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Medway Plantation, Estate of the Day

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Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Medway Plantation dates back to 1686 and its main house is the oldest masonry structure in South Carolina. The home was rebuilt in 1704, added on to in1855, and completely renovated in 1929. What you are paying for with this house is approximately 6,728 acres of lakes, woods, and trails. The property is surrounded by land that is protected by easements for traditional land uses.

The main house has a living room with 10-foot ceilings, heart-pine flooring, and wainscoting. The dining room has cypress-paneled walls and the commercial-grade kitchen includes a pantry. There are a total of six bedrooms including a master suite with a fireplace. The property has four guest houses, three staff houses, indoor and outdoor pools, a boat landing, a lakefront lodge, a 12-stall horse stable, a greenhouse, a double avenue of oaks, and traditional formal gardens. The listing pictures hint at the scope of this huge property. A video tour is after the jump. It is listed with William Means for $19 million.

Gallery: Medway Plantation

UPDATE: Thanks to Eric for pointing out that this home is located in Goose Creek, South Carolina!

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9 Tidal Creek, Estate of the Day

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Last fall we checked out a home on Tidal Creek in Spring Island, South Carolina. That home is still on the market (with a price cut from $2.75 million to $2.4 million) but today we're checking out the home next door which is also for sale. This home is nicely positioned amid four large live oak trees in Spring Island's three-thousand acres of nature preserve. The lowcountry golf community is 25 minutes from Hilton Head and Beaufort, and 30 minutes by boat from Port Royal Sound and the open Atlantic Ocean.

The 4,700 sq. ft. home on 3.88 acres curves along the arc of its circular driveway. It has a standing seam copper roof, custom steel windows and salvaged antique heart pine beams. The home is backed by the marsh making for privacy and tranquil views and extensive decks, walkways, provide plenty of outdoor space. The grounds also include a three-car garage and 800 sq. ft. guest house. The home itself has a laid-back feel with beamed ceilings, skylights and large windows. A sitting room with a peaked roof offers a particularly nice spot for casual entertaining. This home is listed at $2.995 million.

Gallery: 9 Tidal Creek

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55 King Street, Estate of the Day

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Today's home in Charleston, South Carolina didn't start out as a single family home. The home on King Street actually began life around 1762 as a double tenement on a very large lot. It was converted to a single family residence in the mid twentieth century. It has had only four owners and underwent major renovations under its present ownership beginning in the 1980s that included the addition of a swimming pool.

The home's ld kitchen house was redesigned into a guest house with high ceilings, a sleeping loft, two fireplaces, and an outdoor kitchen. The first floor of the main house has double parlors. The formal dining room as well as the family room open onto a spacious screened porch that overlooks the rear patio and pool. There are five fireplaces on the first floor, one of which is a focal point for the kitchen. The main house has five bedrooms, four full baths, and a laundry room on the upper floors. Other classic details include heart of pine floors, period woodwork, mantels and built-in shelving. The home is an intriguing mix of elegant, turned out rooms with brightly painted walls and antique furniture as well as more casual spaces that feature the home's untouched, exposed brick. This home is listed at $4.749 million.

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Historic Patrick O'Donnell House Gets Big Price Cut

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Back in 2008, I wrote about the Patrick O'Donnell house in Charleston, South Carolina as part of a series on the country's most expensive zip codes. I was surprised recently to see that the home is still on the market, although at a lower rate.

This home on King Street in the historic district was built by O'Donnell over the period of 1852-1870. He was building the house for his bride but he took so long finishing the job that his fiancé married another. The home was once lived in by the women who inspired the character of Melanie in Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind. The home has an 18th century Venetian palazzo exterior with a cross-ventilated New York brownstone interior and wide Charleston-style porches. The home has been beautifully restored. Details to swoon for include random width heart pine floors, heavy moldings and ceiling medallions, 11 fireplaces with faux marble mantles, French doors and an antique elevator.

