Spectacular 140-Acre Property In The Center Of Virginia Asks $11 Million

Eaglecrest is a 140-acre property within the middle of Virginia that was once impressed via such presidential mansions as George Washington’s Mount Vernon and Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello.

Set in Charlottesville, a few 2-hour force from Washington, D.C., the valuables has simple get right of entry to to historic websites, wineries and outside game together with mountain climbing, horseback driving and golfing. Within sight are the College of Virginia, President James Monroe’s Highland place of dwelling and Montpelier, the house of President James Madison.

“Whilst this house provides seclusion, privateness and a definite – slightly tough to search out at the moment – serenity, Charlottesville’s bustling downtown is a trifling 15-minute force away,” says checklist agent Fouad Talout of Lengthy & Foster Actual Property. “Town provides thrilling nightlife and fair Southern hospitality. This assets actually provides the most efficient of each worlds.”

Finished in 2000, the residential compound facilities on a 16,400-square-foot manor space surrounded via lush lawns, fields and forest. Stately columns outline the portico of the purple brick mansion, whilst black shutters body the home windows.

Twin staircases lead upstairs off the wood-clad central corridor, which opens to a two-story octagon-shaped lounge that includes French doorways, a hearth and crown molding.

A wall mural depicting early American lifestyles 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 screen porch.

A circle of relatives 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 residing areas.

The principle stage proprietor’s suite includes a sitting house with a hearth, French doorways, a twin self-importance toilet and big walk-in closets for a complete of 7 bedrooms and 7 complete toilets.

Herringbone-patterned brick terraces result in the yard and the swimming pool. Two herbal springs feed a three-acre pond at the back of the manor space.

Additionally at the grounds are a four-bedroom visitor space, a carriage space that may accommodate 10 automobiles and has an upstairs place of job 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 coated bridge, greater than 4 miles of roads and trails, two barns or apparatus sheds, a pavilion and a reflecting pool with fountains are amongst different facilities.

Eaglecrest’s many imaginable makes use of come with a company retreat, an equestrian property, a circle of relatives compound, a holiday getaway or a farm, in step with Talout. The asking value for 741 Woodlands Highway, Charlottesville, Virginia, is US $10.9 million.

The property is a rarity within the present native housing marketplace. “Higher-bracket houses, equivalent to this one, generally fall into their very own class,” says Talout, who cites just one different assets on the market within the house that would also be thought to be a similar checklist. However the comp, he notes, “does now not experience the similar well-kept grounds, stately finishes, trendy upgrades and 5 separate compounds/visitor houses that 741 Woodlands does.”

Plus, Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport is handiest about 8 miles clear of Eaglecrest.

“Certainly one of Virginia’s maximum spectacular estates, there are few patrons who is also lucky sufficient to name it house,” Talout says. “The long run proprietor of this assets will undoubtedly benefit from the many years of recollections this house will deliver.”

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