c.1860 on the Listing, 1867 on the Record
The listing calls the residence a c.1860 Italianate Victorian. The MLS building record puts the year built at 1867 and files the architectural style as Farmhouse, Victorian. Seven years is nothing in the life of a house, but it is the difference between a date somebody rounded and a date somebody wrote down, and the second one is the one worth quoting. The parcel sits in the hamlet of Peconic, Town of Southold, Suffolk County, zoned R-40, within reach of the vineyards, farm stands, beaches and marinas that the North Fork is bought for.
The Old King Farmhouse
About 3,260 square feet of the compound is residence, four bedrooms and two and a half baths, keeping its period fireplaces, wide plank wood floors and oversized windows. The MLS counts five fireplaces, all wood burning, and twenty rooms. It lists the fabric as brick, cedar, clapboard, frame, shake and shingle, the floors as hardwood, and the windows as double paned and insulated, with blinds and screens. Inside there is an eat-in kitchen, a formal dining room, a pantry, a laundry room, cathedral and vaulted ceilings and a security system. Underneath is a crawl space, partially finished, and the attic is listed as none. Heat runs on electric, forced air, hot water and natural gas, cooling is wall and window units, and water comes off both well and public.
Owl Hollow
The studio across the grounds runs about 1,200 square feet under timber trusses, with north facing windows and a wood burning fireplace. North light does not swing through the day, which is the reason a studio is built to take it. Owl Hollow holds a certificate of occupancy of its own, as does the residence, and the two have separate driveways, new septic systems and rental permits between them. Both have rented.
The grounds work as a run of outdoor rooms around a heated saltwater pool of 18 by 36 feet, among specimen trees, clipped hedges, perennial gardens and a fenced vegetable garden. A pre-existing, non-conforming wattle and daub stable stands on the property, a lattice of woven sticks packed with earth, and takes storage. The listing puts the compound at 1.05 acres. The MLS lot record reads 1.00 acre, 43,560 square feet.