The kitchen has modern appliances such as Gaggenau ovens, Gaggenau commercial gas range, SubZero refrigerator and a walk-in wine cooler in a setting of exposed brick with a pressed tin ceiling. There is a billiards room, a cherry library with a track ladders, a bar room, guest bedroom with a cedar closet, large master suite, a bedroom with built-in children's beds and another guest room. The fifth floor is home to a rooftop deck, wet bar and outdoor shower. The property also includes a pool and a three-car garage and there is a guest house with a galley kitchen, bedroom and living room. This home was listed at $7.895 million but is now at $6.85 million.

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32 Battery, Estate of the Day

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The Battery area of Charleston, South Carolina is home to some of the grandest older homes in the country. Today's home, the Colonel John Ashe House, was built around 1782. It has been restored head to toe, from the brick flooring in the basement to the gold sphere on top of the cupola.

The four story Charleston double house is located across from White Point Gardens and its balconies and cupola offer view of Charleston Harbor, the Sullivans Island Lighthouse and Ft. Sumter in the distance. The home's elegant rooms have large windows many with double rows of shutters and elaborate moldings including the pediment structures over the dining room entrances. The master suite has two baths, a sitting room and walk-in closet. The library/den is lined with custom cabinetry for books and collectibles. The home's guest wings and nursery wing complete with back stairs down to kitchen offer privacy for the home's residents. There are a total of six working fireplaces, one with an overmantel painting, an18th century Italian landscape believed to be attributed to Giovanni Panini (1691-1765). The carriage house is a separate two-story, two-bedroom brick house. The backyard has a bricked courtyard. This home is listed at $9.875 million.

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Tidal Creek, Estate of the Day

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With a name like road name like Tidal Creek you know this one is going to have water views. In fact, the low country compound on the west side of Spring Island in South Carolina is surrounded by water on three sides during high tide. The 5.42 acre property has a private boat dock makes fishing or cruising convenient whenever the mood strikes and a small brick terrace near the marsh is ideal for watching the tides and the local wildlife and catching the amazing sunsets.

The main home has a cozy living room with a fireplace and built-in bookcases. A separate den also has a fireplace. The kitchen has hand-painted tiles of native birds, a walk-in pantry, and a center island. A screened porch also has a wood burning fireplace and extra wide plank floors. The room over the garage has a full bath is currently used as an office but could be put into use as a guest suite or game room. The second floor master bedroom has a covered porch overlooking the marsh and the Colleton River. There is also a first floor bedroom that is also suitable as an owner's suite. The home comes with a separate two-bedroom guest house with a wood burning fireplace and custom built-ins. It has its own private screened porch and a kitchen and an artist studio with full bath is attached to the guest house along with a large climate controlled workroom. This home is listed at $2.75 million.

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5 Copp Landing, Estate of the Day

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Today's home takes us back to Spring Island, South Carolina. Two lots were joined together to created a 2.83 acre estate with live oaks and 279 feet of frontage with deepwater dock on the Colleton River. The 8,000 square foot compound includes a main home and guest cottage with wide open views of the Colleton River. There are three bedrooms in the main home and three bedrooms in the guest cottage, one having three sets of bunk beds to accommodate the family reunion. The home is designed for relaxation and enjoyment with a home theater room, large office, in-ground spa, and fireplace on the screen porch. A long dock stretches out into the water. This home is listed at $4.495 million.

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Jayson Williams Puts South Carolina Home Up For Sale

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Saying it's a been a rough few years for Jayson Williams is a bit of an understatement. Williams, once a top NBA basketball player with the New Jersey Nets, has been serving a five-year term for accidentally shooting and killing a limo driver and just a couple of weeks ago he was in court on drunk driving charges. He admitted that he was drunk when he crashed his SUV into a tree in January, a week after he pleaded guilty in New Jersey to aggravated assault in the death of limo driver Costas Christofi. He was given a one year sentence on top of the five-year sentence he is already serving.

It's no surprise then that his home in Bluffton, South Carolina is on the market. Williams is currently in the midst of a divorce and has two young daughters. This home is not the home where the shooting occurred. That home, a massive estate in New Jersey has since been sold, renovated and is back on the market for $13.5 million. The Bluffton home in the Berkeley Hall community has unfortunately not been free of controversy either. Earlier this year the NY Post reported that the estate had been robbed of more $150,000 in sports memorabilia, electronics and jewelry including a pair of autographed Tiger Woods golf shoes and handwritten lyrics by Tupac Shakur.

