Public Remarks: FIDDLETOP Do you desire the utmost privacy without isolation? A timeless, gracious & distinguished home? Do you seek broad views, mature landscaping & tranquility? Are you seeking a 'forever' home? There's a simple reason this iconic property has only had 4 owners since it was built in 1932. All 4 could have lived in any number of wonderful homes in the Berkshires, but they did not. They chose Fiddletop. From the legendary conductor Eugene Ormandy to the the virtuoso violinist Zino Francescatti. Experience Fiddletop, spend time sitting in the gracious rooms watching the light skim the walls with the glow of the wood burning in the fireplace, or the sun reflected back on the mountains, & imagine how you can make this your 'forever' home... you will know you want to stay for decade An elegant, iconic Berkshire estate located on a country lane in prime Monterey. The driveway takes you past open fields and towering oak and maple trees up the rolling hillside to the most perfect setting in the Berkshires. Distant views stretch out from the pool and beautifully landscaped grounds. Generous public rooms including a living room with wood-burning fireplace and French doors opening on to a stone floor 3 season porch, formal dining room with wood-burning fireplace, guest bath, butler's pantry, period kitchen with arched windows, a master suite with two full baths, guest suite with distant views, and two additional bedrooms. Renovate the guest suite in the detached garage for additional room. An extraordinary property and setting with limitless potential.
Single-familyProperty Type
1932Year Built
15.49 acresLot Size
$595Est. Price/Sq.Ft.
5 garage spacesParking
Listed by L. Chapin Fish• BROCKMAN REAL ESTATE, LLC
Bought with William Harrington• STONE HOUSE PROPERTIES, LLC
Exterior Features: Privacy, Pool - In Ground, Porch, Deciduous Shade Trees, Mature Landscaping, Landscaped, Outbuilding, Patio
Property Information
Property Condition: Updated/Remodeled
Lot Information
Lot Features: Pasture
Building Information
Building Area Total: 3710.0
Financial
Tax Information
Tax Annual Amount: 6005.0
Tax Year: 2018
Location
School Information
Elementary School: Monterey
Middle Or Junior School: Choice
High School: Choice
Location Information
Directions: SHOWN ONLY BY APPOINTMENT - LONG DRIVEWAY - Please do not drive up - you can not see the house from the road. Wellman Road is off of New Marlboro Road just outside Monterey village
Utility Information
200 Amp, Circuit Breakers, Fuses
Private Sewer
Public facts
Beds: 3
Baths: 4.5
Sq. Ft.: 3,710
Stories: 2.0
Lot Size: 15.49 acres
Style: Single Family Residential
Year Built: 1930
Year Renovated: —
County: Berkshire County
APN: 4065015
Home facts updated by county records on Feb 6, 2023
Other
Listing Information
Standard Status: Closed
Photos Count: 62
Internet Automated Valuation Display YN: Yes
Around this home
Schools
New Marlborough Central School
Public PreK-3 • Assigned • 9.0mi
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Mount Everett Regional School
Public 6-12 • Assigned • 9.0mi
6/10
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Lifestyle
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Climate risks
1/10 Flood Factor
Minimal risk of a flood reaching the building in the next 30 years
1/10 Fire Factor
Unlikely to be in a wildfire in next 30 years
2/10 Heat Factor
7 days above 89° expected this year, 17 days in 30 years
4/10 Wind Factor
14% chance of strong winds in next 30 years
2/10 Air Factor
1 unhealthy days expected this year, 1 days in 30 years
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Historical weather
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In this area, properties receive around 8.5 hours in
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Estimated sale price
$2.10M – $2.54M
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