Located on Maryland's Eastern Shore, This Home is Inspired by French Manors
With a granite exterior, soaring rooflines and flared eaves, this home honors the traditional French manor homes of Normandy. The elongated footprint of the home is designed to maximize views of the Tred Avon River along Maryland's Eastern Shore.
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Stone Mansion Exterior and Garage at Night
The main house connects to a three-car garage via a covered walkway, featuring a barreled mahogany ceiling. Above the garage is a guest suite.
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Covered Walkway With Barreled Ceiling
This walkway connects the main house with the three-car garage and a guest suite above it. The barreled ceiling is made of mahogany.
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Traditional Mudroom With Herringbone Floor
The mudroom gets a stone floor as pretty as it is practical, the stones laid out in a herringbone pattern.
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Cottage Kitchen With Tan Barn Door
Charming farmhouse details like the kitchen's sink and sliding barn door let the rooms feel friendly and approachable, despite their grand scale.
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Traditional Kitchen With Breakfast Nook
Part of the kitchen's graceful design is this gently curving kitchen island. One side has countertops for meal prep. The other side is a welcoming breakfast nook with a built-in banquette.
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Traditional Chef Kitchen With Blue Backsplash
This kitchen's backsplash features tiles in slightly varying shades of blue. The resulting look gives richness and depth behind the stately range hood.
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Open Plan Dining Area With Blue Cabinets
The home's layout is largely open concept. Here, a more formal dining area opens off the kitchen, with a bar handily nearby. A classic chandelier lights the scene.
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Traditional Living Room With Exposed Beams
Timber beams march down the center of the great room with globe-shaped chandeliers to offset their swooping lines. A stone fireplace presides over the room from one end.
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Traditional Living Room With Blue Sofas
The rooms are mostly neutral, with serene blue accents, to create a soothing atmosphere. In this living room, the soaring ceilings are highlighted with cathedral-like timber trusses.
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Neutral Traditional Master Bedroom With Drawers
Oodles of storage fades into the background in the master bedroom, built-in drawers and cabinets blending into the wall and the rest of the room's monotone neutral palette.
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Neutral Master Bedroom With Coffered Ceiling
The master bedroom suite features a noble coffered ceiling, thick beams giving the space an intimate quality. Built-in wardrobes and a spa bathroom complete the luxurious design.
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Arched Window and Desk
The home stretches 128 feet alongside a river bank with its many windows capturing—and in this case, beautifully framing—the view.
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Neutral Bedroom With River View
This bedroom cozies up its look with a textured tan wall covering and crisp, white paneling and beams on the vaulted ceiling. A trio of windows shows off a beautiful river view.
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Granite Manor House Exterior
The home's exterior is made of granite, the architecture designed to mimic French manor houses, down the steep roof pitches and rounded dormer windows.
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