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View: 180 degrees, from Gunstock Mountain, left to Ossipee Mountains, right. Elevation: 1400 ft
View: 180 degrees, from Gunstock Mountain, left to Ossipee Mountains, right. Elevation: 1400 ft
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elle Vue on Suncrest Drive is an English Country Home on top of the world in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. It is all about the view of Beach Pond and Lake Winnipesaukee with mountains beyond. This private estate has all the comforts of home and the character and amenities you would expect in a multi-million dollar home with some one-of-a-kind touches and quality fine details and craftsmanship that homes priced far more don't have. You also would be living in a home with the charm you might find in Winchester, England. Yet you are minutes from the historic town of Wolfeboro, Brewster Academy, and all that Lake Winnipesaukee and the Lakes Region can offer. Come and see the top of the world at a down to earth price.
Belle Vue, Suncrest Drive Estate, Wolfeboro, New Hampshire
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Belle Vue Estate on Suncrest View: 180 degrees, from Gunstock Mountain, left to Ossipee Mountains, right. Elevation: 1400 ft
Country English Home On Top Of The World, Literally
They say a picture is worth a 1000 words. In this case the pictures can't even begin to show you the pure beauty that a million words could express. Belle Vue is a Country English home built with the finest quality craftsmanship by Beckwith Builders of Wolfeboro, New Hampshire Lakes Region’s premier builder. The house is surrounded by meticulous English gardens with over 160 mature specimen trees, bushes and flowering plantings designed by Belknap Landscaping. The home could be in the hillsides of Winchester England. However, nowhere in England can you appreciate the majestic panoramic views of Lake Winnipesaukee and the mountains beyond. Properties like this do not come on the market often.
Come home and live on top of the world at a down to earth price.
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An Elegant Estate for all Seasons English Manor framed by Lush Landscaping
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Quiet Elegance in Winter
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Belle Vue, Suncrest Drive Estate, Wolfeboro, New Hampshire
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Lush Gardens and Never Ending Views Lush English Gardens with over 160 specimen trees, shrubs and flowering plants. Front yard plantings flower all summer long.
Landscaping, stonework, 2 bluestone patios, and driveway by Belknap Landscape Company, Gilford; completed 2003
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Chef ’s Kitchen with Room to Entertain Sub Zero frig, 2 sinks, 2 dishwashers, double ovens, trash compactor, microwave, Thermador cooktop with grill and exhaust vent.
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Dining area and adjacent Butler’s Pantry and Very Large Walk in Pantry , two large pass through openings to Great Room
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Living Room with a View The finest craftsmanship went into every detail of the built ins and custom fireplace.
Dine in style surrounded by Friends and Mother Nature.
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Master the Suite Huge Master Suite with Dressing Room, walkin ceder closet, office alcove--- and miles of spectacular views.
A Dressing Room, huge Linen Room with Dumbwaiter to all floors, Spa-like Master Bath with double sinks, and Jacuzzi with a View.
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Lower Level Guest Suite for Family, Friends or Au Pair
Craft Room / Bedroom on Second Level
Lower Level Guest Suite includes Full Bath, Family room with stone Fireplace and Walk out to Private Stone Patio
Craft room on Second Floor could be a Bedroom
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It’s all in the Details Second Floor sitting area connecting bedrooms with Laundry
The quality is in the details. and everywhere you look, it is clear how fine and well thought out they are.
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First Floor Office/Bedroom Lower Level
The main floor office can also be used as a bedroom with a large closet, built-in shelves and a full bath just steps away.
Main Floor
Second Floor
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Why we Love Belle Vue, ~ A note from the Owners Two lots of record. Lot 3 is 10.16 acres. Lot 6 (house lot) is 6.71 acres. Each with View Easements. Most in Current Use. The View, the View, the View In Fall, the panoramic view of the turning leaves is breathtaking. In the Winter, you can see the skiers at nite on Gunstock mountain and look at snowcapped Mt. Shaw in the distance which is really beautiful at this time.
