4 turning mill road Lexington | 4TurningMill.com
Award-winning architect has expanded and transformed this mid-century classic Techbuilt house into a renewed modern home. Sophisticated design seamlessly connects old to new, creating living spaces warmed by wood fireplaces, custom walnut millwork, exposed brick and clean lines of modern design. Vast windows illuminate rooms with natural light, while providing constant connection to the home’s lovely natural surrounds.
Open yet intimate, the beautifully detailed kitchen and dining room are nestled between the warmth of the original brick fireplace and expansive glass, framing views in almost every direction. Bedrooms with thoughtful built-ins are complemented by beautifully curated bathrooms, replete with modern fixtures, finishes, and details. A dedicated laundry room provides convenient storage and utility, easily hidden away behind pocket door.
When Owners extensively renovated this iconic Carl Koch home, they invested in both comfort and efficiency - Pella windows, new plumbing/electric/insulation, higher performing HVAC/systems - while maintaining reverence to Koch’s innovative and progressive mid-century design of symmetry, right proportions, exposed beams, and open flexible plan, affording space to work from home, cook, teach and learn from home.
Living extends outdoors to the large garapa wood patio (perfect for hosting safe gatherings), with terraced ascent to the peaceful privacy of a yard surrounded by mature trees, wildlife, and beautiful woodland setting. With its own vaulted ceiling and picture windows, the detached garage inspires opportunities to create your art, music or yoga studio, with optimal space for a workshop. Eco-friendly, with Tesla charging station, and “historically-correct� storage in re-purposed mahogany cabinets from the original kitchen!
property history
In 1956, 4 Turning Mill served as the model home for renowned architect Carl Koch’s planned community, Middle Ridge, tucked in the woods of northwest Lexington. Koch’s innovative Techbuilt designs offered affordable, efficient “pre-fabricated” homes, based on 48” module, with no interior load-bearing walls - a total departure from the New England homes that surrounded it. Other architects followed, and soon thereafter, this historic community of modern homes emerged. Turning Mill remains one of the largest concentrations of architect designed mid-century modern homes in the Northeast. Pictured upper left is Carl Koch leading MIT professors on visit to Techbuilt model home at 4 Turning Mill Road. (c.1956) Pictured below is the construction of Turning Mill Road, c.1956.
turning mill neighborhood Turning Mill is one of Lexington’s renowned mid-century modern enclaves, developed in the 1950’s and early 1960’s, and comprised of both Techbuilt and Peacock Farm style homes. Notable architects, including Walter Gropius, Carl Koch and Walter Pierce, are credited for their vision and influence that led to the development of these architecturally rich neighborhoods - Turning Mill, Peacock Farm, Six Moon Hill, and Five Fields - which are now havens for Modernists who love clean lines, connection to nature, and a strong sense of community. Turning Mill was approved in 2018 as a Neighborhood Conservation District, in recognition of its consistency of architecture, as well as its natural and private woodland setting. Surrounded by conservation areas, Turning Mill residents have easy access to miles of trails, popular with hikers, mountain bikers, and Sunday walkers alike. Simonds Brook and Paint Mine Conservation areas, and Burlington’s Landlocked Forest to the east, offer a vast array of wildlife and beautiful natural habitat, including wetlands and several vernal pools. The Paint Rock Pool offers optional seasonal membership and is a wonderful community gathering place, offering swim lessons, a swim team, and fun neighborhood festivities, like annual fun run, pancake breakfast and ice cream socials. Estabrook Elementary School opened a newly constructed LEED certified building in 2014, and is consistently ranked among the best elementary schools in Massachusetts. This timeless Turning Mill home offers the warmth of community, the privilege of privacy, and the harmonic beauty of historic mid-century modernism, merged with contemporary design.
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seller’s list of improvements Major renovations completed late 2012 through 2013, and included: Interior • main house gutted down to the studs + addition built • new kitchen, bathrooms, entire house interior walls plastered, painted, new stairs, new wood and tile floors, new fireplace in addition Pella windows & sliders (replaced all operable windows) • new electrical (upgraded to 200amp) • new plumbing • removed old heating system and fuel tank • 4 x Fujitsu mini-split heat pump/AC (+ supplemental baseboard heaters throughout house) • radiant heat in 2nd floor bathroom • RenewAire ERV - fresh air exchange system • spray foam insulation in walls, ceiling/roof Exterior • new rubber membrane roof on addition, replaced asphalt shingle roof on existing house • new gutters added • exterior siding/trim painted (2014) • 2017 - garage painted • 2017 - garage roof shingles replaced Landscaping • added dry well and drainage (part of wetlands approval process) • 2014 - bluestone/pea stone paths, front stairs built, patio built (garapa wood), and terracing done in backyard • 2018-19-20 - front slope and side hill plantings, lots of perennials and shrubs added • 2018 - added top soil to level side yard, planted grass • 2018 - built river rock drip edge around front and side of house Most Recent • Dec 2020 - some interior painting, new marble tile at kitchen island and backsplash • Dec 2020 - replaced solar pathway lighting • May 2020 - all smoke/CO detectors replaced • Feb 2020 - new hot water heater • Dec 2019 - added Tesla charging station to garage • Oct 2018 - new chimney cleaned (old chimney was inspected, cleaned, and chimney cap installed when we moved in 2013, and has not been used since) This timeless Turning Mill home offers the warmth of community, the privilege of privacy, and the harmonic beauty of historic mid-century modernism, merged with contemporary design.
floorplans
property details Interior Rooms: Beds: Bath: Size:
8 3 bedrooms 2 full 1,630 sq. ft. as measured by architect
Exterior Lot: Parking: Outdoors: Grounds: Roof: Siding: Garage:
0.74 acre (32,178 sq. ft.) Paved driveway (3 cars) Garapa wood patio, terraced, bluestone, pea stone paths Native plants, flowering shrubs, mature trees, hardy perennials, wetlands Rubber membrane, asphalt shingle Wood, painted Detached 1 car garage, workshop, storage, Tesla charging station
Systems (most systems installed in 2013) Heating/Cooling: (electric) 4 ductless mini split units (living room, dining room, 2nd fl bedrooms) 1 zone radiant heat (2nd fl bathroom) Independent baseboard heaters throughout house RenewAire Energy Recovery Ventilator - fresh air exchange system Fireplaces: 2 WBFP, (living room FP has heat circulating fan, Sellers have not used dining room FP) Electrical: 200 amp, circuit breakers Cooking: Induction cooktop, wall oven, vented hood Laundry: LG front load W/D, electric Other Style Year Built: Taxes: Neighborhood:
Mid-Century Modern, Techbuilt 1956, addition 2013 $11,465 (FY20) Paint Rock Pool, Turning Mill Neighborhood
Disclosures • Property contains wetlands - see agent for details • Participant in Turning Mill Neighborhood Conservation District • Shareholder in Paint Rock Pool, offering optional membership with annual fee • Sellers have not used dining room fireplace
LAURA SEGAL
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