Photography by Janelle Stroup, Thru the Lens
Primary Structure Built: 1876 Sold For: $1,500,000 Original List Price: $1,550,000 Bedrooms: 4 Baths: 4 Living Space: 3,190 Sq. Ft.
Lot Size: 0.43
This exceptionally well-built and meticulously-maintained Talbot County home offers a vibe of gentility and exceptional water views of the Tred Avon River. Built in 1876, this traditional colonial home has been expertly upgraded over the years to provide an exceptional style of living while maintaining the prized aesthetic of a character home.
Approaching the front door, you are greeted with the natural beauty of mature landscaping and a lovely brick walk and driveway. Just inside the gorgeous period-style front door, there are plenty of rich hardwood floors, original to the home, that guide your way to the large living room to the left of the entry. This room boasts a gracious archway that leads to a spacious seating area and then an additional area through another archway to an elegant fireplace with adjacent built-in bookshelves. The room benefits from the natural light of four large sash windows reflective of the period of the home.
A central staircase with delicate wood carvings also greets you from the entry, as does the attractive formal dining room on the right with its details of chair rail and crown molding. This room features another beautiful wood-burning fireplace and a stunning crystal chandelier suspended from the center ceiling.
This main level of the home also offers a large sunroom outfitted with a series of three sliding glass doors with Bermuda shutter detail for optimal amounts of natural light and exceptional views of the property’s welcoming patio and courtyard hardscaping. This room also serves as the home’s family room and has a wall-mounted flat screen TV.
The all-white and bright kitchen provides lots of counter space, all stainless-steel appliances including a gas stove and a microwave oven mounted above. There is also a charming library on the main floor with another fireplace, gorgeous shelving, and a gracious, vertical tri-panel window that affords exquisite views out to the river and the home’s extensive dock.
All the home’s four bathrooms are full bathrooms with all the modern upgrades including luxe tile treatments, glass showers, and claw-foot tubs. The property boasts four bedrooms; three, including the waterfront owner’s suite on the upper level, and a charming guest bedroom in the stand-alone brick cottage located on the property. Bonus spaces on the property include the home’s third level office suite with charming views and another work-from-home space with water views located above the detached garage.
Listing Agent & Buyer’s Agent: Ray Stevens; Benson & Mangold Real Estate; 27999 Oxford Rd., Oxford; m. 410-310-6060; o. 410-226-0111; ore@goeaston.net; bensonandmangold.com