A fa��ade of clapboard shingles and working shutters wrap
around large entertaining rooms, spaces complemented by
the appropriate pantries and provisional serving spaces. This
is a house for a true host, with charming ground floor rooms
opening out onto terraces overlooking the grounds and
natural water features. When cold weather bids you to move
indoors, the massive colonial hearth in the main drawing
room will warm your guests as quickly as guarantee-age
Scotch. This is a prime context for gathering together with
friends and family. It���s no wonder the house is nicknamed
���Rumpus House���.
The landscape-now in a state of genteel fray-remains a key
selling point of the property and was originally developed
during the Peabody renovation by Ellen Biddle Shipman and
Ferruccio Vitale, the former known for her collaborations with
the architect Charles A. Platt and the latter renowned for his
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