Ruxton estate with terraced gardens, pool and outdoor covered porch ideal for entertaining – Beragampengetahuan

Address: 6512 Montrose Ave., Baltimore

List Price: $2,495,000

Year built: 1928

Real estate agents: Kate Meyer and Matt Fischer of Monument Sotheby’s International Realty

Last sold price/date: For $1,050,000 on June 24, 1991

Property size: 6,471-square-foot home has four bedrooms plus four full bathrooms and two half-bathrooms along with an outdoor swimming pool, gazebo and attached three-car garage on 2.63 acres.

Unique features: This red brick, century-old colonial exudes tranquility, from the covered entrance to the brick walkways leading to tiered, English-style gardens.

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Standout features include the huge attached outdoor porch made for entertaining a crowd, with its bricked arches and pitched wooded roof. Even more guests can congregate nearby on the nearby three-story covered patio, which runs the rear of the home and supports a third-story balcony.

The swimming pool is deep enough to accommodate plunges from a diving board. It is surrounded by mature trees and adjoins an octagonal gazebo ideal for changing clothes before or after a dip.

Terraced gardens ramble over 2.5 acres and include numerous stone walkways, garden gates and even a rose-entwined archway.

This home’s interior also is full of old world flourishes ranging from decorative dentil moldings to picture framing, hardwood floors, a grand central staircase and three wood-burning fireplaces. Though this colonial primarily is constructed from brick, some rooms have stone floors and walls.

The kitchen features white cabinets, some with open fronts for displaying favorite ceramics, and a generously-sized island with a prep sink and breakfast bar. An adjoining butler’s pantry has been equipped with dark wood cabinets and an extra sink. The master bathroom has been modernized with a walk-in shower.

Floor to ceiling Palladian windows in the dining room let the sun shine in, while the upper floor has charming fan-shaped windows that can be opened to a cool breeze.

Be sure to check out the first-floor powder room. Its playful chinoiserie wallpaper depicting humans overwhelmed by nature is designed to make visitors smile.