For $2.68m, an Italian-inspired villa in Lexington

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12 Summit Road was designed for a pair of 20th-century artists.

Together with new digs, the long term owner of this house will get a slice of Lexington background. 

The dwelling at 12 Summit Road was developed in 1919 for artists Hermann Dudley Murphy and Nelly Littlehale Murphy. The couple asked architect Harold Hathaway to model the household after a villa they liked in Florence, Italy, and the influence is most seen on the exterior — in the home’s U-condition, central courtyard, abundant archways, and loggia with carved capitals, columns, and roundels. 

There is also the 1.26-acre grounds, which involve the outline of gardens designed by renowned landscape architect Frederick Regulation Olmsted Jr. The Lexington Historic Fee has explained these areas as “perhaps the very best instance of early twentieth century landscape architecture in Lexington.” 

Currently, the property is shown for $2,680,000 and offers six bedrooms, 6 full bogs, and 1 50 percent toilet in 8,685 square toes of living area. Jackie Hawkinson of Barrett Sotheby’s International Realty has the listing. 

Past the courtyard and stucco exterior, the home takes on a extra Craftsman type. The dwelling home demonstrates off a stenciled cypress paneling, while the eating spot provides a modest greenhouse nook. The kitchen characteristics a butler’s pantry and, down the hall, a catering kitchen area — conveniently situated by a side entrance. The to start with flooring also holds a onetime artist’s studio, which has been converted to home an indoor swimming pool. 

Upstairs, there are 4 bedrooms, such as the major suite, which is composed of a bed room, sitting room, rest room, and dressing area. This flooring is also house to an workplace with a fire, image-body paneling, and an hooked up yoga place.

The 3rd flooring retains two far more bedrooms, whilst the basement incorporates a video game area and a staff suite comprehensive with a kitchen and a comprehensive toilet.