Listing of the Day
Location: East Hampton, New York Price: $19,750,000
The serene and charming house, which sits across the pond from Steven Spielberg’s home, is a tale of two Virginians.
"I had admired Jaque’s work," said current owner Andrews Walker, a retired financier, referring to Jaquelin T. Robertson, a renowned architect and city planner. Mr. Walker and his wife, Angelika Walker, a retired journalist for German news magazine "Die Spiegel," commissioned the architect to build a house from scratch.
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Both Robertson and the Walkers are from Virginia; the architect’s family from Richmond, and the client’s family from Orange, where the Walkers founded the Woodberry Forest School in the late 19th Century. "Our families knew each other," Mr. Walker said. "These things count for us Virginians."
The Walkers bought an empty plot of land on Georgica Pond, and invited the architect to East Hampton. "I wanted to capture the view," Mr. Walker said. And capture it he did.
The house sits on a three-and-a-half acre site, with a rolling lawn and 408 feet on Georgica Pond. Victoria Borus, a Manhattan interior designer, advised the Walkers on the interior.
The Walkers are selling to downsize, and are moving to a cottage in the village of East Hampton.
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The Stats
The five bedroom, two-story house has six full bathrooms and one partial bathroom. One of the bedrooms is part of a separate one-bedroom apartment. The property measures 12,400 square feet, and it sits on a three acre site, with 408 feet on Georgica Pond.
Design Pedigree
Jaquelin T. Robertson was the former dean of the school of architecture at the University of Virginia from 1980 to 1988, and is also a city planner. In New York City, he was the first director of the Mayor’s Office of Midtown Planning and Development, and a City Planning Commissioner.
Amenities
There is a heated swimming pool, and room to add a tennis court.
Neighborhood
Georgica Pond, which borders East Hampton and Wainscott, has several homes on the National Registry of Historic Places. Current and previous owners who have lived in the neighborhood include Steven Spielberg, Martha Stewart, and David Geffen.
Agents: Kiono Thomas and Leslie Hirsch of The Howard Morrel Team, Engel & Volkers.
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