The seven-bedroom home is on the Okatie River and has a guest house over the garage. The double-height living room has river views and a massive fireplace. The homes opens onto foyer with twin sweeping staircases and a pool with views over the river. It is listed for $2.7 million.

[Thanks, Derrick!]

Gallery: Jayson Williams in South Carolina

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Waterfall Lane, Estate of the Day

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Today's estate takes us to back to South Carolina community of Spring Island, where life is a little bit slower. The community includes a golf course, fitness center, restaurants, equestrian programs and more. Today's home is a 6.83 acre family compound with views of the marsh and the 16th and 17th holes of Old Tabby Links.

This home is designed around a live oak tree. The compound includes a two-bedroom, two-bath guest house and a five-car garage with a studio office, full bath and mini kitchen on the upper level. The main house's master suite has three large cedar closets and an adjoining library/movie room. The lower level of the home also has an exercise room, workshop, 1,500-bottle wine cellar, and entertainment room with a pool table.

In the living room the vaulted ceilings are framed by 150 year old heart maple beams and the floor has floors from an old tobacco farm. The gourmet kitchen is next to a keeping room with a gas log fireplace and the nearby butler's pantry serves as a second bar and wine storage area. The kitchen opens to a screened porch with a wood burning fireplace. The upper floor of the home has a 60 foot long art gallery and a guest suite with a walk out porch.

The grounds include a swimming pool, a fenced garden and potting shed, and a fishing camp on a small private pond. This home is listed at $4 million.

Gallery: Waterfall Lane

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South Carolina Home Sells For A Deep Discount Still Sets Record

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It was only back in March that we questioned whether or not a luxury home in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina would sell for its record-setting price of $10 million. It sold, not for $10 million, but for a still record-setting $7.5 million. The previous record for the most expensive home sale on record in the area was in Old Village and went for $3.25 million in 2007.

This five-bedroom home was built in 2003 and sits at the mouth of Shem Creek, positioned for lovely tranquil views of Ravenel bridge, the Charleston skyline, Sullivan's Island, and Fort Sumter. The saltwater pool shown above spans the length of the house and faces the water. The home sits on 1.32 acres and has a deep water-covered dock on Shem Creek. Luxury Real Estate reports that the home sold to a family in Michigan who intend to move there permanently.

The home has high ceilings and wide planked reclaimed antique heart of pine flooring on all three floors. On the first floor the foyer hall runs from the entrance to the rear double French doors leading out to the pool. The second floor has the master bedroom suite which has a private porch for enjoying the views. There are two other bedrooms and a home office on this floor. The third floor serves as a combination den, recreational room, built-in beds and full bath. An elevator connects all three stories.

Gallery: Mount Pleasant

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Of Restoration And Renovation: The Gaillard-Bennett Home, ca.1800, Charleston, SC, Estate of the Day

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One of the most historic homes in Charleston, South Carolina is the Gaillard-Bennett House on 60 Montagu Street. It was built in 1800 by Theodore Gaillard, a successful trades person. It is in the heart of downtown Charleston's historic district, and is the end product of a massive four year, multi-million dollar restoration. It is for sale for $13M, the second high estate real estate listing ever recorded for Charleston Peninsula.

It is a 10,000 square foot home, with five bedrooms, 5 baths and 2 half- baths. It also has a 3000 square foot kitchen house, a 2000 square foot carriage house, as well as a pool house, pool, tack house, and and multiple garages. Set on one and one quarter acres, surrounded by a stuccoed privacy wall, it is one of Charleston's most elaborately embellished Federal mansions. The main house is a two and one half stories, with a front porch and two side decorative porches, each with a pagoda roof. The pool and gazebo overlook the home's garden: one of the largest in the city. The main house has approximately 10,000 square feet. The Historic Charleston Foundation holds the Preservation Easement.

