Late Johnson & Johnson heiress Libet Johnson’s East Side townhouse has hit the market once again, this time at $45 million. The property had been initially listed at $55 million in 2012; Johnson had purchased the home in 2011, for $48 million, and put a fair amount of money into the residence conducting a substantial renovation.

With five floors of interior space, the Lenox Hill townhouse’s total living area comes to over 12,100 square feet. It dates to 1881, and contains seven bedrooms, eight baths, and three half baths.

The townhome’s façade is Colonial Revival, and rendered in brick and limestone. It measures 33’, and features a colorful ownership history that includes Alice Vanderbilt and the English Speaking Union, an organization dedicated to American/British commonalities; it was redesigned in the late 1920’s. More recent renovations have wisely focused on the historical appeal of the interiors.

With a great deal of marble, crown moldings, and dark wood contrasted with off-white floors, walls and ceilings, the house’s interior design is very traditional. The entrance and first story makes a formal impression, with a black-on-white floor, and access to the black-on-white staircase that services the residence. The home also contains an elevator.

The townhouse contains five working fireplaces, a library and entertainment room with built-in bookcases which is surprisingly buoyant in execution, and a full-floor master suite with a truly massive walk-in closet complex. The kitchen deserves special mention, though: ethereally rendered in white, glass, and stainless, with white oak floors, its fireplace surround and hearth step leaps out in carmine, providing a remarkable tonal effect. Amenities include a wine cellar, and a fitness room.

The house’s exterior features a garden level, terraces, and a rooftop deck.

Elisabeth ‘Libet’ Johnson’s real-estate dalliances extended to both coasts, but were mainly preoccupied with finding the ideal Manhattan residence. The heiress passed away earlier this month.