7207 Bellona Avenue, Ruxton.
Hot House: Hiddenbrook, An English Manor-Style House on Six Acres in Ruxton. 6 Beds/5 Baths. 5,023 square feet. Asking price: $2.398 million.
What: As “Hiddenbrook” celebrates its 100th birthday, the current owners, who are only the second family to own the house, are putting it on the market. It has had an extensive two-year renovation which updated every system in the house, while being sympathetic to the original architecture.
As you enter the house, you can see an enfilade of doors leading straight through the hallway to the dining room to the back terrace. The living room, which is to the left, features a wood-burning fireplace, French doors and lighted book/display cases. The kitchen has been fully modernized with a Lacanche range, a Sub-Zero fridge and a Bosch dishwasher. The original butler’s pantry remains, just between the dining room and kitchen. There is also a den on the ground floor, as well as a laundry room with Miele appliances.
The second-floor features four of the six bedrooms. There is a large primary suite with an en-suite bathroom, a dressing room and a fireplace. Reflecting the days with no air conditioning, there is a sleeping porch off the primary suite, which could be converted to another use, or left as-is. The third floor has two of the bedrooms, and storage space.
The grounds feature extensive old-growth trees, mature azaleas and hydrangeas, climbing roses, including roses around the front entrance, and a good, old-fashioned privet hedge. There is a sweeping lawn leading down from the large patio, with its fireplace and sitting wall.
Where: The house is on Bellona Avenue, just west of Charles Street. It’s very convenient to Starbucks, Dunkin’ and Eddie’s on Charles Street, and just a few minutes into Towson, and all that it offers. As it’s on six acres, without a home-owners association, the property can be developed (horrors!) or kept as an intact parcel. There is ample privacy for those who prefer to be out of the hubbub of a city neighborhood.
Final Appraisal: This is such a one-time-only listing for a very special house. It’s got everything – acreage, history, and of course, location, location, location! The listing for the house is here.
All photographs from the listing.
