PARSONSFIELD – High above and overlooking West Pond, on which it has 300 feet of frontage, here is a classic farmhouse Cape that sits on 70.45 mostly wooded acres. The views across the surrounding hill (one of which hides nearby Cornish) are magnificent, and extend to Mount Washington and the Presidential Range.

The back of the house affords a sweeping, northwest-to-northeast prospect of the mountains, views all the more enjoyable in fine weather from the huge deck and hexagonal elevated platform.

Inside, the front-to-back living room has a gas-insert fireplace on a tile hearth, with a handsome, dentil-molding mantel. (The living room may be an early-20th-century addition to the 1865 home.) A full bath, and a front parlor/office/bedroom make one-level living an option.

The dining room – chair rails, deep plant shelf in the bay window, twin china cabinets – is a total charmer. The kitchen, for its part, features cherry cabinetry, white appliances and a cool granite-topped baking center.

Off the kitchen is a beautifully paneled family room – three-season, but with a wood stove – whose picture window frames a pretty back yard that has six fenced-in raised beds for vegetables.

Next, through a charming, arched door, is a finished passage with stairs up to a bright and spacious studio that has two oversized skylights. Across the landing is a long, walk-in attic, above the two-vehicle garage that connects to the sturdy, shored-up, three-story barn, which has several small stalls.

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Downstairs, floors are oak; up the central stairs, they are pumpkin pine. The master bedroom is on the south side; full bath, with tub, in the middle; and second and third bedrooms are back-and-front.

West Pond has no public access, and this property’s path to its shore would have to be cleared a short distance to a disused, overgrown logging road that slopes down to the water.

The full basement houses the laundry and provides tons of storage. Overall upgrades included new siding, windows, and blowin-in insulation; water purifying system, and automatic whole-house generator. Heat is multiple-zone.

The 2,244-square-foot home at 1426 North Road, Parsonsfield, is listed at $320,000 by Bridgette Vermette, Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist, at Keller Williams Realty in Portland. Annual taxes are $3,478,

For more information nor to arrange a private viewing, please contact Bridgette at 318-3421 or at bvermette@kw.com.

Produced by the Marketing Department of the Maine Sunday Telegram, the Home of the Week is provided at no cost.

Photos (including aerial) by Michael Eric Bérubé, MaineVirtualHomeTours.com; and Melanie Sochan, staff photographer.

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