Description

The Somerset Hills remain home to some of the most appealing estate homes in New Jersey. With the hilly, lush terrain and beguiling trickling streams a draw, many began life in the late 1800’s as financiers from New York came out by train and sought to create their country homes. Over time these holdings were divided among heirs or neighbors, and some, like Elm Court, retain to this day generous amounts of acreage and the charm of the original estate. Once part of the 500-acre Upton Pyne estate on the Bernardsville Mountain, this stylishly converted brick barn/carriage house complex now encompasses 38+ rolling acres and includes two guest/staff cottages; a former creamery/guest house; a wonderful, large pond and adjacent former ice house for pond-side recreation; a barn with fenced paddock; tennis court; pool and exquisite, bucolic views. Built in 1913 by Percy Rivington Pyne as barns for his wife’s horses and the estate’s cattle, 125 acres and the buildings sold in 1939 from Pyne’s estate and were translated by New York architect Francis Burrall Hoffman in the early 1940’s for the Armour family. The sprawling all-brick main residence of slightly over 10,000 square feet surrounds and opens onto a grassed courtyard. With consistent updating since that time, the rooms are now expansive with 14-ft ceilings, quaintly shuttered tall windows, seven fireplaces and a sophisticated flavor that invites entertaining on either a grand or intimate scale. The location in northwestern Bernardsville brings with it a Far Hills mailing address and pleasant proximity to shopping and trains in Bernardsville, Peapack-Gladstone or Far Hills as well as shopping at centers in Mendham or Bernardsville. Manhattan is less than an hour’s drive. Elm Court is the essence of what a fine country estate should be: privacy; expansive views across pond, valley and hillside; dependencies that provide for guests and caretakers; and close enough to reach in less than an hour. For those needing more acreage, another twenty beautiful acres are also available.

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