The house was built in 1795, how old do you think this is?

Of course I'd need a few more dishes...

Here's the house

I was dismayed to read that it has "subdivision potential"...whatever that means,,,what a horrible thought . I can only assume they would each have 5 acres or so around them...sure would mess up the area. c

Love the outdoor spaces and the DR that seems to be in a patio room.

Also like the sitting room with the built-in bookcases.

Thanks for posting.

I'm really enjoying seeing kitchens with wallpaper these days. It looks fresh again.

Certainly worth a lottery ticket or ten! :)

And (ahem . . . blush) I could easily fill that dish pantry -- LOL! :)

I value your opinion.

I wasn't going to admit it but the wallpaper appealed to me too, at least some of it. Like that bathroom.

And that painted wood ceiling in the bar looks interesting.

The kitchen is definitely new but the shelves in the pantry are very close together near the floor? And there isn't any cabinet doors (for such a large one) or counter space for the toaster oven (LOL!) You know what I mean. Even if one of us was making the pantry "look old" we would probably have put more function in it?

Maybe they'll have a yard sale and I can pick up that side table under the painting in the DR????

(Now I'm REALLY dreaming!)

;)

Some houses like that are kept as museums, and that's fine if it suits the families that live in them, or if they are owned by the trust or the historical society, or if the families have to open them for the income to keep them up, but sensitive adaptation and change is what private lives ought to be about.

Too bad about the nine and a half million I don't have lying around. That's one of those "if you have to ask, you can't afford it" houses. It would probably take $46,000 a month just to keep the house and grounds in good order, and keep the tax man happy! So we probably ought to just pay cash, don't you think...?

Only a small part of that house is that old... the rest has been added on over the years.
I am guessing that pantry is NOT original to the original house.

Cloudy Christine, funny re: Main Line. Also true!

Mostly the house is really tasteful and personal and warm and friendly. You know, a "down to earth" sort of multi-million dollar house. Ah, the charm of collected-over-the-years, old-money style!

Miss Barb the realtor will be sitting pretty if she gets a client to scoop this one up!

I just love the pantry and I think that's how kitchens should be, with everything out where you can see it instead of having to open and close cabinets.

Another house was advertised on the page with the pantry that is for sale for $16M+. The people who own it were big donors to the hospital where I worked and we had a party at their house. It is quite something, although the house was rather dark with low ceilings, as really old houses tend to be. However, the grounds are amazing. The barn is far enough away that you would drive to it, or perhaps zip over in the golf cart. They are avid equestrians, especially fox hunting. They are lovely, down-to-earth people.

I just hope developers don't get their hands on these properties.

It might make a really nice corporate conference center, however.

If only those Russian oligarchs weren't so hard to get along with....

My ideal stone home would have the interiors of the house dedtired posted and the grounds of the house biochem posted :)

One great perk of my job (fund raising for non-profits) was seeing how the very wealthy live. I've seen amazing homes including one with an indoor squash court, astounding places in Palm Beach, one place with original Norman Rockwell paintings, beautiful horse "farms", places that would just knock your socks off. Then I got to go home to my little brick box!

That house is in Malvern, right near the Radnor Hunt Club, which isn't in Radnor, either!

It was sometimes fun to rub shoulders with the rich. Too bad it didn't rub off on me.

I never went to PV but it is still unchanged, with the pretty tiles and patios. I went to WV and HHS. Elementary was Cynwyd, which has changed dramatically.

I was at the library on Wednesday and thought of your sister. We have a patron with a similar name. Speaking of big uproars, there is one now about adding an elevator to the library. I support it so the library will be handicapped accessible (thinking ahead to my old age), but others do not.