A little bit (of England) on the (Wood)side!
Burbed reader sfbubblebuyer returns to the front page with another terrific find, and best of all… It’s not in Vallejo and no hookers were lathered in cooking oil in providing this contribution.
So let’s give another nice, warm RBA welcome to sfbubblebuyer, today’s guest blogger!
If you’ve ever wanted to pretend to have an English accent and snub the commoner Americans, this is the house for you! It’s modeled after Hampton Court in Middlesex, England! Now that’s a sexy sounding shire!
125 NORTHGATE St, Woodside, CA 94062
$12,900,000
BEDS: 6
BATHS: 8
SQ. FT.: 16,900
$/SQ. FT.: $763
LOT SIZE: 2.87 Acres
PROPERTY TYPE: Detached Single Family
STYLE: Tudor
STORIES: 3
VIEW: Bay
YEAR BUILT: 1934
COMMUNITY: Woodside Heights
COUNTY: San Mateo
MLS#: 81054806
SOURCE: MLSListings
STATUS: Active
ON REDFIN: 141 daysThe Buck Estate. Designed by noted architect Albert Farr, who modeled Buck after Hampton Court in Middlesex, England, a 16th century royal family residence. Brick & stucco cut stone, high Gothic arches, mullioned windows, slate roof, & bay views. Over 17,000 sq. ft. , ornate plaster details, beautiful rooms of original carved wood panelling. Truly rare & irreplaceable. Minutes from Atherton. 2.86 ac
You want columns? Tough! WE HAVE BUTTRESSES! Columns are for the help.
Specifically, the help in the kitchen. That’s right, this house is so awesome, it sends the columns to the kitchen to help hold up the cabinets.
You have to be an arch to get any play in THIS building! And not any old arch! Our arches are RIBBED FOR YOUR PLEASURE!
And as if that were not enough to get your trousers tight and your checkbook hot, we have GROIN VAULTS! (Seriously, this is called out in the listing on the virtual tour.)
And not just one, MULTIPLE GROIN VAULTS!
This house is a veritable REAL ESTATE ORGY! It’s turn key, and bowl-for-guest-keys, ready. But send the help to sleep in the carriage house, because things are gonna get funky in here tonight! Did I mention it’s in WOODside! Rowr!
April 8th, 2011 at 8:24 am
I bet they only stock Grey Poupon in that place.
April 8th, 2011 at 8:41 am
Grey Poupon, and Vaseline for the groin vaults.
April 8th, 2011 at 9:20 am
Who knew monstrosities like this existed in the BA, thanks Burbed
This place exudes sex, where’s Mr. Tiger Woods to bid this place up?
April 8th, 2011 at 1:21 pm
I’ve always thought it was a little too nouveau to call your place The _____ Estate. Rather pretentious, don’t you think? In my circle we like to keep things understated and the fewer words it takes to identify your place the better. If a letter can’t be delivered with an address like :
Filoli
Woodside, CA
you need to face the fact that your money hasn’t aged enough and buy in Palo Alto.
April 8th, 2011 at 5:12 pm
Hey don’t knock good mustard, personally, I like to Poupon a sandwich before I eat it.
April 8th, 2011 at 8:40 pm
house porn at it’s (sic) finest!
April 8th, 2011 at 9:17 pm
The best thing about Hampton Court Palace are the gardens.
Ha, perfect that this place is so salacious – after all, its inspiration was built by a Cardinal who had it taken away by horny Henry VIII because the Pope wouldn’t grant him a divorce.
April 11th, 2011 at 5:12 pm
This isn’t even in real Woodside. It’s on the wrong side of 280. Nice housing porn, even if it screams out nouveau riche garbage.
November 8th, 2011 at 9:04 am
$1,000,000 price cut! Time to run out and buy.
Nouveau riche? This house was built in 1934. Might as well be 1634 by CA standards.
I came searching for this place because I always see it from 280 and have been wondering about it. Funny it was here on burbed all along!
February 20th, 2013 at 5:05 am
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