HANDSOME COLONIAL 

Amenities include: in-ground pool.

Architectural style: Colonial

10 acre lot.

This sixteen-room Colonial home offers five bedrooms, with six full and two half baths within its expansive layout. It is set on approximately ten acres with spectacular long views of the countryside and with a blue-stone terrace and a swimming pool. Approached by a long tree-lined paved drive, wonderful details are found throughout this innovative home. The grand entry foyer with limestone floor and the formal living and dining rooms featuring inlaid hardwood floors, are spacious and inviting while more casual gathering areas are found in the great room with built-in bookcases and a coffered ceiling, music room or den, conservatory with walls of windows and designer kitchen with breakfast room.

A finished walk-out lower level presents an additional area for living and entertaining. Four fireplaces – one each in the great room, living room, media/recreation room and master suite – provide striking focal points. Sets of French doors in the great room and breakfast-room area lead to a charming bluestone terrace overlooking the pool area and the Somerset Hills. Of special note is the country kitchen with breakfast-room area, two-level center island with breakfast bar, knotty alder cabinetry, tumbled-marble backsplash and granite countertops. Top-of-the-line appliances and radiant heat in the floor are other exceptional features.

 A second-floor highlight is the wonderful master suite with sitting room. Amenities in this space include a fireplace, room-size customized walk-in closet and a gracious master bathroom with spa tub and separate stall shower. Three more family bedrooms, each with a full bath, a two-room guest suite with full bath and a laundry room complete this level. Located off the bedroom hallway is a door to the walk-up attic. The walk-out lower level has a separate entrance, space for staff quarters and a bathroom with stall shower. Other areas include an exercise room, sun room, media/recreation room with fieldstone fireplace, plus a wine cellar area, storage and utility space. Countless amenities grace the floor plan including a dramatic two-story entry foyer with a curving staircase, custom-built wet-bar with a rare granite countertop, two powder rooms, high ceilings, deep crown moldings and a four-car garage.

Located in the heart of the Somerset Hills legendary Hunt Country, the Bernardsville Mountain is one of the nation’s premier enclaves. While this home offers plenty of privacy, it is convenient to a network of highways including 287 and 78, Newark Liberty International Airport, train service to Manhattan, public and private schools, Jockey Hollow National Park, golf courses and equestrian facilities.