My favorite home, and one I've always wanted to explore. It was built in the early 1900s in a Quaker style but with an Italianate terrace to the side. Originally there were 17 acres, now reduced to a couple and the formal garden this pergola connected to has disappeared. Wonderful old wisteria vines wrap around the columns and provide shade in the seating area around what is now a pool. Looking at the house plans that were framed inside this was once the site of a formal garden, with spectacular views over rolling countryside and terraces down to a formal garden and more terraces below. Now unfortunately it looks down on the roof of neighboring houses.
There were wonderful details throughout the house, light airy rooms, bookshelves and a wonderful small fireplace complete with ash and damper that went nowhere -- the current owner said when he finally found the house plans he discovered that in the 1920s when they added a pool room and porch they just knocked down the chimney to make room but left the fireplace. I loved the thick stone walls and the chunkiness of these supporting brackets. Everything on a grand but simple scale.
There were wonderful details throughout the house, light airy rooms, bookshelves and a wonderful small fireplace complete with ash and damper that went nowhere -- the current owner said when he finally found the house plans he discovered that in the 1920s when they added a pool room and porch they just knocked down the chimney to make room but left the fireplace. I loved the thick stone walls and the chunkiness of these supporting brackets. Everything on a grand but simple scale.
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