Ravishing NC property ‘modeled after fire towers’ lists for $8 million. Take a look
It’s not very often a property comes along that has views that will stop a person dead in their tracks, but this stunning “castle” in the sky offers radiant eye candy above the vast treetops of Glenville, North Carolina, and is on the market for $7.99 million.
“Once upon a time, there was a castle on a mountain presiding over a majestic forest of trees with amazing views of other mountains and valleys for miles on all sides,” the listing on Realtor.com starts. “This fairy tale castle is not just in a storybook. It exists today in Cashiers, North Carolina.”
While it has the tone and feel of a romantic palace in the sky, it was modeled to look like something else: a fire tower first used by the National Park Service over a century ago, the listing said.
“It’s unlike anything I have seen anywhere. The views are 50 miles in all directions, and you get the sunrises and sunsets,” listing agent Jody Lovell of Highlands Sotheby’s International Realty told Realtor. “Nothing about this house is common.”
A 2,800-square-foot main residence, a 3,000-square-foot barn, a camp house, wine cellar dug into a hill, cooking gazebo, greenhouse, chicken coop and dog park sit on 20 acres of land.
The main house, composed of limestone and fieldstone, has a number of terraces scattered around its three stories. There are two bedrooms, three bathrooms, an elevator and an infinity pool.
The guest barn has a kitchen, two bedrooms and two bathrooms. The listing also notes that there is extra space in the barn “to finish to your desires.”
According to Lovell, there’s another, well, strange property on the grounds as well — one that’s special to the current owner.
“There’s a nude reading room. The owner says it’s his nude reading place, where he can go and nobody can see him. It’s in the trees and has a really cool view from there,” Lovell said to Realtor. “You’ve got 20 acres in the mountains. Nobody can see you.”
Glenville is about 70 miles southwest of Asheville.
This story was originally published November 11, 2021 at 2:28 PM with the headline "Ravishing NC property ‘modeled after fire towers’ lists for $8 million. Take a look."