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Magnificent post and beam home

Suzann Ward of Housatonic Real Estate offers a house with one of the most stunning great rooms in the Berkshires, perfect for relaxing and entertaining.

This magnificent post and beam home boasts a host of luxurious features. This stunning property has undergone a complete renovation with newly renovated bathrooms and kitchen featuring high-end appliances, a new roof, siding, heating system, and central AC, ensuring the utmost in comfort. The heart of the home is the extraordinary great room with soaring ceilings creating a breathtaking space for entertaining, incorporating beams from an English barn originally built in the 1540s. There are two primary suites, one on the first floor and another on the second floor, each accompanied by a private bath. The outdoors offers mountain views, a delightful swimming pool, and a spring-fed pond featuring a charming fountain. There is a spacious 4-car garage for ample storage.

What is the most compelling thing about this property?

So many things – stunning architecture, great location, beautiful views, pond with fountain, swimming pool. Most of all, though, is the stunning great room built from the beams of a 1540s English barn imported piece by piece. This house stands out as truly special.

For whom is this house perfect?

This house is perfect for anyone seeking a well-designed floor plan for living and entertaining. With five bedrooms, including two primary suites, there are plenty of rooms for family and guests, lovely grounds with a pool, and that amazing great room for small or large gatherings,

What is the most fun thing to do within five miles of this property?

This location in South Egremont is close to all the important Berkshire attractions Mom’s Café in the village of South Egremont is great for weekend breakfasts and lunches, and The Barn is the best place around for live music four nights a week. Just five minutes away is the lively town of Great Barrington for theater, movies, shopping and great restaurants. The Catamount Mountain Resort, five minutes in the other direction, offers skiing and skateboarding in the winter, an aerial adventure park and outdoor concerts in the summer. And there are lots of great hiking trails nearby.

If this house could talk, what secrets would it tell you about its history?

This house has quite a story to tell, and you can read about it in the New York Times article linked below. The beams of the great room come from an English hay barn built circa 1540. (Shakespeare could have visited that barn!) They were brought in pieces to the U.S. and lovingly reconstructed for this house. This is a one-of-a kind house. Very special.

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Interested? Contact Suzann Ward

Housatonic Real Estate

Office: 413-329-3031

Mobile: 413-329-3031

Email: SuzannWard@gmail.com

402 Park Street, P.O. Box 547, Housatonic, MA 01236

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