Home of the Week: Want to get away? Topsfield antique paired with massive carriage house
The carriage house has a bathroom, a workshop, and a full kitchen. Search the latest listings to rent or buy at realestate.boston.com.
52 South Main St., Topsfield
$875,000
Style Antique
Year built 1850
Square feet 2,270 square feet main house/2,198 carriage house
Bedrooms 3
Baths 3 full, 1 half
Water/Sewer Public/private
Taxes $9,232 (2021)
The original wide-plank pine flooring in the living room is emblematic of the historic charm this property near the town center holds, but modern comforts like a pizza oven and high-end stainless-steel appliances await and there is plenty of space to spread out.
A look from the driveway underscores that premise: In addition to the main house, there’s a two-story carriage house that rivals it in size, complete with a workshop, full kitchen, bath, living area, two offices, and loft. On your way back from the carriage house, wipe off your boots in the mudroom, which offers two closets, stairs to the second floor with a wavy bargeboard treatment that’s lovely, a door to the basement, and a connection to the 200-square-foot Shaker-style kitchen.
The updated kitchen features high-end appliances, including a double oven; butcher-block and quartz counters; extensive beadboard; a custom pot rack; a hefty built-in hutch; and a flat blue paint on the walls and custom cabinetry, generating a sense of history without sacrificing modern comforts. There is an L-shaped island with a double sink, seating for two, and a five-burner cooktop.
The dining area is two steps down, sharing the rear of the home with a family room totaling some 275 square feet. The ceiling slopes to a wall of windows that ends with French doors to a brick patio with a wood-burning, beehive-like pizza oven. The home’s half bath, which features a dresser-turned-vanity and a playful wallpaper accent wall, is also off the family room.
The living room, located on the other side of the kitchen, spans the width of the home and has exposed beams and a wood-burning brick fireplace topped with a matching wood mantel. Natural light streams in from windows on both ends.
A bright blue bedroom (110 square feet) with a walk-in closet, an antique built-in cabinet, windows on two walls, and a 146-square-foot office with bookshelves complete this floor.
The stairwell to the second floor ends in a landing with three doors. The owner suite is straight ahead. Like the living room, it stretches the width of the house. The space has six windows, a sitting area, and three closets behind bifold doors. The updated en-suite bath comes with a tub/shower combination, a skylight, a wood floor, and a single vanity topped with granite and clad in beadboard. Back in the bedroom, a door opens to the laundry and storage space, which is also accessible via the front stairwell.
The other bedroom on this floor measures 143 square feet, comes with a walk-in closet and two windows, and has an en-suite bath with a wood floor, a standalone shower, and a single vanity.
The basement is unfinished.
If you’d like privacy to practice karaoke or the bagpipes, head to the carriage house, where your sound will resound to the rafters. Built with white oak beams, the carriage house predates the main house (1731), was recently renovated, and boasts a main room with an open layout that measures 524 square feet. A wood-burning stove augments the two gas heaters and adds color and charm. The second level encompasses a loft (with a darkroom) and a second office. The owners are photographer Eric Roth and Lucille Wymer.
The property measures 0.6 of an acre and offers a fenced-in garden, a shed, and a woodshed.
Linda Magnifico of the North Shore Real Estate Home Group at RE/Max on the River in Middleton has the listing. As of press time, an offer with contingencies has been accepted on the property.
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