of the bedrooms is located off the other side of the foyer where there is a flight of stairs to the master bedroom suite with a 12-foot-high ceiling. Both bedrooms have en suite marble baths, and the master bath includes a deep soaking whirlpool tub.

Long ago this Federal-style building was home to the Puritan Club and later headquarters for the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children; it was converted to five residences 12 years ago.

This home is close to Boston Common, the Public Garden and Charles Street with its fine shops and restaurants. It has easy access to MBTA Red and Green Lines at Park Street, to Storrow Drive and Routes 93 and 90.

DETAILS

Address: 143 Mount Vernon St., Unit 5, Beacon Hill

BR/BA: Two bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths

Size: 1,200 square feet

Age: 1803; 1831; 1999

Price: $1.045 million

Taxes: $8,078 (FY 2011 with residential exemption)

Condo fee: $540 per month

Contact: Denise Booher, Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, 137 Newbury St., Boston, MA 02116. Phones: 617-266-4430 (office) or 617-448-8438 (cell).

Website: www.nemoves.com

An open house will be held Sunday, Aug. 7, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.