Eaglecrest is a 140-acre estate within the coronary heart of Virginia that was impressed by such presidential mansions as George Washington’s Mount Vernon and Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello.
Set in Charlottesville, a couple of 2-hour drive from Washington, D.C., the property has easy accessibility to historic websites, wineries and out of doors recreation together with mountain climbing, horseback using and golf. Close by are the College of Virginia, President James Monroe’s Highland residence and Montpelier, the house of President James Madison.
“Whereas this house presents seclusion, privateness and a sure – relatively tough to search out lately – serenity, Charlottesville’s bustling downtown is a mere 15-minute drive away,” says itemizing agent Fouad Talout of Long & Foster Real Estate. “The town presents thrilling nightlife and trustworthy Southern hospitality. This property actually presents the perfect of each worlds.”
Accomplished in 2000, the residential compound facilities on a 16,400-square-foot manor home surrounded by lush lawns, fields and woodland. Stately columns outline the portico of the pink brick mansion, whereas black shutters body the home windows.
Twin staircases lead upstairs off the wood-clad central corridor, which opens to a two-story octagon-shaped front room that options French doorways, a hearth and crown molding.
A wall mural depicting early American life graces the formal eating room. A butler’s pantry sits off the kitchen, which has cherry cabinetry, granite counter tops and a middle island. A breakfast room opens to a display porch.
A household room, two places of work, a membership stage for entertaining and two wings, every with its personal suite of rooms and conservatory, are amongst different dwelling areas.
The primary stage proprietor’s suite incorporates a sitting space with a hearth, French doorways, a twin self-importance rest room and huge walk-in closets for a complete of seven bedrooms and 7 full loos.
Herringbone-patterned brick terraces result in the yard and the swimming pool. Two pure springs feed a three-acre pond behind the manor home.
Additionally on the grounds are a four-bedroom visitor home, a carriage home that may accommodate 10 automobiles and has an upstairs workplace suite, a log cabin with a kitchen and a loft bed room, and a greenhouse with a two-car storage adjoining to the orchard and vegetable gardens.
A lined bridge, greater than 4 miles of roads and trails, two barns or tools sheds, a pavilion and a reflecting pool with fountains are amongst different facilities.
Eaglecrest’s many doable makes use of embody a company retreat, an equestrian property, a household compound, a trip getaway or a farm, in response to Talout. The asking worth for 741 Woodlands Road, Charlottesville, Virginia, is US $10.9 million.
The property is a rarity within the present native housing market. “Higher-bracket houses, equivalent to this one, sometimes fall into their very own class,” says Talout, who cites just one different property on the market within the space that might even be thought of a comparable itemizing. However the comp, he notes, “doesn’t get pleasure from the identical well-kept grounds, stately finishes, trendy upgrades and 5 separate compounds/visitor houses that 741 Woodlands does.”
Plus, Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport is barely about 8 miles away from Eaglecrest.
“Considered one of Virginia’s most spectacular estates, there are few patrons who could also be lucky sufficient to name it house,” Talout says. “The longer term proprietor of this property will certainly benefit from the many years of recollections this house will deliver.”
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