Medfield 4BR w/ADU affords piece of Boston music historical past for $1.5m

Dwelling of the Week

Composer Charles Martin Loeffler, who labored with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, moved to this home to be a “gentleman farmer.”

274 South St., Medfield

$1.5 million

Fashion Farmhouse

Yr constructed circa 1840

Sq. ft 3,976

Bedrooms 4

Baths 4 full

Sewer/Water Public

Taxes $18,373 (2026)

Violinist Charles Martin Loeffler soloed for the Boston Symphony Orchestra dozens of instances, was a confidante of Isabella Stewart Gardner (who gifted him a Seventeenth-century Stradivarius violin, and Loeffler gave her a forged of his hand), and of artist John Singer Sargent, who immortalized Loeffler in paint.

Loeffler (1861-1935), remembered because the “dean of American composers” whose works have been usually premiered on the BSO, moved to Medfield intent on changing into a “gentleman farmer” — or in additional trendy phrases, to age in place.

The home on South Road he selected isn’t the results of a singular architectural imaginative and prescient. It’s a construction that turned one seemingly by absorption: The unique residence, believed to have been constructed throughout pre-Revolutionary Massachusetts, was linked to the “new” home when it was inbuilt 1840, whereas a significant growth in 2014 added a second flooring but additionally knitted all three eras on the primary flooring into one complete.

In proof that the previous is usually a prologue, the 2014 development added an in-law suite in order that family of the present house owners may, like Loeffler, age in place. In present parlance, this residence now has an ADU (accent dwelling unit).

The property will quickly be listed for $1.5 million.

The driveway on the left aspect of the house is now the first entry level and ends at a two-car storage/barn.

A patio results in the entrance entry signaled by a mahogany-floored farmer’s porch. Past, the entry corridor has a slate flooring, a reclaimed maple slab as a shelf, three closets, and a reclaimed Seventeenth-century door resulting in the unfinished basement.

The entry hallway winds previous a pantry with a sink and the primary full tub, with a bathe and a single self-importance, earlier than ending in the principle kitchen that’s believed to be from the 1700s.

Totally up to date in 2004, the 190-square-foot kitchen coexists with the previous. Tough-hewn beams snake throughout the ceiling, embracing two massive skylights. These beams and skylights overlook a maple island with a granite countertop and a double-basin stainless-steel sink. There are layers of white cupboards on two partitions, and maybe the one most visible proof we’re within the twenty first century: stainless-steel home equipment. The range is electrical, and the flooring is hardwood.

The adjoining eating space has saved the decrease 18th-century ceiling peak, and close by French doorways open to the bluestone patio. Additionally off the kitchen is the lounge, believed to have as soon as been an open porch transformed in 1979 to inside area. A key function is the hearth.

A stairwell sandwiched between the previous and the 2014 growth results in the higher degree, with the first suite and three different bedrooms.

The 2014 in-law suite — the ADU — is in depth. It accommodates a 236-square-foot bed room, a walk-in closet, and an 87-square-foot personal rest room with a double self-importance. It additionally contains an open flooring plan that features a kitchen and residing/eating space totaling 563 sq. ft that ends with a deck overlooking the yard. There’s additionally an workplace/visitor room with a working wood-burning fire believed up to now to the 18th century. The kitchen has an electrical range, stainless-steel home equipment, and a counter constructed only a wee bit decrease than the usual peak.

The historic journey isn’t but over. Within the early 1900s, Loeffler created a still-stunning music studio designed to raise the acoustics of what was then an 1840s construction. Now a front room with 18-foot-high ceilings crossed by hand-hewn beams, the 539-square-foot room incorporates a floor-to-ceiling brick fire with an authentic wrought-iron bumper that may accommodate 6-foot logs. Loeffler practiced and taught right here — a follow mirror and a framed {photograph} of the maestro are current. French doorways open into what was as soon as a screened-in porch however is now absolutely transformed into an workplace.

Let’s do the time warp once more and head to the second flooring, beginning with the first suite. The bed room is 266 sq. ft with a number of home windows, hardwood flooring, and a 53-square-foot walk-in closet. The 93-square-foot personal tub has 10-foot ceilings, a walk-in bathe behind glass, radiant-heated ceramic tile flooring, a quartz countertop on the double self-importance, and customized cabinetry.

The 2 secondary bedrooms (198 and 156 sq. ft) have hardwood flooring, 10-foot ceilings, and huge closets with doorways salvaged from the late 1800s and early 1900s.

The complete secondary rest room has a porcelain tub with a ceramic bathe/tub encompass, a quartz countertop on the one self-importance, and ceramic tile flooring.

There’s a walk-up attic. The 686-square-foot basement has an authentic granite stone basis in addition to a bigger trendy poured concrete one. Flooring in each is poured concrete.

There’s additionally a free-standing heated “cottage” on the 1.29-acre lot.

The house has a number of heating and cooling zones.

Dianne Collins-Lambert of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Web page Realty in Medfield has the itemizing, which will probably be dwell March 31.

A footnote: The Gardner Museum was robbed in 1990, and the Globe is publishing a five-part e-newsletter on the theft and the continuing investigation.

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