Photography: courtesy of Annabel Taylor
Schoharie Creek runs more than a quarter mile alongside this property and its 18th-century stone house in Lexington, New York. Built by French Huguenots in 1783, the house retains wide-plank floors milled from old-growth timber, hand-hewn beams, thick stone and plaster walls and large original open fireplaces. It was renovated in 2016, when new plumbing, electrics and heating were installed along with a standing-seam metal roof.
Photography: courtesy of Annabel Taylor
Photography: courtesy of Annabel Taylor
Photography: courtesy of Annabel Taylor
Photography: courtesy of Annabel Taylor
Photography: courtesy of Annabel Taylor
Photography: courtesy of Annabel Taylor
Photography: courtesy of Annabel Taylor
Photography: courtesy of Annabel Taylor
Photography: courtesy of Annabel Taylor
Photography: courtesy of Annabel Taylor
Photography: courtesy of Annabel Taylor
An 18th-century timber-framed artist’s studio connects directly to the original house. North-facing windows rise beneath its tall ceiling and old timber structure, with additional space on a mezzanine above.
The 155-acre property was once a cattle farm and later used to grow flowers. Thousands of peonies remain, together with mature magnolias, a fruit and nut orchard, woodland, meadows and old farm tracks extending towards the mountainside.
Thousands of acres of state land adjoin the property, extending the surrounding woodland beyond its boundaries. A conservation easement protects the landscape while permitting further development within its provisions.
The property is currently for sale in Lexington, in New York’s Catskills, with Annabel Taylor.
