Photo courtesy of Anne Erwin Sotheby’s International Realty.
A Wolfeboro estate called StoneRich is for the second time one of the most expensive single-family homes sold in New Hampshire since at least 2005, according to data compiled by The Warren Group, publisher of The Registry Review.
The home at 144 Spring Point Road sold on Jan. 4 for $7.75 million after it was initially listed for $10.88 million. The home previously sold in 2014 for $8.97 million in what was and still is the most expensive single-family home sale in New Hampshire in the last 13 years.
Built in an Arts and Crafts style in 2005, the 14,155-square-foot home sits on 7.1 acres and is assessed for $4.69 million, according to Wolfeboro property records.
The house boasts 600 feet of lake frontage, according to listing agency Anne Erwin Sotheby’s International Realty, with sweeping views of the Varney Islands on the eastern end of Lake Winnipesaukee and Gunstock Mountain’s ski slopes. The house also comes with a four-slip boat dock, a three-bay mahogany boathouse with boat lifts, a 2-story barn and an FAA-approved heliport.
Inside the bluestone courtyard entrance is a 30-foot stone living room fireplace, sauna, 15-seat movie theater, wine cellar, 4-story curved staircase and a separate guest wing, according to the southern Maine-based agency.
“We are proud to have been selected to bring our experience in marketing luxury homes by the sellers because of our affiliation with Sotheby’s International Realty,” Linda Briggs, owner of Anne Erwin Sotheby’s International Realty, said in a statement.
Since 2014, five of the 10 most expensive home sales in the communities that surround Lake Winnipesaukee have been located in Wolfeboro, according to The Warren Group. Three others have been in Meredith, one was in Guilford and another in Moultonborough.
Of the 10, the lowest sale price was $3.87 million for a seven-bedroom, 10,000-square-foot lodge-style house on the north side of the lake, in Moultonborough. That home sold in 2017.
None of the top 10 houses was built before 1997, and most were built after 2010. The homes have an average of six bedrooms, 8,494 square feet of living space and 3.88 acres of land. All are situated on the water and many have detached boathouses equipped with lifts.
While two of the top 10 houses are designed in a more rustic lodge style reminiscent of the “Great Camps” of the Gilded Age, two opt for contemporary styles with tall common areas and floor-to-ceiling windows. The remainder are built in styles that echo the Arts and Crafts mansions that dot New England’s luxurious enclaves.