Lot 3
10.16 acres
In the summer, you can see the twinkling lights of Laconia in the distance at night; you can watch the Mt. Washington crossing the Lake in the distance; on the Forth of July you can see lots of town fireworks in the distance; and you can watch storms coming in over the hills and the Lake far in front of you. The range of view is 180 degrees and it’s always changing so it never gets boring, just very peaceful. The Privacy
Lot 6
6.71 acres
The area is secluded, quiet, peaceful, private; no visitors coming up the road, no noise from neighbors; yet you’re not alone. Since all the land out towards Beach Pond is Town owned, there’s nobody to disrupt the view--you see no houses. The house sits on 6 acres but there’s an extra 10 acre parcel included on the other side of Suncrest Drive (going all the way down to Beach Pond Road) We’re 7 miles from town (stores, Hospital)-only takes 9 minutes to get there; we’re 2 miles from the 7-11 store on Rt. 28 (gas, pizza, etc.); and we’re 1 mile from the Town dump (very handy); yet we’re “remote”. Being at 1400 feet, the breeze is always blowing, keeping the area much cooler than in town. Our Beautiful Home.
Land--Two Lots of Record House Lot (Lot 6 in town records) 6.71 acres with 1 acre residential and 5.71 acres in Current Use assessment. The property is over 1400 feet above sea level affording unsurpassed views of Lake Winnipesaukee and the mountains beyond. Second Lot (Lot 3 in town records) 10.16 acres in Current Use Runs entire outside length of Suncrest Drive and has 315 feet for road frontage on Beech Pond Road.
Though it was designated in 1995 as “Non Buildable”, it may be possible to be reclassified as buildable house lot with variance approval. Lot 6 contains a “View Easement” on the abutting lot. Suncrest Drive is a 1/2 mile long gravel road maintained by The Suncrest Drive Property Owners Association Service road off Suncrest Drive provides access to the back yard and lower level door for maintenance purposes.
We have gas fireplaces for convenience, but a really good woodburning fireplace in the Great Room which is much enjoyed by company on cold winter days.We really use our Dumbwaiter for bringing up laundry from the lower level to the laundry room and sending them down and for sending purchased supplies upstairs. The Dumbwaiter serves all three levels. For dinners with company (like Thanksgiving), we put everything out on the large Center Island-buffet style, and it works out wonderfully. We really find air conditioning on those hot days to be a must, and the house is actually cooled by three condensers so that if one ever goes out the other two still keep the house cool.
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We have a 12KW automatic emergency generator which runs on propane from an underground storage tank. The 400 gallon tank can supply the house with electricity for a week so we feel very secure. The guest quarters are on the lower level to give complete privacy for visiting families. For large family visits, two sleep in the Guest Bedroom, three sleep in the Family Room, one in the Office, and we put two on the upstairs landing area (or the Sewing Room) using roll-out beds stored in the attic. The floor of the attic over the Garage is built for additional rooms which can be easily added by adding dormers front and back. The main stairway to the upstairs is reinforced for the addition of an electric stair seat if every needed. All doorways are at least 32” for the use of a wheelchair. Two of the three showers are walk-in; only the Guest Bath has a tub. We really enjoy the Master Bath Jacuzzi because you can sit in there and look out, gaze up at the stars at nite, etc. We have a Cedar Closet for winter clothes storage next to the master walk-in closet. We have a bathroom, a utility closet, and a wash tub on every floor for convenience, and we use them all. The Garage is oversized and deep so you don’t bang doors when you get out, and there’s room in the back for a work bench. There is a distributed coax cable system throughout the house from an electronic center in the basement, and there is conduit in Great Room walls between the TV cabinet and the Media cabinet and the Basement for flexibility in installing custom electronics. The house has a modern security alarm system with motion detectors everywhere (including the Garage) so we feel safe. The alarm system dials in to a central location, and the outside phone wire runs underground and up the nearest pole in conduit to be immune from cutting.
