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*A Recently Sold Home* Primary Structure Built: 1885 Sold For: $1,105,000 Original List Price: $1,199,000 Bedrooms: 4 Baths: 3 Full, 1 Half Living Space: 3,300 Sq. Ft.
Lot Size: 2.57 acres
A truly special home in a truly special place on Tilghman Island awaits the new owners of this period charmer circa 1885.
Registered with the Maryland Historic Trust, this property has had Home Sweet Home status for more than 135 years. Lovingly cared for and updated periodically, this home’s old bones start with its gracious front porch and side, screened-in porch door, and continues inside along original, knotty hardwood floors that no doubt squeak in just the right places.
A handsome staircase with an exquisitely carved balustrade greets visitors in the entry, as does a stained-glass transom above the front door and rich wood beams overhead that continue into the formal living room on the right. This room has a feature wall of built-ins on either side of a charming fireplace with cherry wood façade. Large period-standard casement windows with inserts provide welcoming natural light.
Gorgeous wood and glass pocket doors lead dinner guests to the spacious informal dining room and open-plan family room space. This is an exceptional area for entertaining with its old-time, wood-burning stove and the light of many convenient access points to the exterior through three sets of French doors overlooking the waters of Black Walnut Cove.
The down-home country kitchen comes equipped with custom white wood cabinetry adorned with farmhouse pulls and topped with sleek, black granite. This room is outfitted with all stainless-steel appliances including a large gas range situated next to a prime window with views to a majestic mature tree that is perhaps older than the home.
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A formal dining room with period-era, wood-burning fireplace and original wainscotting is located adjacent to the kitchen and makes an occasion out of any meal.
An end-to-end screened in porch off the back of the house provides direct views out to the waterfront, and refuge from seasonal insects.
The main home’s four bedrooms are located on the second floor and feature a romantic primary suite with a full bath and claw foot soaking tub, and access to a private deck overlooking the water.
Guests can be accommodated on this floor, or in the property’s cozy studio apartment above an outbuilding out back within eyeshot of the property’s private pier and the cove.
The location of this home situated on farmland just a short distance from the water is what living on Maryland’s EastSern Shore is all about; there is just no place on Earth quite like it.
Listing Agent: Wink Cowee; Benson & Mangold Real Estate; 211 N. Talbot St., St. Michaels; m. 410-310-0208; o. 410-745-0415; winkcowee@gmail.com; bensonandmangold.com Buyers’ Agent: Tom Crouch; Benson & Mangold Real Estate; 211 N. Talbot St., St. Michaels; m. 410-310-8916; o. 410-745-0415; tcrouch@bensonandmangold.com; bensonandmangold.com
