Appleton Farms Ipswich Massachusetts
Trustees of the Reservations
Appleton Farms is a beautiful farm and property of about 658 acres located on the North Shore of Boston in Ipswich and Hamilton Massachusetts. It is a Trustees of the Reservations property and continues to be one of the oldest operating farms in the country. It is an operating dairy farm that also processes products including cheese, yogurt and butter. They run a CSA as well, with pick you own produce for the CSA members. (more…)
- Published in North Shore of Boston - Communities
Landmark Property in Annisquam Gloucester Sold
Sold in June 2013
We have assisted with the sales and marketing of 2R Cambridge Avenue in Gloucester, MA, a well-known Landmark property located in Annisquam. You may recognize this memorable and spectacular property that can be seen from Wingaersheek Beach and the Annisquam River. It is located on the tip of the Annisquam village peninsula and has remarkable views of the river, beaches, Ipswich Bay and the Atlantic Ocean.
“Quattro Venti”, which means Four Winds, is a waterfront Tuscan style villa on 1.2 acres. The house is at the water’s edge and has many 12 foot french doors that open onto a loggia right at the sea wall. It is a stucco home with a red tiled roof. The exterior garden spaces include a seaside sunken garden. The interior is remarkable and grand. The dramatic foyer is graced with limestone and Italian marble and immediately opens to the ocean, formal dining room and magnificent living room. There are eight fireplaces in the the house and the detail throughout is stunning. This is a home that brings you pleasurably back in time. (more…)
- Published in Global Luxury - Coldwell Banker, Past Property Listings
31 Topsfield Road Wenham, MA
John & Cindy Farrell – Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage
Sold July 2013 – Historic Lords Hill home for sale in Wenham, Massachusetts. See homes currently on the market in Hamilton & Wenham, MA. This property was part of what is currently referred to as “Lord’s Hill” in Wenham, Massachusetts. This area reached the Beverly town line and was referred to as “Lords Farm”.
This nine room, three full bath, 2,486 SF home has retained a true farmhouse, cottage feel. With bright sunny rooms and summer breezes. Cozy in the colder months with four fireplaces. This colonial style home built in 1810 still retains many of the older quality features. There are hard pine and fir floors, many large windows, two stairways, and built ins. Set on a pastoral 1.3 acre lot and bounded in the front by a beautiful stone wall.
This home has been a two family home but is now used as a single family with an accessory apartment. There are two separate heating systems.
The first floor has a cottage kitchen, large dining room with a wood stove in the fireplace. The living room with a fireplace is at the front of the house and there is a first floor bedroom and full bath. There is a notable room off the first floor kitchen. This room was once the dairy or milk room. It is quite a special room with a concrete floor and windows on three sides. This would work as a family room or office. The current owners thought it would be great space to expand the kitchen in to. (more…)
- Published in Past Property Listings