Peter & Patty French
Built by Beckwith Builders, Wolfeboro; Completed 6/14/2000 Style: English Cottage. (stone and stucco). 3 story. 6 in. thick real stone, 6 feet high all around house. 35 foot stone chimney with 3 flus. Cost to build, including land: $1,245,246 Style: English Cottage. 3 levels HouseEnglish Cottage style (stone and stucco). 3 story. 6 in. thick real stone, 6 ft. high all around house. View: 180 degrees, from Gunstock Mountain, left to Ossipee Mountains, right. Landscaping, stonework, patios, and driveway by Belknap Landscape Company, Gilford; completed 2003 • 2 bluestone patios • Large granite step and bluestone walkway to front door from driveway • Over 160 specimen trees, shrubs, flowering plants including hemlocks. junipers, rhododendrons scattered among many planting beds • Plantings in front of house designed to flower all summer long • View Easement to protect views Driveways: • Front paved circular driveway • Second driveway for access to rear of house with heavy hexagonal plastic support framework buried under the lawn protects lawn from trucks driving over it.
General Features
Utilities: Utilities
• 4 bedrooms, 3 full baths, one with Jacuzzi whirlpool • 4 fireplaces: 3-gas logs, 1-wood burning • 3-story stone chimney • Dumbwaiter (serves 3 floors) • Built-in central vacuum system • Water softening system • Alarm system (monitors burglary, fire, carbon monoxide and dials in) • Custom moldings throughout • Hand crafted wood Stairs, railings and balusters • Two and a half car garage • Custom moldings, beams, paneling; oak flooring and stairway • Each floor has a full bathroom, a utility closet, and a utility tub. • Central vacuum • Distributed satellite TV system-outlets in most rooms. • Doors extra wide, wheelchair access. • Custom ceiling moldings and trim throughout house. • Interior walls: Plaster • Windows: Marvin-casement style with UV glass • Transom windows on all main level windows • Ceilings: 9 ft. main level, 8 ft. upstairs • Circular floor plan on main level Size: 4098 sq.ft. upper 2 levels, 720 sq.ft, lower level, 4818 sq.ft. total
Heat: Oil fired, energy efficient • Buderus furnace with computer control which provides hot water to three air handlers; each air handler has an electrostatic air filter, a humidifier, and an AC coil • Radiant heat in lower level • Two 335 gal. oil tanks in basement. • 80 gal. hot water tank Air Conditioning: • Central air with 3 compressors Electricity: • Underground entrance • 300 amp service entrance wired • 12KW propane automatic standby generator Septic: • Oversized 2500 gallon septic tank Water: Artesian well, 220 ft. deep, 22 gal./minute Propane: 400 cu.ft. underground tank; supplies gas cooktop, clothes dryer, 3 gas fireplaces, and generator Distributed Satellite TV • Outlets in most rooms Internet WildBlue Internet over Satellite Alarm System. • Monitors both doors and motion throughout house and garage, dials in to Alarm Central -- reports intrusion fire, power loss , low temperature, CO2 detector • Maintained by Knight Security
Land: 16.7 acres. Our subdivision occupies the top of our hill and consists of only 4 lots only, 1400 ft. elevation Association • Annual Fee for road maintenance, plowing, and insurance $640
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Main Level Mud Room: • Porcelain ceramic tile floors, set diagonally • Coat rack, hanging pegs. storage and sitting bench Front Entry/Foyer: • Beautiful wood entry door • Coat closet • Ceiling beam structure, crown molding • Paneling • Sitting bench • Tile flooring Kitchen: • Designed by Northshore Kitchens, Gloucester, MA; cabinetry by DBS. • Sub Zero refrigerator, • 2 sinks • 2 dishwashers • Double ovens • Trash compactor • Microwave oven • Thermador cooktop, Grill, Warming Drawer and Lighted Exhaust Vent • Gas fireplace • Pass through openings to dining area • Granite counter tops • Ceramic tile counter surrounds • Porcelain ceramic floor tiles set diagonally • Cloud Soffit with lights • Custom Crown Molding • 112” x 38” foot Kitchen Island with Granite top, Prep Sink and cabinets • Breakfast nook with views Butler’s Pantry: • Glass Upper Cabinets • Dining Nook • Porcelain ceramic tile floors • Bow window • Utility closet with sink and shelving
