Property Details
Basic Information
- Property Type: Single Family
- Property Style: Antique
- MLS Number: 5084371
- List Price: $1,180,000
- Lot Description: Landscaped
- Date Listed: 04/20/2026
- Virtual Tour: Virtual Tour
- 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.
Building
- Acreage: 3.55
- Square Feet: 4,180
- Year Built: 1920
- Zoning: residential
- Stories: 2
- Roof: Architectural Shingle
- Building Construction: Shingle Siding
- Foundation: Concrete, Stone
Location
- County: Hillsborough
- Town: Peterborough
Finance
- Taxes: $19,781
Interior Features
Bedrooms
- Bedrooms: 5
Bathrooms
- Bathrooms: 5
- Full Baths: 2
- 3/4 Baths: 2
Basement
- Basement: Bulkhead, Concrete Floor, Dirt Floor, Insulated, Interior Stairs, Interior Access
Utilities and Appliances
Utilities and Appliances
- Utilities: Phone, Cable, Propane
Community
Amenities
- Other Amenities: Basement, Fireplace, Garden
Other Details
Water
- Water: Public