REAL ESTATE: Country Squire

For those who like their domesticity with a bit of privacy and luxury thrown in, this Colonial Revival-style stone and clapboard house, nestled in the middle of thirty-five acres of woodlands and meadows near Great Barrington, Massachusetts, is hard to beat. Privacy doesn’t have to mean solitude, however; with seven-plus bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths, and a multiple-car garage, this house can host a multitude of guests, who, in the course of roaming the property, will discover a stone-walled swimming pool with pavilion, a swimming pond for those less fond of chlorine, a quiet meditation hall, and a small waterfall and stream—enough diversion to keep guests occupied. The property is also equipped with a barn-turned-studio, as well as a stock barn with pond.

While the house, like the pool pavilion and barn converted into a studio, has central heating, four fireplaces and two wood stoves add a cozy note, drawing a visitor’s imagination back to 1912, when the house was built. It’s been modernized since then, of course, with high-end appliances in the kitchen—no cooking over an open fire required. And when you’ve a yen for a restaurant-cooked meal or a night at the movies after guests have gone home, Great Barrington is only a few miles away.—$2,850,000

[AUGUST 2009]
 

THE GOODS

Wheeler & Taylor Realty Company
333 Main St.
Great Barrington, Mass.
413.528.1006
www.wheelerandtaylor.com