Walk-in Pantry: • Huge 8 x 20 pantry with built in shelves and cabinets • Access to Dumbwaiter Dining Area/Great Room: • Open Plan, • Custom Wood Beamed Ceilings. • Finely crafted custom shelves and built-ins exquisite fireplace • Wall of windows overlooking 180 degree mountain and lake views • Custom drapes and Hunter Douglas variable tilt shades • Custom fireplace with herringbone pattern, firewood storage • Media cabinets with folding hide away doors • Custom built in bookcases and storage cabinets below Office/Bedroom: • First floor office can be a bedroom with office alcove. • Closet for guest and office supplies computer/desk area • Bookshelves behind door • Oak flooring Main Floor Bath: • Powder Room. Serves as guest bath and bathroom for bedroom • Walk-in Shower • Heat/vent/ nite light • Ceramic tile floor Garage: • Oversized 2.5 car attached garage • Rear garage door for back yard access • Lighted work bench area Bonus Room over Garage: • Accessed on the second floor. • Constructed for future living space reinforced floor, insulated, ready for drywall
Level •Second Huge Master Suite with views Master Bedroom: • Sitting/ reading alcove with gas fireplace with tile surround custom cabinets, shelving molding • Wall to wall carpet • Dressing room with walk in closet • Additional walk-in Cedar Closet Master Bath: • 180 degree views from Jacuzzi • Double vanities • Large walk-in shower with seat • Heat fan, large ventilation fan, ceiling heat lamps • Tile Flooring Laundry Room: • Washer,dryer, utility closet and sink • Storage cabinets and counter space for folding clothes • Ironing area with lights • Storage area under eves • Huge linen room • Dumbwaiter access • Connects to bonus room • Oak floors Work Room/Office/Bedroom: • Bench seat with oval window • Could be a bedroom Landing Seating Area • Lower Level
• Bedroom • Full Bath • Family Room with stone fireplace • Walk out to stone patio • Can be used as guest suite or Au Pair suite with separate entrance • Room to expand finished space • 1433 sf of unfinished space • Additional door access in lower level • Dumbwaiter access all floors • Utility sink / utility closet • Radiant heat in finished space
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The Lakes Region
W o l f e b o r o “A m e r i c a’s O l d e s t S u m m e r R e s o r t ”
Panorama of Lake Winnipesaukee from summit of Mount Major.
Boat Life on the Big Lake.
The natural beauty of the Lakes Region is breathtaking. It is very much appreciated from the Belle View on Suncrest Drive in Wolfeboro. Lake Winnipesaukee is the largest lake in New Hampshire at over 44,000 acres and 200 feet deep surrounded by mountain vistas and the best that Mother Nature can provide. It encompasses the towns of Alton, Gilford, Laconia, Meredith, Center Harbor, Moultonborough, Tuftonboro and Wolfeboro. Each town has its own amenities and personality, all connected by the natural splendor of “The Big Lake”. You will find some of the most valuable waterfront homes in the State on the 180 miles of shoreline, though by comparison to properties in surrounding states, the value is clear. The lake is a boating, fishing, scuba diving and water enthusiasts paradise. From late May to October, the MS Mount Washington, dating back to 1872 and today carries over 60,000 passengers a season with daily excursions and dinner cruises. In the winter you will find some of the most unique “Bob Houses” dotting the icescape. Snowmobile trails criss cross the lake all the way to the Canadian border. You are in the heart of the best skiing in all of New England. Alton Bay has the the country's only FAA designated iceport on the frozen ice on Alton Bay. Winnipesaukee and the surrounding lakes make up what is known as the Lakes Region. The area was the inspiration and
MS Mount Washington c 1872 and today.
