Welcome home! This stunning 3bd/3.5 bath, 1800 s Villanova farmhouse blends historic stature and charm, with elegant updates, creating a wonderful home for living and entertaining. Through the front patio entrance you step into the large eat-in kitchen, that overlooks the exterior grounds both provide great spots for morning coffee and dining. A kitchen fireplace adds warmth while entertaining during the winter holidays and serves to anchor this space as the hearth of the home. The kitchen opens into a vaulted ceiling family room where a wall of windows looks out over the pool and the grounds below. French doors open to the upper deck and serve as a seamless transition between indoor and outdoor living and entertaining. The first floor also offers a formal dining room and a natural light filled bonus room that can be used as a reading room, playroom, music conservatory, or home office. This room includes an additional door that also steps out to the upper deck and connects to a lower deck and pool, so that you can take a break from work, play, or study, and embrace the view of your grounds, your own babbling brook, or take a dip in the pool. Upstairs you find a 2-story mater suite that includes a traditional bedroom space with a private staircase to a third floor office, den, or yoga/mediation space, complete with a private full bath with a classic claw-foot tub. Two additional bedrooms on the second floor both look out over the grounds below and provide easy access to the updated full hall bath. In the basement you find additional storage space, an ideal room for a workshop or creative/maker space, and a ful lbathroom that has its own exit to the pool area (this is great when you need to use the bathroom or take a shower after a swim). Your private driveway and large detached 2-car garage provide plenty of parking for family and friends. Located on . 4 acres the grounds offer mature plantings that reveal flowers, ferns, and day lilies through spring and summer, and neighboring green space makes your yard feel even more expansive creating a true park like setting. The street is a wonderful blend of welcoming legacy neighbors and young families, and provides quick and easy access to Villanova, Wayne and Bryn Mawr. Jump on the train or 476 and your only 20 minutes to Center City. This is your chance to own a really great piece of Villanova History!
Single-familyProperty Type
1882Year Built
9,801 sq ftLot Size
$536Est. Price/Sq.Ft.
2 car garageParking
Listed by Lisie Abrams• BHHS Fox & Roach-Haverford
This lovingly restored 3-story home is situated on a beautiful, tree-lined street in "Five Streets" neighborhood of Villanova. Anchored by a large, bright eat-in kitchen with center-island and wood-burning FP, this home is great for entertaining. Located off the kitchen is a spacious FR with vaulted ceiling, newer windows, built-in bookcase and double doors that lead to a large deck. Dining room, powder room and LR with outside deck access complete the first floor. 2nd floor features 3 BDRS and a renovated full bath. The 3rd floor can be used as an extra BDR or office and includes a large closet and full bath with claw-foot tub. Walk-out lower level has laundry, updated full bath, workshop/storage area. Hardwood floors on first floor, newer windows, newer roof, and new hot water heater. Professionally landscaped with beautiful outdoor spaces including covered patio, pool with composite deck, and fenced backyard. Radnor schools, and convenient to Radnor Trail, towns of Wayne and Bryn Mawr, R5 train & I-476.
Public Records
Aug 13, 2002
Sold
$350,000
$199/sq ft
BRIGHT MLS #PADE428146
May 2, 2002
Listing Removed
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May 2, 2002
Listed
$379,000
$215/sq ft
Public Records
Jul 10, 1997
Sold
$231,000
$131/sq ft
BRIGHT MLS #PADE310770
Mar 15, 1997
Listing Removed
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Dec 1, 1996
Listed
$231,000
$131/sq ft
BRIGHT MLS #PADE324870
Nov 30, 1996
Listing Removed
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May 8, 1996
Listed
$249,900
$142/sq ft
BRIGHT MLS #PADE330636
May 10, 1996
Listing Removed
—
Nov 10, 1995
Listed
$299,000
$170/sq ft
Year
Property tax
Land + Additions
Assessment*
2026
$8,750 (+10.1%)
$209,730 + $168,800
$378,530
2025
$7,946 (+3.8%)
$209,730 + $168,800
$378,530
2024
$7,653 (+4.1%)
$209,730 + $168,800
$378,530
2023
$7,350 (+1.1%)
$209,730 + $168,800
$378,530
2022
$7,270 (−37.7%)
$209,730 + $168,800
$378,530
2021
$11,677 (+48.0%)
$209,730 + $168,800
$378,530
2020
$7,892 (+2.9%)
$120,750 + $106,120
$226,870
2019
$7,670 (+2.0%)
$120,750 + $106,120
$226,870
2018
$7,519 (+2.1%)
2017
$7,361 (+4.5%)
2015
$7,047
2014
$7,047 (+0.1%)
2013
$7,038 (+3.5%)
2011
$6,798 (+4.1%)
2010
$6,533
Tax history for 223 S Spring Mill Rd
Year
Property tax
Land + Additions
Assessment*
2026
$8,750 (+10.1%)
$209,730 + $168,800
$378,530
2025
$7,946 (+3.8%)
$209,730 + $168,800
$378,530
2024
$7,653 (+4.1%)
$209,730 + $168,800
$378,530
2023
$7,350 (+1.1%)
$209,730 + $168,800
$378,530
2022
$7,270 (−37.7%)
$209,730 + $168,800
$378,530
2021
$11,677 (+48.0%)
$209,730 + $168,800
$378,530
2020
$7,892 (+2.9%)
$120,750 + $106,120
$226,870
2019
$7,670 (+2.0%)
$120,750 + $106,120
$226,870
2018
$7,519 (+2.1%)
2017
$7,361 (+4.5%)
2015
$7,047
2014
$7,047 (+0.1%)
2013
$7,038 (+3.5%)
2011
$6,798 (+4.1%)
2010
$6,533
*Taxable value of land and structures on it ("additions") is determined regularly by local assessors and does not affect market price.
Public record
Beds
4
Baths
2.5
Stories
2
Lot width
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Lot depth
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Lot size
9,801 Sq. Ft.
Year renovated
—
Sq. Ft.
1,759
Year built
1882
Style
Single Family Residential
County
Delaware County
APN
36040262700
Parking Spaces
—
Basement
—
Accessible
—
HOA Dues
—
Garage
—
Features
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Last updated by owner on Aug 19, 2026.
Property details
Parking
Parking Information
# of Detached Garage Spaces: 2
Garage Features: Oversized
# of Total Garage and Parking Spaces: 2
Has Garage
# of Garage Spaces: 2
Concrete Driveway
Detached Garage, Driveway
Interior
Bedroom Information
# of Bedrooms On 1st Upper Level: 3
# of Bedrooms On 2nd Upper Level: 1
Bathroom Information
# of Bathrooms (Full) On 1st Upper Level: 1
# of Bathrooms (Full) On 2nd Upper Level: 1
# of Bathrooms (Half) On Main Level: 1
# of Bathrooms (Full) On All Upper Levels: 2
# of Bathrooms (Half): 1
# of Bathrooms (Full): 2
Interior Information
Appliances: Dryer, Oven - Self Cleaning, Washer
Flooring Type: Carpet, Hardwood
Interior Features: Breakfast Area, Exposed Beams, Family Room Off Kitchen, Formal/Separate Dining Room, Kitchen - Galley, Wood Floors