Listing of the Day
Location: Savannah, Georgia
Price: $8.5 million
Built in 1857 for Confederate General William F. Brantley, this grand, four-story residence with a connected carriage house and covered Charleston-style side porches overlooking Forsyth Park is the most expensive single-family home on the market in Savannah.
The West Gaston Street home is in the heart of Savannah’s National Historic Landmark District and was designed by acclaimed architect John Norris, who also created city landmarks like the Mercer House, the Green-Meldrim House and the Andrew Low House, according to the listing.
“It’s awe inspiring to be in this house,” said listing agent Staci Donegan, of Seabolt Real Estate, Christie’s International Real Estate. “The workmanship is so substantial.”
The architectural details have been well-preserved, including the moldings, she said. “Somebody hand-molded them and they are still intact all these many years later.”
Other details include a foyer with a central staircase, original French doors, dramatic 15-foot ceilings, a wine/cigar room, elevator service to all floors, marble fireplaces, floor-to-ceiling windows, wrought-iron fencing and original hardwood floors.
The current owners bought the house in 2022, and the prior owner did a full renovation, Donegan said.
These owners added a media center and “did all of the non-glamorous stuff,” she said. The house has a “brand-new roof and a brand-new garden level. It’s completely restored and updated.”
From the street, you go up a classic raised stoop to the front door and the parlor level, Donegan said.
“What is really unique about the property is that it has a pocket door between the foyer and the kitchen,” she said. “I’ve never seen that.”
To the right are the grand double parlors, she said. The owners use the front parlor as their living room and the back one as the formal dining room.
“It has a very livable floor plan, given that it was built so long ago,” she said.
The kitchen, which is adjacent to the family room, features a Sub-Zero side-by-side wood paneled refrigerator, a Wolf six-burner gas stove, double Miele dishwashers, a wet bar, stone countertops, an island with seating and custom wood cabinetry, according to the listing.
A walkway from the kitchen leads to the connected carriage house, which holds an office with a powder room and a one-bedroom suite, Donegan said. Typically, there is a courtyard between the main house and the back carriage house.
Having the carriage house attached makes all of the square footage usable and under one roof, she said.
The entire third floor is the primary bedroom suite, which has dual bathrooms and a dressing room. There are two more bedrooms on the top floor, along with a balcony with panoramic city views.
The garden level holds two bedrooms, a media room, a catering kitchen with a dumb waiter to the parlor level and a full laundry.
The home has a freestanding three-car garage, “which is very uncommon for the Historic District,” Donegan said.
Stats
The 9,738-square-foot home has six bedrooms, five full bathrooms and two partial bathrooms. It sits on a 0.17-acre lot.
Amenities
Amenities include an elevator, five porches, eight fireplaces, a freestanding three-car garage, a private side yard, a courtyard, a media room, a wine/cigar room and a connected carriage house with an office.
Neighborhood Notes
The home is “right on Forsyth Park, which is our Central Park, and on Gaston Street, which is a very notable street,” Donegan said. The home is “part of the Monterey Ward, which is the ward with the most notable real estate and architecture.”
Agent: Staci Donegan, Seabolt Real Estate, Christie’s International Real Estate