YARMOUTH – “Blend of old and new” is an often-heard phrase in real estate, but rarely if ever has that quality been achieved as stunningly as in this totally restored and thorough updated antique Colonial on 14-plus green acres in the western, farmland section of this coastal town.

The Cushing Prince House dates from 1785, is on the National Register of Historic Places, and has benefitted from the help of the Yarmouth Historical Society, which contributed not just guidance but also materials, e.g. almost all the period windows, and brick flooring in the basement. Fidelity to historical accuracy extends to the paintwork of the ornate mantel in the den/study, and the angled placement of the stainless refrigerator – to preserve an original door – in the granite-and-gorgeous kitchen, which has its own brick fireplace (one of six in the home).

At the same time, reproductions are faithful – for example, the hallway’s Rufus Porter-style stenciling, the triple 8-over-8 windows in the bay of the large office, or the huge fireplace with woodbox in the new dining room (off which, the former buttery has been converted to a bathroom).

But the 2,810-square-foot home is no museum. Systems are modernized from the Viessmann gas boiler up to the whole-house generator in. An addition at the back of the home houses a wonderful, cherry-floored first-level master suite, whose twin French doors open out to a screen porch overlooking meadow and woods. Alongside the addition is a heated, salt water inground pool enclosed by patio, pergola and lush plantings.

“Goose Pond Farm” (and there is a little farm pond out back) the property is called, and it is indeed a farm to this day – a horse-lover’s dream that has five rotational pastures.

The 32-foot-by-48-foot, timber-framed new barn is historically authentic – built by hand, in fact (just as the home’s wide-pine floors were refinished by hand). There are four stalls, and a space for two more; a heated tack room with running water, and a run-in shed in the direct-access paddock. Electrobraid fencing is new, as is the foundation for a new equipment barn.

The home at 189 Greely Road, Yarmouth, is listed for sale at $995,000 by Patrick Powers of Powers Real Estate, and is being shown by appointment. For more information or to arrange a private viewing, please contact Pat at 846-1200, 650-1167, or at Patrick@powersmaine.com.

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Photos by Rhonda Farnham (Michael Berube Photography) and Rachel White. 

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