House of the Week: $2.5 million for a Campbellville country home with a grandfather clock and a hot tub

Location: Campbellville
Price: $2,500,000 Size: 3,100 square feet on 1.4 acres of land Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 3 Real estate agent: Michael Phinney, Royal LePage

The Place

A three-bedroom, three-bathroom, two-and-a-half-storey detached in pastoral Campbellville. The home comes with a 1,800-square-foot garage and a swim spa in the backyard. It’s a 15-minute drive from Burlington, a 20-minute drive from the Aldershot GO station and roughly an hour from downtown Toronto.

The History

This house was built in 1868, allegedly by a man named William Van Norman, who was a Pennsylvania Dutch Loyalist. The property has undergone significant renovations since then, such as connecting a previously separate coach house to the main home. The current owners purchased it in 2017 and updated the backyard with a stone patio and an outdoor fireplace. They’re now downsizing and putting the place on the market.

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The Tour

In the foyer: the original door and transom windows, which are blown glass. The door lock requires a long-lost skeleton key, so it can be opened only from inside, meaning future residents will have to use the side entrance.

A reverse view highlights the century-old hardwood floors as well as the original millwork—the trim, stairwell newel post, handrail and wainscoting—that dates back to 1868.

Next is the family room. Its original fireplace has been swapped out for a propane inset.

Across the hall is this study overlooking the front yard, with a built-in bookcase and cabinetry.

Now for the dining room. The table here can seat 14 people.

The kitchen comes with repainted cabinets, a farmhouse sink, a Thermador fridge, a propane cooktop, double wall ovens, a dishwasher, a beverage fridge and French doors to the backyard.

It’s also equipped with an ornate island topped with walnut, plus quartz counters, exposed brick and a barnyard door.

Here’s the sunroom, which was an open patio in the original house. The new version is lined with two skylights and ceramic floors.

The side door opens into a giant mudroom. Those stairs lead up to the coach house, and that door in the background leads to a powder room/laundry room combo.

Here’s a closer look at that powder room.

The coach house space, with vaulted ceilings and some clever storage, is currently set up as an office.

Moving back to the main house reveals the second-floor landing, which connects all three bedrooms. There’s a balcony on the other side of that arched window, and the floors are original pumpkin pine.

Here’s the main bedroom.

The walk-in closet was once an adjoining bedroom.

This is a shared bathroom, but the owners currently use it as their ensuite. It has a soaker tub, a glass shower, a double cabinet-style vanity and a skylight.

Here’s a secondary bedroom, also with an ensuite bathroom.

And here’s the secondary ensuite, with a tiled rainfall shower.

Let’s head outside.

The current owners installed a propane fireplace for the lounge.

They also added an eight-by-eighteen-foot swim spa. Residents can use it as an aquatic treadmill of sorts or just as a hot tub.

There’s also a motorized awning for the dining area.

And there’s a firepit.

Lastly, here’s the 1,800-square-foot garage.

You could easily park 10 cars in here.

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