The ceiling is really stunning.The living room flanks the dining room across the hall. It retained many of the original details which had to be restored . The homeowners have accumulated a lot of period furnishings which fit the house.A study off the living room featured a Bottomley fireplace and beautiful paneling with the original owner's intials.Located a few steps down from the living room is the paneled library from the Bottomley renovation. As Spencer said, the wood is basically 'junk' wood but detailed so beautifully that it could rival any finer species of wood paneling.I loved the detail at the window jamb, which allows blinds or shutters to fit down these reveals.Located a few more steps down from the library is the garden room.Spencer added these decorative grilles to hide the needed heating and AC ducts.The garden room naturally opens into the expansive gardens. Designed as a series of rooms, one comes across many little surprises such as this water garden. The rear lawn features 1 large stone pillar and low wall, part of an unrealized master plan? Spencer and Lilly had it restored, including the incredibly enormous stone ball.Adjacent tothe house is the adorable guest cottage which I loved; I could move right in! The back of the cottage is where the kitchen gardens lay.Off to the other side of the rear lawn is a gate to the new pool and poolhouse, designed by Spencer.I love the regency styling here, leaving one to wonder when it was built. Stone walls throughout the estate help create separate spaces and create usable areas in the hilly landscape.This looks ideal for this hot weather we've had lately! The interior walls of the poolhouse are thick, allowing for clever storage but also help insulate the temperature.Further from the house was found an old ruined stone building on a picturesque pond. Spencer restored it as a fishing cottage.What a perfect little getaway! The views of the pond are incredible. And of course, I wouldn't be the nerdy architect without a few little detail shots. I loved the way Spencer integrated these downspouts between an addition and the house so that they are inset and protected from the driveway.To hide the exhaust for the range in the newly renovated kitchen, Spencer added a cute little dormer between two existing dormers. Many thanks to the ICAA for arranging this great outing and to Madison Spencer and Rachel Lilly for being such entertaining tour guides of their fantastic project!
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What a great estate! Thanks for showing all the wonderful details, including those terrific screen doors!
Devoted, yes, i was particularly intrigued by those doors! the estate had come upon 'hard times' before these current owners and they were just rotting away in some barn, Amazing!
Henhurst, thank you! I will try to figure it out with future postings. This blogger platform has a lot of issues.
Amazing house and garden tour, Stefan! What a setting! I'm assuming Blue Ridge Farm is not available for public tours? I love the garden room and it's exposed brick walls.
Loi, unfortunately no, it's a private house. I'll let you know when the next ICAA tours are coming up -they're really great opportunities to see things like this that one normally doesn't see.
Just heavenly~ talk about pearly gates....or what!
pve
You had me at the second picture. I am a huge fan of Neo-Georgian! This is an incredible house. I love it when the back of the house is as beautiful (or more beautiful) than the front.
What a treat to get a tour - great idea for an ICAA event. I am on the membership committee of the ICAA SE; we are trying to expand membership beyond architects to enthusiasts and designers as well.
- Holly
Beautiful! love the screen doors, all the details and I'll move into that fishing cottage.
every detail is perfection.
i did love the wooden screen doors-
xox
It is my dream to travel and take a peek at houses like this. Glad I found your blog. My dream half-way comes true.
Sandra, be prepared for small space living -the fishing cottage is one room about 15x20!
Patricia - pearly gates were the only things missing!
Holly, it's a great organization! They're trying to more actively involve architects by getting them to do tours of their projects (like this one). It's a small organization here but hopefully can expand more broadly!
Thanks for bringing us along on the tour, Stefan! I particularly like the detail of the compass rose on the Map Room ceiling — nice touch!
Stefan, another gorgeous tour! Excuse me while I pick my jaw up off the floor to try and make an intelligible comment. Love, love, love! How are you? :)
This is a gorgeous estate! Thanks so much for sharing this beautiful property and such lovely images!
Nancy
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I want a map room! And I love that little fishing cottage.
Georgian style architecture is one of my absolute favorites and this gorgeous home certainly reinforces that - the back is as lovely as the front, and the guest cottage...charm personified!
Thanks for the tour as it was a treat to virtually tour the estate. I recall when the property was last listed for sale in several glossy magazines prior to it's 2002 sale.
The condition its in now reflects a lot of careful thought with keeping it fresh yet sympathetic to Bottomley's work. Sadly too many owners in this era like to gut grand old homes and remove the soul in exchange for empty, clean lines.
Per the estate's filing with the National Historic Register the pool (and pool house) was added following the acquisition of the estate in 1981.
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