BUXTON – Set on 22 cleared and gently rolling acres close to Bar Mills village, here is a spacious, antique Cape with special appeal to lovers of animals. Not only because the property hosted a kennel for many years and includes 10 dog runs, both inside and out; but also because of its potential for equestrians, or for “small” farmers raising chickens, goats, alpacas, etc., and also doing some enjoyable gardening.   

At 2,776 square feet altogether (addition/kennel included) the four-bedroom home makes a great haven for a family, and retains a number of its original features, such as exposed ceiling beams, wide-pine or Douglas fir flooring, wall paneling, and four-panel doors with vintage hardware. There are four decorative brick fireplaces, three of which have wood stoves that very economically augment oil heat, or even make it redundant. (The addition has a separate furnace.)

The dining room is huge, the kitchen dine-in. Single-level living is an option: There is a first-floor front bedroom, and also a carpeted back bedroom now set up as an office, a couple of steps from a full bath. A second full bath, with laundry, is off the hallway connecting a sitting room and the kitchen.

Up the pleasantly symmetrical, “good morning” stairs, are two good-sized bedrooms, in classic Cape fashion. One has a large walk-in closet; the other, a deep walk-in, plus built-in drawers, and access to a primarily daylight walk-in attic, about 25 feet deep.

The addition – which includes an office space, and a utility area with a clawfoot tub in which dogs were bathed in style – could also be converted to two-vehicle garage and/or workshop space.

The home at 17 Townsend Road, Buxton, is listed for sale at $329,000 by Jeff Mason of PoGo Realty in Gorham, and is being shown by appointment. Taxes are $3,551 for 2016-17.

For more information or to arrange a private viewing, please contact Jeff at 839-3300, 839-4749, or at jeff@pogorealty.com.

The Friday feature home is produced by the Marketing Department of the Portland Press Herald. Staff photos by Melanie Sochan.

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