Only a few miles from the enterprise district of Chester, New Jersey, is a bucolic property with 52 acres of preserved farmland. Its many vintage buildings, together with a five-bedroom essential home with the unique part relationship again to the 1700s, have been expanded and up to date to trendy tastes.
A scenic view of Black River Farm, a preserved 52-acre haven close to Chester’s enterprise district.
Referred to as Black River Farm, the property is restricted from growth and is bordered by parkland, different preserved properties and the Lamington River.
The property is bordered by parkland and the Lamington River.
“It is one of the lovely areas of Chester Township,” mentioned Karen Tourville of Turpin Realtors, who’s co-listing the property along with her daughter, Alison Tourville. “It is simply this little slice of heaven but you are actually near downtown Chester.”
The principle home of Black River Farm, which dates to the 1700s, seamlessly blends antiquity and … [+]
The principle Colonial Revival house was constructed within the 1770s and has been expanded over the past twenty years, with a few of the authentic tree trunk beams nonetheless seen within the basement, Tourville mentioned.
The formal eating room incorporates a vertical wine storage crafted from the property’s personal barn wooden.
The expanded kitchen has partitions of white cupboards, a big island with built-in vary and second sink and incorporates a eating space. Subsequent to the kitchen is a small sitting room with one of many house’s seven fireplaces.
The expansive kitchen has gleaming white cupboards, a central island, and an adjoining quaint sitting … [+]
The formal eating room options vertical wine storage constructed with barn wooden from the property. The identical weathered wooden wraps round columns by a staircase separating the eating room from the residing space. The primary degree additionally has a big wood-paneled library, and there may be an extra household room that presently hosts a billiards desk.
The in depth wood-paneled library, a haven for guide lovers.
The first bed room has a fire and en suite toilet with twin vanities and a glass-enclosed bathe. Upstairs can be a lounge space with giant home windows that overlook the property.
The crimson barn on the property.
A two-story cottage on the property was renovated final yr and comes with two bedrooms and two full loos. It may be used as a visitor or employees home or house workplace. The present homeowners use a two-story financial institution barn for social occasions.
The barn’s huge interiors function a hub for social gatherings.
Subsequent to the heated Gunite pool and bluestone patio is a pool pavilion constructed from rustic wooden with an open lounge space that includes a flatscreen TV and a glass-paneled roof. It is adjoined by an outside kitchen and spa.
Tough-hewn beams and uncovered rafters add to the house’s attraction.
An tools barn has stalls for horses and can be utilized along with the indifferent three-car storage to retailer two extra vehicles. Extra outbuildings embrace a renovated corn crib, rooster coop and fieldstone spring home.
A country pool pavilion is provided with a flatscreen TV and an adjoining out of doors kitchen.
There may be loads of room for mountain climbing, cross-country snowboarding and elevating animals, and extra buildings associated to farming may be constructed, topic to zoning approval, Tourville mentioned.
Huge grounds beckon out of doors fanatics for mountain climbing, snowboarding, and animal rearing.
The 52-acre unfold is in the marketplace for $3.495 million.
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