4 Elm Hill Road, Peterborough, NH
Single Family Residence
Listed by Duston Leddy Real Estate · Jason Hackler
Property Description
Named Highwood when built by the Van Rensselaer family in the 1920s, this remarkable home features a great room recreated from an 18th-century church. With vaulted ceilings, carved paneling, custom plaster walls, a choir loft, Gothic windows, and a Dutch door opening to a three-season porch, the space feels like a theater transporting you to another era. Italian sconces, 18th-century paintings inset into the paneling, soaring ceilings, and a wood-burning fireplace enhance its grandeur. Between 2016 and 2018, the home was thoughtfully expanded and renovated, blending historic character with modern comfort. Highwood now offers an open-concept kitchen flowing to dining and family rooms, French doors to an office, and a first-floor primary suite with cathedral ceilings, shower, and claw-foot tub. The kitchen connects to a hallway leading to garages, a yoga studio/playroom, and a deck and patio. A garage lift/elevator provides easy access for groceries or a wheelchair. Upstairs are four additional bedrooms and two full baths. Set on over three acres bordering conservation land, the property includes low-maintenance gardens, stone walls, a fenced street side for privacy, and a hand-wrought cast-iron gate—an original housewarming gift from Lady Astor to Mrs. Van Rensselaer. Please see virtual tour. Listing agent related to seller.
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- Bedrooms:5
- Total Baths:5
- Full Baths:2
- SqFt:4,180
- Price / SqFt:$282.30
- Property Type:Single Family Residence
- Year Built:1920
- County:NH-Hillsborough
- Town:Peterborough, NH
- Status:Active
- Days on Market:84
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- Active listings in Peterborough37
- Average list price$523,417
- Price range$310,000 – $799,000
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- Principal & Interest$5,967
- Property Tax$1,672
- Home Insurance$246
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