Pennoyer Home, Estate of the Day
Recently I wrote about the reproduction garden pots designed by Pennoyer Newman. One of the founders of the company, Cecily Pennoyer and her husband Paul, are selling their home in Matinecock, New York. Paul Pennoyer is the grandson of financier J. Pierpont Morgan Jr. and their home is part of Morgan's Round Bush estate. The home is a carriage house dating back from the 1920s and it sits on 8.7 acres of land. The home is deeply rustic with heavy wood and brick floors. The home has six bedrooms and the land includes a greenhouse, stables, an orchard and a pond. The couple is relocating to New England full time. The estate has been reduced from $3.4 million to $3.2 million.
[via Newsday]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Adam Aug 30th 2007 1:50PM
Great choice for today, not a McMansion but something with a lot of class and History.
agent lead Aug 30th 2007 5:50PM
im not a huge fan of these new galleries...
much better to have the pics right here in the page...way too much clicking involved...
i havnt looked at an estate of the day since the change...
why fix something thats not broken?
BigD Aug 31st 2007 12:37AM
that house gives me the creeps
Spectacular Bid Aug 31st 2007 11:37AM
There is a cost, of course, to living on the North Shore of LI and an added one if there is that mystique of legendary ownership or at least association. The quasi J. P. Morgan connection (vis-à-vis the relative who owned it) is certainly nice at dinner parties. If you have the money to buy and restore plus the ambition and desire to be in that area then this a lovely offering.
The architecture of the carriage house is quaint although in need of a restoration to bring out its charm to full potential. Someone said it was "creepy" to which I'd at least say it comes off as being a bit too dingy in its present state. It will never become a mansion – nor should someone seek to enlarge it for that purpose – but as an interesting retreat it would fit the bill perfectly. With additional stables (which likely haven't been used in years) possibly becoming a guest cottage you start to make this into a lovely compound complete with pond, etc.
That amount of land in Matinecock is significant as anything over 5 acres is very generous. One could do a lot to enhance this offering while still keeping it size appropriate and refined. An example of a similar offering, restored, from Aiken SC:
http://www.sothebysrealty.com/PropertyDetails.aspx?R=104053044
On the point raised with the picture presentation change for Luxist I have to fully agree - the new way is a pain and discourages user from spending the time looking at all the pictures.