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Becoming available February 1, 2024, this seven-year-old, custom home on 275 year old Quaker farm in Purcellville, Virginia combines the best of modern conveniences, historic charm and farm living! Designed by Alexandria architect Richard Calderon and based on a circa 1840 Italianate farmhouse, the "cottage" is 2 bedrooms, 2.5 baths dwelling with a total living area of about 1250 square feet. The cottage is heated and cooled by a 15 SEER high efficiency heat pump and is serviced by a 450 foot deep well drawing on one of western Loudoun's deep and extensive aquifers. The first floor living room includes a vent-less gas fireplace, built in bookshelves, rough milled red oak floors, 9-foot ceilings and a ceiling fan. The kitchen includes all electrical appliances (stove, fridge, dishwasher, microwave) and a granite countertop with slate splash back with generous cabinet space and a separate pantry. The dining area off the kitchen with a double door exiting to a private back patio. A coat and storage closet, utility closet and the powder room complete the first floor. All interior doors have replica mid-19th century cast iron rim locks with porcelain doorknobs. On the second level there are two bedrooms. The master suite includes a private bath and walk in closet. A second full bathroom, adjacent to the second bedroom, includes a stacked washer-dryer with double sinks. Both bathrooms are tiled in classic white and black. Included in the guest bathroom is a 150-year-old restored claw foot tube with shower. The bathroom was literally designed around this tub, with additional floor joists added to support its weight! Both bedrooms have ceiling fans, 9-foot-high ceilings, large well insulated windows with farm views and new carpeting throughout. Consistent with the style of the home, there is a 3rd level "bird house" or cupola. Accessible by a custom-made ships ladder, the 100 square foot cupola boasts 12 windows offering a panoramic 360-degree view of the farm and nearby Short Hill Mountain. Fully carpeted with a ceiling fan, the cupola is a perfect light-filled study or spare bedroom. Opening the cupola windows in the summer creates a draft which ventilates and cools the whole house. The cottage sits on its own fully fenced lot, with an easily maintained front and side lawn. There is a 10 ft x 8 ft storage shed. In the back is a private patio, cut into the side of the hill with a 5-foot-high stone retaining wall. The cottage is one of two dependencies on Shiloh, a Quaker farm dating back to 1747. With mature, manicured gardens we board horses, raise Jacob sheep for their fiber and raise organic and non-GMO eggs and specialty greens for sale to local restaurants. We also have a small (100 vine) vineyard. The property has free ranging peacocks and a acre pond stocked with koi and inhabited by a black swan. Conveniently located off Rt 287 just north or Rt 9, about 6 miles from Purcellville and 11 miles from Leesburg. Tenant responsible for electric, gas (for fireplace), internet service (COMCAST) and trash pick up.
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