5 Beds
6 Baths
6,699 SqFt
5 Beds
6 Baths
6,699 SqFt
Key Details
Property Type Single Family Home
Sub Type Single Family Residence
Listing Status Active
Purchase Type For Sale
Square Footage 6,699 sqft
Price per Sqft $432
Subdivision Biltmore Forest
MLS Listing ID 4389681
Style Tudor
Bedrooms 5
Full Baths 5
Half Baths 1
Abv Grd Liv Area 5,782
Year Built 1925
Lot Size 1.650 Acres
Acres 1.65
Property Sub-Type Single Family Residence
Property Description
Charles Parker, who gave Asheville the Grove Arcade, designed this house in 1925. It rose two years after the town itself, among the founding estates whose Tudor lines still set the town's character. A century on, it stands as it was meant to.
Stucco and stone walls, an arched stone entry, the original slate roof still overhead, the carriage doors still hung. Inside are five bedrooms and five-and-a-half baths across some 6,700 square feet—built for the cold months as much as the warm. A wood fire in the living room. A great room that opens to the garden. A wine cellar below. The main suite keeps its own fire and a balcony over the front garden.
Outside, the name comes true: stone terraces step down to a heated pool and a gazebo, on 1.65 level acres of mature grounds.
Biltmore Forest is a town of its own—under three square miles, set between the Biltmore Estate, the Blue Ridge Parkway and Asheville, ten minutes north. Chartered in 1923 and laid out on the same natural principles as the Estate, it has changed little since: its own police, the Donald Ross course at Biltmore Forest Country Club, winding streets under a kept canopy, two parks, and Historic Biltmore Village close at hand.
Houses of this age and order seldom reach the market here, and almost never on ground so flat and so private. Somerset is one. Some houses you must stand inside to know.
Location
State NC
County Buncombe
Zoning R-1
Rooms
Basement Apartment
Primary Bedroom Level Upper
Upper Level, 16' 7" X 15' 0" Primary Bedroom
Interior
Interior Features Attic Stairs Pulldown, Breakfast Bar, Kitchen Island, Pantry, Storage, Walk-In Closet(s), Walk-In Pantry, Wet Bar
Heating Forced Air, Radiant
Cooling Central Air
Fireplaces Type Gas, Primary Bedroom, Wood Burning
Fireplace true
Appliance Bar Fridge, Double Oven, Dryer, Gas Oven, Gas Range, Refrigerator, Washer
Laundry Lower Level, Upper Level
Exterior
Garage Spaces 2.0
Fence Back Yard, Invisible, Wood
Pool Heated, In Ground, Outdoor Pool
Community Features Street Lights, Walking Trails
Utilities Available Cable Connected, Electricity Connected, Natural Gas
Roof Type Slate
Street Surface Asphalt,Paved
Garage true
Building
Lot Description Level, Private, Wooded
Dwelling Type Site Built
Foundation Basement
Sewer Public Sewer
Water City
Architectural Style Tudor
Level or Stories Two
Structure Type Hard Stucco,Stone
New Construction false
Schools
Elementary Schools Estes/Koontz
Middle Schools Valley Springs
High Schools T.C. Roberson
Others
Senior Community false
Special Listing Condition None
Nearby Locations
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