5 Beds 8.5 Baths 8,177 Sq.Ft.
Great opportunity to purchase a custom designed home on one of the Main Line and Gladwyne's most spectacular properties. This stunning 20 year old French Colonial, with 5 bedrooms and 8.5 bathrooms (one bathroom is located in the pool house), is situated on almost 3 acres of park-like, professionally landscaped grounds, on one of Gladwyne's most coveted streets. Lovingly maintained and upgraded, this home offers a dramatic, spacious, open floor-plan with great flow for easy living and entertaining. Soaring ceilings and a multitude of windows, including two architectural palladium windows, allow light to permeate each room with spectacular views of the gorgeous outdoors. The first floor comprises a large center hall, living room with fireplace and French doors to a study/office with built-ins. The formal dining room leads to a butler's pantry, a large modern, granite kitchen with island, breakfast area and family/great room with cathedral ceiling and a huge palladium window. A first floor fifth bedroom and bathroom (both handicap accessible), mudroom and large walk-in coat/storage closet and powder room complete this main floor. French doors from the entry hall and sliders from the breakfast area lead to an expansive slate patio overlooking the breathtaking grounds, 45ft in-ground pool and hot tub with waterfall. A pool house with full bath, shower, changing room and multi-level storage is conveniently located nearby. The second floor offers a master suite with vaulted ceiling, his and her bathrooms and two large walk-in closets. There are 3 additional very large bedrooms, all with their own full baths and a spacious laundry room. An open staircase leads to the huge floored attic for additional storage. This large area can easily be converted to additional living space. The incredible lower level with 10 foot ceilings has a full bathroom and is divided into a huge art studio, an entertainment area with big screen TV, a game room with custom designed open space for games, pool table and a gym .Other special features include an attached 3-car garage, circular driveway, security system, 5 zone heating and cooling, new septic, hardwood floors, moldings and wainscoting, back staircase leading to the second floor from the mudroom/kitchen area, surround sound in family room and house wide, 5-zone sound system with Sonos including an exterior in-ground sound system around pool. Prize winning Lower Merion School District, minutes from I76 and 476 Expressway. All stucco was removed in 2018 and replaced with hardy plank, enhancing the handsome curb appeal of this stunning home!
