GORHAM – If any one room epitomizes how beautifully this 1790 farmhouse has been remodeled to preserve original character and to provide contemporary comforts, it is probably the spacious, eat-in kitchen. Here are Vermont soapstone counters, a butcher block island, all-new stainless appliances including a French door refrigerator, double convection ovens and a Jenn-Air cooktop with grill.

Here, too, is an original brick fireplace framed by wide boards and a rough-hewn mantel. (A larger version of the fireplace, with a beehive oven, is back-to in the wonderfully period-flavor dining room, also with barn boards paneling.)

In pleasant contrast, upstairs the master suite is sleekly modern: Radiant heat, two double closets plus a long walk-in with Container Store metal built-ins, and a sumptuous bath with a jetted tub, and river-rock flooring in the shower enclosure.

Throughout the 3,942-square-foot expanded home, the blend of old and new is harmonious. (Cool to see a pantry that opens into a second pantry, and a walk-in closet in an “antique” bedroom.)

The total of 11 rooms affords excellent floor-plan flexibility. Above the oversized, two-vehicle garage are a big bonus/recreation room plus accessory room that could serve as guest/overflow quarters (there’s a full bath off the mudroom just below). A versatile first-floor front room is now a playroom. The kitchen is flanked by a family room with a full wall of built-ins, and by a great office and a year-round sunroom. Tucked between sunroom and mudroom, near the purple lilacs, are a south-facing deck and a large stone patio with fire pit.

Outbuildings on the 4.35-acre lot (there’s even a pond in the woods out back) are another bonus. Near the big garden shed is a post-and-beam, three-bay carriage house that was built in 2006, has water and electricity and a sweetly aromatic walkup bonus/room studio, and is ideal for a contractor/woodworker – or for horses, with some modification. It may also be possible to build a second house on the site, which is a couple of miles from Sebago Lake and the Standish boat launch.

The home at 35 North Gorham Road, Gorham is listed for sale at $409,000 by Bill Corrigall of Reali Realty in Portland, and is being shown by appointment. For more information or to arrange a private viewing, please contact Bill at 239-6909 or at bcorrigall@gmail.com.

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Photos: Melanie Sochan, staff photographer; Aerials: Nicholas LaRivierere , Firefly Aerial Solutions.

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