It’s always a pleasure encountering a property with a drop dead gorgeous setting. This extensively renovated home surrounded by hardwood forests and rolling hills was begging to be blended back into its surroundings.
A roadside gate welcomes visitors with impressive reclaimed stone columns and auto gates. A long narrow driveway winds though the woodlot up towards the home. Carefully placed vegetation screens a number of out-buildings ensuring the vista opens in a visually digestible fashion.
Ample pull out parking in herringbone brick, a generous pedestrian walk of oversized granite slabs all surrounded by deep perennial beds ensure visitors have a warm, pleasant first impression when they pull up to the home.
Vistas to the south are exceptional at this property. The broad horizontal lines of the building were pulled out into the landscape with a wrap around deck and a large stone patio of oversized granite slabs. Once again deep perennial beds soften all the edges and blend the home and the setting seamlessly.
A poolside pavilion area is the crown jewel of this home. This zone is adorned with a timberframe structure, a large rumford fireplace, and corten steel cladding on a large wall that separates an upper parking area from the pool elevation. Detailed brick herringbone surrounds the swimming area and borders the large granite inlay that is the surface at the fireplace. Gardens surround this zone and help lead the visitor effortlessly to a lovely rose arbor that serves as its entranceway.
An absolute pleasure.