The Beacon Hill 3-BR w/ a Cubist Layout—and That's O.K.

There is something Cubist about this Beacon Hill condo. Its 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, study, breakfast room and the rest of its 2,372 square feet are spread over a layout that's at first jarring in its nonconformity to established norms (and Beacon Hill loves itself some established norms) but that upon closer examination seems to work, and to do so in a way that's actually pleasing to the patient eye. That, and there's valet parking and pets allowed. Yours for $1,795,000.

· Listing: 345 Beacon Street, #2N [Coldwell Banker]