Gallery: 60 Montagu

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High Living In Lowcountry, Kiawah Island, Estate Of The Day

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Kiawah Island, is located 21 miles south of historic Charleston, on the South Carolina coast. The island is about 10,000 acres, over 10 miles in length and 1.5 miles at its widest point, bordered by protective sand dunes. It is one of the few places still left in our country where elegance co-mingles with eco-sensitivity. Houses built here are extremely high end, but with a green perspective, as Kiawah itself is a place with untouched marine forests, wild birds and mammals, bordered by marshland and ocean.

At present, this Estate Of The Day is the largest in terms of acreage and square footage on Kiawah, as well as the most expensive at $29 Million. It is a 15,000-square-foot gated residence, with a five-car garage, a separate guest home with fitness facilities, an additional 5,000 square feet of outdoor living space --open decking, porches, balconies, and an infinity pool. Other amenities include a media wall, butler's pantry, stocking room, wine cellar, office, and a mahogany paneled study. The home interiors were created by Jacquelynne P. Lanham Designs of Atlanta, who worked with the estate's seven bedroom, eleven bath interior to make each room balance one another, through texture, color and light. As an example, the master baths are his and hers, with his highlighting a Japanese Ofuro tub, and hers a french-style pewter soaking tub. Both share a sauna.The exterior is made of Western Red Cedar shingle, handmade 'Savannah Gray' brick, with mahogany trim.

The outdoor landscaped gardens, were designed by Oehme van Sweden of Washington, D.C., who created complimentary flora and fauna highlights to the marsh grasses that leads to the owner's private deepwater boat dock at Kiawah's westernmost tip. Further, the 11.7-acre grounds include two additional homesites. The bucolic setting for both estate and homesites include mature live oak, sea grass, leafy palmetto, and pine. The views are of the Atlantic, the Stono Inlet and the Kiawah River.

This Estate Of The Day was generously provided to Luxist by Kiawah Island Real Estate

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Anson House Condo Project Heads To Foreclosure

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In 2007, far rosier times for the condo market, I mentioned Anson House, a new luxury condo complex in Charleston, South Carolina. Now, three years later the $40 million project is built but is headed to foreclosure. The Post-Courier reports that the four-story 32-unit complex has struggled to find buyers and 18 out of the 32 units remain unsold. The developer, Wharfside Associates, has missed payments on a construction loan and Bank of America has begun the foreclosure process. The developer owes $9.9 million. Whafside Associates had taken out a $32.8 million loan in February 2007 to pay for the project.

The pictures on the Anson House website show beautiful units with river, city and park views. The condos have gourmet kitchens, high ceilings, master suites with dressing rooms, fireplaces and outdoor piazzas. The building also has a doorman. Back in 2007 prices for the units started at $1.29 million for a one-bedroom and a penthouse cost $4.95 million. Now remaining units are priced between $695,000 and $3.25 million.

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South Carolina Islands For Sale Face Deep Price Cuts

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These days even private islands are facing price cuts. South Carolina's Beaufort County is home to an estimated 1,300 islands including Savage Island which was listed at $15 million when we looked at it as an estate of the day in 2007. The State reports that its list price has since fallen to less than $7 million. Live Oak Island, a 12-acre property in northern Beaufort County was once listed at $10 million but is now for sale for $4.5 million. This island is reachable by yacht from St. Helena Sound or by its causeway from Fripp Point Road. It is owned in part by a member of the Close family, a Fort Mill-based textile clan that sometimes allows Boy Scouts and schoolchildren to explore it. There are eight waterfront lots with utilities in place but no buildings on the property. It does offer a saltwater pond and a private beach separated from the sound by an aqueduct and a dock with six boat slips and two boat lifts.

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Sword Gate House, Estate of the Day

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Today's estate might just be in need of a price cut. It's been on the market since last year when it made news as being the most expensive private home in South Carolina. The Sword Gate House on Legare Street in Charleston has seven bedrooms and a carriage house for a total of around 14,000 square feet of space on a lot of less than an acre.

The home was built back in 1808 and has been carefully renovated with the latest in technology including a generator for power outages. The four-story main house has a grand staircase, ball room, drawing room, library and both a main dining room ad a breakfast dining room. The master suite has two separate dressing rooms. The home includes a commercial kitchen with a wine cellar and there are both maids and butlers quarters. This home is listed at $23 million.

Gallery: Sword Gate House