Expect the unexpected from this French Colonial in Norwell
This grand, nine-room home features a large foyer, a stunning library, and sits on over three acres.
The stucco and clapboard on this hipped-roof French Colonial are painted a sunny yellow, setting the tone for this expansive home.
The first step inside brings you into the light from a large arched window and a foyer with 20-foot ceilings.
To the left is the epitome of the classic manly library, testimony to the beauty of dark walnut: three-quarter-height wainscoting and a coffered ceiling that leads the eye to a fireplace flanked by bookshelves.
Across the way is a formal dining room rich with millwork. Here one wall has been given over to rectangular windows with half-moon tops. These elements are underneath a shallow coved ceiling framed by wide crown molding.
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Large Norwell Colonial has lots of space, light
A doorway in the dining room leads to a kitchen that is very bright, compliments of the sunlight pouring in from two skylights in the cathedral ceiling above the eating area. The cooking space offers cherry cabinets, a gas cooktop built into a dark granite counter, and stainless-steel appliances. A slider leads to the smaller of the home’s two decks.
The second deck (a 40-by-11-foot retreat) can be accessed from the living room, which is large and airy and framed by two unadorned columns, a design mimicked in the gas-fireplace surround, where smaller versions stand on both sides. French doors flank the fireplace and lead to the deck and the broad, flat yard.
If you’d rather enjoy the sunshine from the comfort of the air conditioning, step into what may be the sunniest spot in the house, a family room with three large skylights in the cathedral ceiling, a wall of windows, and a slider leading to the deck.
Back in the foyer, a broad stairwell gracefully curves to the second floor and a landing where a pair of solid-wood doors guards the entry into the master suite. The bedroom area has several windows and a cathedral ceiling. The en suite bath offers a whirlpool tub, a bidet, a double vanity, and a separate shower.
The hallway outside the master leads to a full bath and three bedrooms, two of which share a bathroom.
The basement is unfinished. The house sits on a cul-de-sac, at the starting point of a three-acre lot shaped like a paintbrush.
Listing broker Deborah S. Bernat of Hammond Residential Real Estate in Wellesley has scheduled an open house for Sunday, July 26, from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.
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