An Estate in the
Tennessee Countryside
Before the house, there is the land.
Gently rolling, framed by mature hardwoods, traced by a year-round creek and anchored by a stocked pond, the acreage settles into the soft topography of Middle Tennessee with the ease of something that has always belonged here. Walking trails wind through the woods. Newly cleared gathering places open along the water. The light shifts hour by hour across the meadows.
And though Leiper's Fork lies only minutes away, and Franklin just beyond, the sense here is one of remove, of arrival into a quieter register of life. Nashville, less than an hour distant, feels further still.
It is upon this land that the residence rises.
The Residence
Drawn from the great villas of the Mediterranean coast and rendered in nearly fourteen thousand square feet of brick, stone, and stucco, the home is at once grand and grounded. Hand-laid stonework. Arched colonnades. Vaulted ceilings that lift the eye and slow the breath. Imported finishes throughout speak to a builder unwilling to compromise and to interiors composed, room by room, with the patience of true craft.
Five bedrooms. Seven full baths. Three powder rooms. Four fireplaces, the first of them set into a grand great room that gathers the house around it. Beyond, the chef's kitchen reveals itself as the home's most quietly theatrical space, with honed marble underfoot and across the counters, aged brass in the fixtures, twin crystal chandeliers above, and overhead, a hand-crafted gold mosaic ceiling that catches the morning light and holds it.
The Primary Suite
The primary suite lives as a retreat unto itself. A coffered ceiling overhead. A wall of windows opening onto the property, so that the land becomes part of the room. In the bath, marble runs floor to ceiling, broken only by a sculptural soaking tub and an opulent walk-in shower set behind a rare imported curve of glass, framed by book-matched marble and gold fixtures, light filtered through water. Two dressing rooms flank the suite, each centered on its own marble-topped island.
Below
The lower level keeps its own rhythm. A billiards room with a full wet bar. A family room warmed by its own fireplace. A private wine cellar. A dedicated theater. Rooms made for long evenings, gathered company, and the slower hours of the day.
The Grounds
Outside, the manor takes its place among the hardwoods. Expansive patios and terraces extend the living spaces into the open air. A gated entry secures the approach. Five garage bays accommodate the practical life of the estate.
And beneath it all, a quiet infrastructure of independence: two wells, a ten-thousand-gallon cistern fed by rain or well, seventy-five hundred gallons of purified water held in reserve, and a new standby generator. The estate is built to stand on its own.
A Rare Offering
Properties of this caliber are seldom assembled and more seldom released. This is one of Middle Tennessee's most distinctive private estates, a residence of true architectural ambition, set upon land that needs no embellishment, prepared for the next chapter of its long and quiet life.