By the Yard

Luxury homes that celebrate the indoor/outdoor connection.

BY MARIA LAPIANA

Breathing Rooms

There’s lakeside living—and there’s living a few steps away from a 1,100-acre lake in a home with rooms that seamlessly transition to outdoor decks, porches, and terraces at every turn. The living, dining, and relaxing spaces on the main level of this Enfield, New Hampshire, home all open onto a sweeping lawn leading down to a sandy beach, 220 feet of Mascoma Lake shoreline, and a deep-water dock. The cedar-clad 6,500-square-foot home was built in 2000 to exacting standards by a renowned postand-beam design/build firm, Old Hampshire Designs. Listing agent Pamela Perkins describes this home as rustic and elegant, both inside and out. Studded with massive timbers, the great room features a native- stone fireplace and soaring glass walls with sliders that offer water views from every angle. Three walls in the sunroom look out onto the lake, lawn, and flower beds (the current owner is a master gardener).

The first-floor primary suite features a spainspired bath and private library with fireplace. Another en suite bedroom above the four-car attached garage includes a spiral stairway to a lookout tower. On the lower level: two more bedrooms with en suite baths and a home theater. The residence is just ten minutes to downtown Hanover,

New Hampshire, home to Dartmouth College and all that a prestigious university town has to offer. And if it’s winter sports you’re after, no worries; five major ski resorts are all within an hour’s drive.

CONTACT: Pamela Perkins, Four Seasons Sotheby’s International Realty, New London, N.H., 60goodwin.com, 603-731-0561, MLS# 4937980 main house

5 BEDROOMS

5 FULL BATHS

1 PARTIAL BATH guesthouse

9,000 SQ. FT.

2 BEDROOMS

2 FULL BATHS

1,000 SQ. FT.

3.33 ACRES $28,500,000