In Southampton, New York, a lavish six-bedroom home built by a prolific architect who designed several iconic buildings on the Princeton University campus in the late 19th century sold Wednesday for $13.75 million. Known as the Sunnymead Estate, the home was built in the late 1800s and designed by the architect R. H. Robertson, who worked on a host of houses, churches and institutional buildings across the Northeast. They include many recognizable stone churches across Manhattan, as well as Princeton’s Witherspoon Hall dormitory and the Brown University Library. He built the home for his in-laws and a house next door for himself. “It was a family compound for a long time,” said Michaela Keszler, of Douglas Elliman, who handled the listing with colleagues Paulina Keszler and Terry Thompson. [Source: Mansionglobal.com ]
The seller of the home—who couldn’t be reached for comment—bought the spread in 2016 for $8.9 million, according to records on PropertyShark, and embarked on a thorough and lengthy renovation that included the addition of a basement, a host of amenities and an elevator. Despite upgrading and adding new features, the owner “really restored the old charm, used the old materials,” Ms. Keszler said.
“It was a love for the details and how it was restored,” that particularly appealed to the buyers, she said. Spanning 6,600 square feet, the home is loaded with high-end features across its four levels. There’s a custom theater, an oversized wine seller and a gym. Also a kitchen with a La Cornue range and marble countertops, a full outdoor kitchen, and a main bedroom suite with a fireplace, a porch and a sitting room, according to the listing.
Outside, there’s a heated pool, a pool house and a two-car garage. A deed for the sale has yet to reach public records, and as such Mansion Global couldn’t determine the buyer’s identity. [Source: Mansionglobal.com ]
