Consumers can now leap on the probability to personal a horse farm in Portsmouth, RI, with ties to the storied Vanderbilt household. This historic property is on the market for $5.83 million.
When development commenced in 1860, Sandy Level Farm was part of the unique 280-acre, waterfront Vanderbilt property. The property was designed by architect A.S. Walker. A multidecade undertaking, the stables had been accomplished in 1902. At its peak, it was thought of probably the most prestigious horse farms in America.
“The property has been such an iconic a part of Portsmouth and American equestrian historical past for over a century now,” says itemizing agent Kylie McCollough, of Mott & Chace Sotheby’s Worldwide Realty.
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Unique proprietor Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt, son of Cornelius Vanderbilt, was a horse breeder and avid sportsman.
In the course of the Gilded Age, the Vanderbilt household loved a lavish life-style of their summer time cottage, The Breakers in Newport, RI. When constructing the magnificent Portsmouth property, the youthful Vanderbilt spared no expense.
Reginald was the daddy of dressmaker Gloria Vanderbilt and grandfather of CNN anchor Anderson Cooper.
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The construction was constructed utilizing cypress beams and options three separate rooflines, with cupolas on the 60-foot peak of the using ring.
“The cypress beams are simply lovely and don’t even exist right now, when you wished to construct the construction now,” McCollough says.
“I might see [the farm] turning right into a therapeutic using heart like The Shea Middle in California,” she provides. “It may be an awesome equestrian heart like a mini-Hamptons, or it could possibly be an extension of our counterparts in Wellington, FL.”
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The 6-acre property features a 24-stall secure, a 15,000-square-foot indoor using area, “grooms’ quarters,” and a visitor lounge. It’s being bought with three adjoining tons.
“Six acres seems like lots, however the authentic property was over 180 acres when the Vanderbilts owned it,” McCollough says. “It’s being bought as a number of tons, so there’s a variety of potential.”
McCollough hopes the brand new purchaser will likely be somebody who appreciates the property and its historic significance.
“The property has at all times been part of American horsemanship, so I might see it going to a nonprofit to doubtlessly reserve it,” she says. “It isn’t protected against being torn down. The property isn’t in a location that has a Historic District Fee that precludes buildings from being torn down, or having their exterior modified. We hope the following purchaser understands the architectural and cultural significance of a property like Sandy Level.”
