YARMOUTH – Here in the heart of highly desirable Yarmouth Village is a sterling 1910 Victorian whose considerable vintage charm is perfectly preserved amid updates that include a gorgeously remodeled kitchen with an 11-foot granite island.

Such a feature could be accommodated only in a generous space, and indeed this $100,000-plus kitchen, whose top-end, stainless-and-black appliances include a gas range and a French door refrigerator, extends side to side from tiled “work” area into an oak-floored sitting space, off which are a powder room, and a delightful butler’s pantry.

In the dining room, which has a classic floor-to-ceiling china cabinet; and the living room, with its brick fireplace; and the front parlor, the maple flooring is a striking herringbone. A multipurpose room (or alternate dining room) lends floor-plan flexibility, and the first-floor full bath is a great convenience.

To the rear of the kitchen, the original carriage house has been converted to an in-law/au pair suite that includes a huge living room with sliding doors out to a deck overlooking a little brook; bedroom, walk-in pantry/closet, full bath, and kitchen area. The suite also makes a perfect first-floor master, or an office for a professional in-home business, such as a therapist’s.

(A further bonus: The carriage house has on its second floor a private-entrance apartment – large bedroom, sitting room, big kitchen, full bath, and off-street parking – with a professional, longterm tenant in place.)

On the main house second story, floors are wide-pine or fir, with the exception of one carpeted bedroom. The full bath with soaking tub has been beautifully redone, with granite vanity and beadboard accents.

Additional square footage is unlikely to be needed in a home of 4,276 square feet, but the walkup attic provides finishing potential (a studio, perhaps?) The full basement has a workshop, and accesses the direct-entry, two-bay-plus garage. Oil heat is three-zone.

The location, in this very walkable town with its excellent schools and shops and park, is New England traditional at its best. In fact, the Clam Festival parade passes by the front door.

The home at 126 West Elm St., Yarmouth, is listed for sale at $795,000 by Lois Lengyel of Legacy Properties Sotheby’s International Realty in Portland. Annual taxes are $8,182.

For more information or to arrange a private viewing, please contact Lois at 780-8900, 233-2820, or at LLengyel@Legacysir.com.

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

Photos by Bob Povall.

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