Listing courtesy of JoanMacNairPetty NC Realty, LLC

One of a kind custom-designed farmhouse on 63 Acres in northern Wake County and within 30 minutes of RDU, Raleigh, Durham, and Research Triangle Park. The home was designed with inspiration from preserved tobacco barns by architect Stephen Cluggish and custom built by Michael Powell, Archwood Builders. The home has 4 bedrooms, 4 full baths, 2 half baths, bonus room, porches, screened in porch, extensive storage, and many distinctive features. The property is in Wake County on the uniquely beautiful Boyce Bridge Road that dead ends to Falls Lake. The Boyce Bridge Road community is comprised of custom homes on acreage tracts and beautiful horse farms!! The 63 acre property backs up to the Army Corps of Engineers land and Falls Lake. There are accessible trails for hiking and riding through the property and the neighborhood. The restored cattle barn on the front of the property is perfect for horses or other farm animals with 3 stalls, hot/cold water and wash stall, tack room, and hay loft. There are 3 wood fenced pastures, each approximately 2 AC, with automatic waterers, covered sheds and catch pens. The back half of the property has an established pasture and the rest is wooded and undeveloped. The farmhouse style home is open and casual!! The first floor has a large kitchen with custom cabinets, concrete counter tops, a separate pantry, high end appliances, including Dacor range with 6 gas burner cooktop and double oven, and GE Monogram refrigerator. The dining room with beautiful views of the outdoors opens to a large screen porch. The Great Room is spectacular with a 2 story stone, wood-burning fireplace with gas starter, and wood cubby. The extra high double doors and windows across the back of the house overlook a pond and pastures. The home office with built in cherry cabinets and antique stained glass door is ideal to work from home. The primary bedroom/bath on the first floor again has porch access with restful views, steam shower, air jet tub, and huge master closet; And more on the first floor - 2 half baths, mud room, laundry room, and downstairs entry from the 3 car garage. Two staircases lead to the second floor open to the Great Room below with 3 bedrooms, 3 full baths, linen closet, and large laundry room with access to attic storage, spacious bonus room with wet bar, built-in cabinets, 4 closets and large cedar closet. The house transitioned to geothermal heating & air conditioning in 2014 and added solar panels. The house is Hardie Plank exterior with brick foundation, beautifully refinished wide heart pine floors on the main floor and so many extras. The privacy and serenity, curb appeal, preserved historic barns, views from the house, 2 ponds, wood-fenced pastures and the woods are spectacular ... truly one of the best estate farms in a great Wake County location!!