Residential Properties Ltd. is excited to announce that Sales Associate Kristin Parella of our Newport office has just listed “BeechLion,” located at 180 Ferry Road in southern Bristol for $1,750,000. Sited on approximately one-half acre in the verdant area of Blithewold Gardens and Arboretum, the property was reconstructed in 2014 to be a French-style, 3-bedroom, 2.1-bath country house with seasonal views of delightful Walker’s Cove from the second-floor guest suites. This location, with its east-west orientation and proximity to the water, benefits from a unique microclimate consisting of protected coastal conditions and filtered sunlight ideal for cultivating a haven of thriving plants throughout the year. BeechLion’s curated collection of specimen trees and plants qualifies as a private arboretum.
The variety of trees and shrubs allows for lovely blooms from the end of February in the form of Witch Hazel to the end of November when the roses stop blooming for the season. The entire yard is serviced by a sprinkler system including a drip system in the planting beds controllable by smartphone.
Garden views are enjoyed day and night inside the home from the abundant fenestration throughout the main level. The first-floor layout offers an airy, sun-filled living space featuring tall windows illuminating the glass and stone flooring. Entertaining is enhanced by two wood-burning fireplaces, one in the kitchen sitting area and one in the living room, creating warm entertaining spaces served by a wet bar with a hand-blown artisan glass sink. Cloistered from the living area is the private bedroom suite, which includes an exhilarating spa bath, a walk-in closet, and a comfortable home office.
The property enjoys a variety of interesting spaces in and out, transportive in space and time. While wired for optimal 21st century efficiency, BeechLion gently teases with a few delightful odes to European history. The downstairs powder room, with glass Scis tiles from Italy, has an eye-catching mural of an Albrecht Durer lion painting from 1494. Outside, the natural canopy from three large potted trees on the front patio are Ulmus Glabra “Camperdownii,” or weeping camperdown elms, which descended from a weeping dwarf elm found growing at Camperdown House in Dundee, Scotland in 1835.
Other amenities of this fabulous home include all new exterior siding on the first floor with low-maintenance Hardie Plank and Azek trim and a new bluestone patio on the south side with a three-sided sitting wall and electrically operated twin awnings. This is accessed by two pairs of French doors from the living room and a French door from the kitchen sitting room. Indirect lighting is embedded in the wall and on the walls of the house facing the patio, while its west end offers the glow of a gas fireplace. The remodeled chef’s kitchen is equipped with twin 18-inch Bosch dishwashers, a Thermador column refrigerator, and a separate 18-inch Thermador freezer in the pantry. A nine-foot island bumps out to provide seating for four with honed Azure blue Celeste marble.
The property also provides superb expansion spaces, including an addition on the second floor adjoining the bedroom at the north end that is unfinished but rough plumbed for an additional bath and closet, which would provide each bedroom with an ensuite bath. In addition, an unfinished room in the basement was rough plumbed for an added full bath if needed. The owner had also planned to put a small balcony on the driveway side of the addition which would provide a delightful water view. For more information, please visit the property details page on ResidentialProperties.com.
The listing agent, Kristin Parella, is a native Bristolian and has a lifelong love for this area of southern Bristol, having sold the waterfront property across the street in 2021. Kristin has a passion to draw people to beauty and inspire them to experience the daily joys of living in coastal Rhode Island. Skilled in landscaping and interior design, she offers clients her creative and strategic energies as well as bespoke customer service to help them realize their vision of home. To learn more about Kristin and her listings, please visit NewportBespoke.com.
To schedule a private showing, please contact Kristin at 401.450.9026.
