7346 Shirley Drive

Important Georgian residence built in 1763 by Quaker Emanuel Jenkinson. House contains much original raised paneling, built-in cupboard, paneled doors, wide-board flooring etc. The house sits on a 1660s land-grant called "Edmondson's Freshes". Today the neighborhood is known as "Stoney Ridge" Seller has the brass front door lock and other useful 18th C, hardware. No restriction against moving the house to a waterfront building site . . . Listing agent is owner. The house was largely re-wired in the 1980s. In 2009 the windows were rebuilt using mahogany, with salvaged wavy glass, The roof is of unknown age, but is over eighteen years. Seller purchased the property in 2008 for $140,000 and can document over $150,000 on restoration: repointing the brick, restoring the windows, and cornices, installing French drains,, taking down trees, The house was last occupied in 2007. It requires extensive further renovations and the task is not for the faint of heart. The bathroom water pipes froze and burst in 2007 and have not been replaced, but that is not a difficult job. for a plumber. The property is not subject to the covenants and restrictions of Stoney Ridge A former owner removed the wide yellow poplar floorboards from one of the third story bedrooms to create a cathedral ceiling in the room below. Replacing the missing flooring would be an easy job. Despite its condition, the house is worthy of restoration and is just waiting for an old house lover to complete the restoration. Brick portion exterior measures 19' x 33 1/2'. Brick mason Brandon Hopkins has been engaged by seller to repoint the vaulted arch in the basement that supports the west chimney,