206 Ferry Rd, Doylestown, PA 18901

Historic Bucks County Estate with 1743 stone house and separate custom bank barn used as daytime fun, fantastic family meals, and a get-away-from-it-all living space. Stone house has three stories of 24" stone walls, 32 windows (each window is a window seat), and wide plank floors throughout. Features historic color pallet, a modern eat-in-kitchen (Sub-Zero refrigerator, Meile dishwasher, convection and electric wall ovens, electric cook top, stainless hood, custom allmilmö cabinets, original stone wall, radiant heated tile floor, Mercer tile backsplash), leading to formal living and dining rooms. The original 1743 "keeping room" has a Franklin wood stove in the walk-in fireplace. The 2nd floor has the master bedroom with beautiful en-suite bathroom, a second bedroom, and two renovated full baths (with heated slate floors, repurposed cabinet vanities, towel wall heater, blue stone shower, and antique subway tiles bath), plus a butcher block topped full sized laundry with custom cabinets. There is a unique 2nd floor "sleeping porch" deck off the main hall. The 3rd floor has three additional bedrooms, each with its own thermostat for heat and plenty of closet space. 60 gallon heat pump water heater, a multi-split heat pump HVAC system, a secondary forced water heating system and generator back up serve as systems for the stone house. The custom mortise and tenon, exposed beam, bank barn has 1,500 sq ft of open space, with a dramatic vaulted ceiling surrounded by windows--and views--on all sides, and indestructible cork and ceramic tile floors. There is a gourmet kitchen (two Sub-Zero’s, plus 8 shelf wine fridge, Wolf induction range, stainless steel hood, farm sink and backsplash, concrete countertops, Meile dishwasher, and custom allmilmö cabinets), amazingly efficent Rais wood burning stove, stainless steel full bath, and a "wet kitchen" (Sub-Zero, refrigerator, microwave, stacking Miele W/D and Bosch dishwasher, large stainless farm sink, and more custom allmilmö cabinets) plus a half bath and separate access to the blue stone patio, the gunite pool and the great outdoors. There is a large built-in grill connected to a 500 gallon in-ground propane tank for the Generac 2600 backup generator, and the perfect outdoor changing area and relaxing large head rain shower. Heating and cooling is supported by a state-of-the-art HVAC Bosch 20 SEER 5 ton 10 variable speed heat pump. The climate controlled oversized three car garage has built in cedar closets, plenty of extra storage, and lined by the original stone walls. The property is its own private park, with veggie and fruit garden, upper Zen garden, yoga area, kid zone, and magnificent landscaping served by 19 separate sprinkler zones. The entire property of 5.6 acres is post and rail (plus wire) fenced in for privacy and pets. There is a second entrance at the top of the property, and breath taking views of the valley and reservoir with an oversized fire pit. The propert is protected by custom surveillance systems, dramatic outdoor lighting and IOT accessibility from anywhere online. It’s a 5 minute walk to Lake Galena / Peace Valley Park which has a 6 mile running loop.