Description
Beautiful, elegant, charming, private, prominent, comfortable are
the words that are most used to describe this 1801 antique home located
on the village green in Amherst, NH.
Enjoy one of the finest properties in Amherst, in the heart of
beautiful and prestigious Amherst Village. This home is both centrally
located right on the village green, but is also very quiet and private
with a beautiful fenced in back yard, gorgeous gardens and lots of
private family space. It is truly one of the finest homes in Amherst Village, known and appreciated by all.
The
outside of the home is surrounded by beautiful gardens and multiple
spaces. The front of the lot presents a classic, elegant face to the
street. The drive is lined with curved grassy areas bordered by large
gardens with flowing trees, bushes and plants, designed to provide
color and blooming from spring through fall. The utility area for
supplies and gardening is tucked behind a row of hemlocks for privacy
and screening. The fenced in back yard is quiet, private, has a
beautiful old apple tree as a focal point and is the perfect place for
an afternoon nap in the hammock. It too is lined with beautiful and
scented flowing trees, bushes and plants.
This home has
been impeccably maintained with many of the major maintenance aspects
redone by the current owners including a new furnace with forced hot
water heat, new 80 gallon hot water tank, 100% new roofing on the
entire house and barn with 30 year architectural shingles, professional
exterior paint, two fully remodeled baths upstairs with marble and
custom tile, new fencing, 100% of the lawn and gardens covered with
automatic sprinkler system, complete interior painting and window
treatments. Every window in the home is original, but has had custom
brass weather stripping installed to make them efficient and tight. The
huge three bay two story barn is also original, and has been largely
renovated with a heated woodworking shop in one complete bay. Enjoy the
charm and elegance of the spacious rooms in this wonderful antique home
with all the work already done!
Inside much of the
flooring, woodwork, plaster walls, doors and hardware are original. The
rooms are unusually large for an antique home of this period.
The
kitchen with modern appliances, wide pine flooring and the huge
colonial fireplace is central to the home. It is big enough for a large
kitchen table, and a sitting area in front of the beautiful fireplace.
A second rear stairway goes from the kitchen to the rear bedrooms
upstairs. Built in corner cabinets in the kitchen, dining room and
living room provide lots of storage and beautiful display shelves. The
kitchen is perfectly situated as the center of the home – and separates
the elegant formal spaces in the front of the home from the more casual
living spaces. The kitchen is large enough to be the perfect room for
entertaining guests or for family gatherings. It has two doors, one to
the driveway with a beautiful old brick walkway, and one onto a fully
screened in porch, perfect for summer dining.
The
porch overlooks beautiful gardens that attract all sorts of birds in
the summer, and with an active herb garden. A patio off the porch is
tucked into a quiet private space overlooking the garden, with more
room for outdoor dining, barbequing or just relaxing at the end of a
long day.
The front of the house is a two story colonial structure with two large rooms on each floor and a central hallway.
A
large formal living room space with room for piano, large comfortable
chairs and a wonderful view of the village green. Again, elegant window
treatments can be completely opened for light and to view the green, or
closed for privacy.
A large formal dining room with a
beautiful chandelier and corner built in cabinet, floor to ceiling
drapes and custom paint make for elegant formal dining for eight.
Another large colonial fireplace, fully functional, graces this
beautiful dining space.
Tucked at the end of the
hallway is a smaller, but very cozy bedroom with private ¾ bath. This
space is private, bright and cheery, and would make the perfect au pair
or in law bedroom.
At the opposite end of the house, in
the rear from the central kitchen is a vanity with hidden washer and
dryer, a large mudroom with separate entrance from the driveway, and in
the very rear of the first floor overlooking the private back yard is a
huge 19 X 25 foot family room with cathedral ceiling.
The
painting of this room is a work of art. The ceiling is blue sky
ceiling, and spring, summer, fall and winter scenes are in each corner
of the room. A full wet bar is hidden behind louvered doors at one end
of the room, a fully functional fireplace is central to the room
opposite a large beautiful bay window with shelf for plants or display
items, and a 100% wool wall to wall carpet makes this large room warm
and comfortable. It is the perfect informal family space, but can also
be the perfect room for entertaining.
Upstairs are two
large bedrooms in the front of the house. The elegant master suite with
private bath features one full closet and a large walk in closet off
the bath. The bathroom features double vanity, marble countertop,
custom tile and painting, Toto toilet with bidet, and a huge
shower/steam bath, all done in marble tile.
The other front bedroom is also large and has another working fireplace.
The
rear bedroom is a two room suite, one with another functional
fireplace. It has adjacent a full bath, remodeled with Toto toilet, tub
with shower, corian countertop vanity and marble flooring. Separate
heating zones with independent temperature controls are in each
upstairs bath.
The lucky owners of this home will enjoy
all of the best Amherst has to offer, be in the nicest and most
prestigious location in town, and have all the quiet and privacy that a
home in the country promises.
For an appointment to view this beautiful historic Amherst, New Hampshire home, please call Rudy Mayer at (603) 888-3990 x 228.
