A surprising piece of Hampton’s architectural history is reaching the market.
The Wall Street Journal reported a 141 -year -old summer cabin, in the sale, the Wall Street Journal reported. The shelter was built in 1884 by a cleric called Rev. Henry Turbell Rose. Rose paid his uncle $ 50 for half of a water cultivation land and $ 25 for a house design.
Sigres of rapid advance, a time when the Hamptons because a recreation patio for the rich and famous, and the Reverend could not have imagined that its picturesque summer cabin would go to the market for $ 14.25 million.
The house is called Rosemary Lodge, a combination of Rose’s last name and that of his wife, Mary.
The late Victorian house was added to the National Registry of Historical Places in 2000, which was described as “a very intact example of the tile style” and praised by the exceptional labor of Rose.
The house covers a little about 4,100 square feet and two and a half stories. It has a large porch, a steep roof and outer tiles with red ornaments. Each room is covered in a different type of wood, the newspaper reported.
Inner carpentry elaborated, created by Rose and inspired by the English Tudor period, presents floral motifs and even carved inscriptions of Shakespeare, according to the registration.
“It is very different from going to these new houses, where everything is white and all glass windows,” said Listing Agent Steven Dorn from Brown Harris Stevens to the Journal.
Rosemary Lodge changed his hands for the last time in 2005, according to Suffolk County records, for $ 2.57 million.
Recent restorations remained faithful to the old world details of the house, the Journal reported, but not the old footprint of the house. According to the National Registry, Rosemary Lodge moved to almost half a mile to the south in 1985. A pool and a pool house after the move were added.
The current owners renewed the kitchen and the bathrooms, the Journal reported, as well as built a porch envised. The owners are generous, including 50 pieces of original furniture and cabinets, all built by Rose.
