$3,250,000

Catskills Estate - 22 acres, 7 buildings! Must see

South Kortright , Delaware County , New York

22.00
ACRES

5
BEDROOMS

4
BATH

27000
SQ FT

pen • hay barn • fenced • second house • pond • 2 barns with 8 stalls

Property description

An incredible estate, on the market for the first time in 22+ years! 22.47 gorgeous acres nestled in the Catskills in the town of Stamford, Delaware County. 7 buildings on the property include White Carriage House, Stone Building (once a private train depot for the original landowner), Wood Shop (with forge) can be converted back into a Barn, Horse and Livestock Barn, Main Farmhouse, Guest House and Schoolhouse. First four buildings listed were brought up to full-use by current owner with water/electricity and heat running to all four buildings. Orchard, pastures, three paddocks, a knot garden, a vegetable garden - owner can attest and notarize that no pesticides or toxins have been used on the land in 22+ years: all organic. The Catskills Scenic Trail runs through a portion of the property and can be used for horse-riding. In addition, the land abuts a portion of the West Branch of the Delaware River. Simply beautiful!

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Details

Home Features

*Main Farmhouse, est. 1778, Asphalt Roof, Hardwood Floors - 3 bedrooms, 3 baths. Eat-in kitchen, formal dining room, living room and library. Wood-burning fireplaces. Two porches including one on the second floor accessed from the primary bedroom suite. Fenced in dog-run. Est sq footage: 3,771 on two floors. Square footage does not include full basement and attic.
*White Carriage House, est. 1905. Asphalt Roof, Hardwood Floors. Fully renovated 16 years ago; used as a commercial event space, capacity 350 people. Building has water, heat and electricity. Catering prep kitchen and two bathrooms, ADA compliant. Two stairways to upper level. Est sq footage: 5,000 on two floors.
*Stone Building, est. 1885. Slate Roof; cement floors. Ground floor currently in use as artist studios; second floor is office space. Two bathrooms. Two commercial boilers. Steel staircase to upper level. Four sets of French-doors in rear of building for easy access; rolling garage door on steel track in front of building. White subway tile on garage walls. Dual-door hatch for getting large objects from ground floor to second floor. Two-story tall narrow door leads to sizeable storage space, which originally functioned as an ice house with a concrete floor. Est sq footage: 6,257 on two floors.
Wood Shop, est. 1920. Corrugated Steel Roof, Cement Floor. Two story barn. Former owners used facility for a nationally known and acclaimed book-packaging business. Electricity and propane heat; water access, needs to be hooked up. Vehicle entrances on two sides of barn. Main floor divided by Wood Shop (roughly 2/3 of footprint; insulated) and Metal Shop (roughly 1/3 of footprint; not insulated.) Metal Shop contains working forge. Parking lot (grass) where freight trucks loaded in/out and employees parked. Property has two driveways; one by the Main House, one to the Wood Shop. Est sq. footage: 4,401 on two floors.
*Horse and Livestock Barn, circa 1870. Asphalt Roof, Cement Floor. Incredible post-and-beam construction. Tri-level barn; access/egress on three sides; hayloft. Soaring ceiling heights. Water, electricity and heat, cross-ventilation. Est. sq. footage: 6,701 on three floors.
*Guest House, est 1920. Asphalt Roof, hardwood floors. Two-bedroom, one-bath house, accessed via breezeway from main farmhouse. Heat, water and electricity. Ground floor has an eat-in-kitchen, and a living room leading to exterior porch. Second floor has two bedrooms (closets in both) and a bathroom with stall shower. Excellent use as housing for farm manager or, if desired, as an income property for short-term rentals. Est sq. footage: 721, including breezeway.
*Schoolhouse, circa 1885. Tin roof, hardwood floors. Heat and electricity. Currently used as a gym, this structure has cross-ventilation and an insulated attic for storage. Est. sq. footage: 413 not including the attic.

Lot Features

Three paddocks, orchard, knot garden, pond (with electricity running to it for fountain, if desired). Catskills Scenic Trail runs through a portion of the property; owner has farm right-of-way for trucks/tractors. Water: 120-foot well, and water rights via Spring House access to neighbor's water rights, and a portion of the West Branch of Delaware River (property line goes to the far shore of the river, which is narrow at the point that borders the land.) The property is in the NYC watershed; the city installed a new septic tank in April 2023 (at no cost to owner). Also, Spring 2024, they planted willow trees in the paddocks (for shade and water absorption), again at no cost to owner. Also, as this acreage is in the river valley, there has never been a time, even during a drought, that water has been unavailable. (Not the case with several farms/land in the area. When a dry season hits, unpredictable of course, and farms run dry, it's a nightmare; never been the case here.)

Horse Facility Features

No restrictions: zoned for commercial and residential. (Cannabis needs an additional feature and there is precedent for permits being granted locally.)