Above the river
Cove House stands on twelve acres at the top of a bluff in Germantown, with the Hudson below it and the Catskills across. The listing traces the land to the Philip Rockefeller farm, which is the sort of provenance worth stating as the listing states it rather than as fact.
Italian, by way of Columbia County
The main house went up in 1999 and runs to about 3,500 square feet, Italian in inspiration, with a two level arched pergola porch and a cupola. Inside, ceilings of ten and fourteen feet, plaster walls, classical trim, and hardwood and wide board antique pine throughout.
The rooms
A chef’s kitchen with a Wolf dual fuel range and Vermont soapstone counters opens to a dining area facing the water, and a wood burning fireplace anchors the living room. Two further rooms on this level work as an office suite now and would make a main floor bedroom suite. Three bedrooms sit upstairs, the primary with French doors to a four hundred square foot deck and a claw foot tub in its bath.
The top and the bottom
A third level holds a hidden playroom and the cupola lookout. The attached garage runs double depth for four cars, or two with room left for an elevator.
