4289 Leeds Manor Road


Markham, Virginia
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Located in The Old Dominion Hunt, on 15.91 lush acres, the main house is situated on a slight rise with mountain views to the west and pastoral and garden views to the southeast. The terrain is gently rolling, mostly open with an area of woods to the East. A healthy stream & springfed, stocked pond is in the southeast corner, with a charming old boathouse, and a wonderful walking trail around the far side of the pond.

A three stall stable with tack and feed rooms and attached tractor shed opens to 3-board fenced paddocks with water access. A dressage arena in the front field and fabulous ride out make this a perfect horse property.

The spacious 4 Bedroom, 3 bath home has lovely sized sunny rooms providing mountain and pastoral views from every window, in total privacy. The entrance foyer leads to a large eat in country kitchen with sliding glass doors, leading to the upper patio and gardens and small orchard. The large sunny living room, leads to a charming dining room, and a later addition used as a music and game room , with dramatic cathedral ceiling, and another door to the back garden. Original hard wood floors, chair rail and crown moldings throughout.

The upper level contains the master bedroom with large dressing and sitting room with a wall of closets, and full bath. There are 2 additional bedrooms with a shared full bath, and generous closet space. The lower level has a nice size laundry/mud room and a cozy family room with fireplace and built-in bookshelves with concealed wet bar. A separate corridor leads to an additional bedroom and full bath with office or exercise room. Sliding glass doors lead to a lovely flagstone terrace at back of house.

Dutch doors lead to a charming stone breezeway opening to both the front and back yards connecting the house to the garage. The breeze way has
large French doors front and back, with flagstone floor and stone built-in grill.

The double garage has a partitioned area for storage in one bay and an unfinished loft area above.

Beyond the garage is a charming garden house, and raised planting beds. 2 20 x 40 greenhouse frames are included.

This property, known as “Wildside”, is owned by a professional landscape designer, the founder of the Native Virginia Plant Society, and served as
one of the Mid-Atlantic’s leading plant nurseries from 1985-2005. This property is a sanctuary to an abundant array of wildlife, with over 350 native species of plants, shrubs and specimen trees, with natural hedgerows for wild turkey and other diverse habitat.

This well established property is in the highly desired area between Markham & Hume, surrounded by large farms, orchards and vineyards. It is also in the middle of the new Leeds Manor Road Rural Historic District. A great place to raise a family, or to enjoy as a weekend retreat.

 

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