Gusty Gables
Gilded Age Lenox Great Estate
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A DAZZLING AMERICAN CLASSIC
Serenely and privately set just minutes away from gracious downtown Lenox, thoughtfully restored and even improved, this historic estate earns with charming ease its place among the great homes of its era and our own.
Designed by the founding partner of landmark American architectural firm McKim, Mead & White, Gusty gables is the last surviving Charles F. McKim original in the region, a significant representative of the 'Shingle Style' and a superb example of the golden age of Berkshires estate-building.
Built in the Spring and Summer of 1879, encompassing nine bedrooms, five full and two half baths, this is an elegant and welcoming home which never loses sight of the comfort of those living happily within its walls. McKim created for his New York dowager clients a series of public and private spaces pierced by sunlight, flowing easily from one lovely room to the next while also providing plenty of quiet, cozy retreats.
The generous formal rooms-Dining Room, Living Room and Sitting Room/Den are complemented by the marvelously bright Breakfast/Sunroom, the upstairs Parlor and Game Room, the bluestone Mudroom, and of course the long, open, superbly appointed eat-in country kitchen.
There's so much to love about this property! The tennis court and sunken flagstone swimming pool sheltering behind the privacy of encircling trees; the delicate interplay of McKim's many dormers, gables, overhangs, and original Queen Anne windows on its lively facade; all the airy private bedrooms, each steps away from their sparkling bath (and bathtub!), high and restful above the warm bustle of downstairs life. Renovated in every careful detail, the home has been gifted with a lavishly top-of-the-line kitchen (and substantial adjoining butler's pantry) capable of hosting anything from an intimate family dinner to a rolling lawn party of fifty or so of your closest friends.
We could go on!...about the glossy parquet floors of the formal entry hall, say, or the superb moldings and cornices which set the tone for each elegant room...the carefully chosen period hardware and the soaring custom cabinetry, the external and built-in garages, the marble-mantled fireplace in the master bedroom suite, or the mahogany flooring of the serene screened-in porch...but instead, we will simply say that we are proud to invite you to visit one of the loveliest of Berkshire homes.
Shown by advance qualified appointment only.
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