backdrop for the movie “On Golden Pond” screenplay written by New Hampshire native Ernest Thompson staring Henry and Jane Fonda and Katharine Hepburn. Other movies included “What about Bob”with Bill Murray, ’Click” with Adam Sandler and referenced to it in Three Stooges 1940 short "No Census, No Feeling", Lake Winnipesaukee History. It is an unusual glacial Lake that reversed flow from going toward the ocean to the direction of the Merrimack River. Early explorers came to Laconia in the 1600’s hoping the rivers would lead to Lake Champlain and the Great Lakes. Native Americans name Alton Bay Iceport Winnipesaukee means either "Smile of the Great Spirit" or "Beautiful Water in a High Place." At the outlet of the Winnipesaukee River, the Winnipesaukee Indians, a subtribe of the Pennacook, lived and fished at a village called Acquadocton. Today, the site is called The Weirs, Lake Winnipesaukee Firsts. • Center Harbor witnessed the first intercollegiate sporting event in the US when Harvard defeated Yale in the first Harvard-Yale Regatta on August 3, 1852. • The M/V Sophie C, is the oldest, and one of only two currently operating floating United States Postal Service floating post offices since 1892. • Alton Bay has the country's Wolfeboro Bay boating only FAA designated iceport on the frozen ice on Alton Bay. Lake Winnipesaukee • “Ice Out” contest is an annual • Lake Winnipesaukee is the event where people guess the largest lake in NH, 44,000 ac. date that the Mount Washing• Third largest in New England. ton can reach all of its ports, • 21 miles long and ranges from 1 to 9 miles wide. There are records since 1851 • 72 square miles. • French President Sarkozy • Maximum depth of 212 feet. spent his first US vacation in • 182 miles of shoreland. Wolfeboro. • 63 miles to drive around lake. • Wolfeboro is Americas Oldest • There are at least 253 islands. Summer Resort.
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Downtown Wolfeboro / Wolfeboro Bay
For over 250 years, Wolfeboro has been the destination of choice for dignitaries, celebrity, heads of State, heads of business, heads of households and families that can appreciate the fresh New Hamp- Antique Boats and Great Estates shire air, surrounded by the most beautiful lake and mountains. No wonder French President Sarkozy chose Wolfeboro for his historic visit to the US. Wolfeboro is a place of picturesque shops and historic buildings, free concerts at the town Concerts in the Park bandstand at waters edge. It is a place where you can charter antique boat rides or have a dinner cruise on the MS Mount Washington. A place where you can see original plays in the theatre to concerts at the performing arts center. It is a place with one of the longest Forth of July Parades with antique cars, World War ll vehicles and even Presidential Candidates participate. You have your choice of classic diner fare to exquisite restaurants, quaint B&Bs, the historic Wolfeboro Inn, rustic cabin rentals to multi million dollar homes for rent. From the town docks and ramps, you have access to all of Lake Winnipesaukee at your disposal. There are also four public beaches and so much more. With a base population of just over 6000 that jumps to 35,000 in the heart of summer, you have small town charm yet big town services including Huggins Hospital as well as everything you need and some things you won’t find anywhere. It has its own ski hill and ice rink. It is home to ©2013, Michael Travis, Prudential Spencer-Hughes Real Estate
Brewster Academy which attracts students from around the world. Wolfeboro is under two hours from Boston, an hour to the seacoast and the White Mountains, making it the perfect destination year round. In spring and fall, the weather is ideal for golf, hiking, biking, fishing, sailing, canoeing, kayaking and birding. The winter in Wolfeboro provides access to hundreds of miles of snowmobile trails and more than 18 miles of groomed cross-country ski trails. Wolfeboro History Wolfeboro, settled in 1768, was granted by Governor John Wentworth and named for General Wolfe, a hero of the Battle of Quebec. Colonial Governor John Wentworth, his nephew, established Kingswood, an estate on Lake Wentworth, making it the “Oldest Summer Resort in America”. With the end of the Civil War and the building of the Wolfeboro Railroad in 1872, tourism began to come to this charming town. The historic Depot building still remains. The track now serves as an 11 mile walking and bike path past Crescent Lake and Lake Wentworth, ending in the town of Wakefield.
Wolfeboro, NH Depot Square c 1880s
• Wolfeboro contains 47.9 square miles of land area and 10.6 sq. miles of inland water area. • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Winnipesaukee Belle a MS Mount Washington Huggins Hospital Wentworth State Park Clark House (1778) Libby Museum Monitor Engine Company Firehouse New Hampshire Boat Museum Wright Museum-WWII History Brewster Academy Abenaki Ski Area Pop Whalen Ice Arena Klickety-Klack Railroad
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