141 Hooded Merganser Ct, Kiawah Island, SC 29455 - Charleston County

The 5,300-square-foot Island estate at 141 Hooded Merganser Court enjoys stunning views of hole no. 14 of the Tom Fazio-designed Osprey Point golf course and a meandering lagoon from three stories, including a private top-floor balcony and a curved, heated pool set into a sundeck.

Outdoor living spaces abound on this property, including a covered front porch with gazebo-style ceiling of richly stained wood, covered rear terrace, pool deck with clean-lined cable rail, rear lawn, Charleston garden to the side, covered second-story balcony whose wooden beadboard ceiling and dark molding lends it a Victorian feeling, and a primary-suite balcony on the third floor.

Inside, thick crown molding and trim run throughout the six-bedroom home; beautifully dark-stained, wide-plank hardwood flooring or stone grace the living spaces on all floors. Octagonal rooms are common in this unique estate designed by Northeastern liturgical architect Paul Waldron Reilly.

The chest-high white wainscoting that runs throughout much of the main level begins in the foyer with its transomed front door and full-height sidelights. A windowed staircase opens to the right and, through an arched, columned opening, the dining room to the left. Formal dining details abound there, including egg-and-dart molding, a ceiling medallion, plate rail, and separate serving doors from both kitchen and butler’s pantry. Large eyebrow-arched windows and an oval portlight flood the room with natural light, and a classic double-pedestal dining table easily seats eight.

The living room is straight ahead through an identical columned opening. A white coffered ceiling floats overhead and two sets of transomed French doors open to the rear terrace. A corner gas fireplace with white mantel is surrounded by cushioned seating and flanked by built-in white cabinetry.

To one end, the kitchen and breakfast room are visible through large openings; to the other, French doors open to the estate’s octagonal library. Topped by a coffered ceiling of deep brown with wooden beams, surrounded by built-in white bookshelves and windows facing four directions, it enjoys its own gas fireplace with classic white mantel.

The breakfast room also flanks the rear terrace. Also octagonal, it’s sunlit with windows facing in four directions. Its round pedestal table seats eight with ease, and a built-in bench running beneath the windows seats many more.

The centerpiece of the kitchen is a dark-stained center island and breakfast bar with a custom hood over the Wolf® gas-burner cooktop. The countertops are of granite, and the stainless appliances include dual Wolf® wall ovens and a Sub-Zero® full-size refrigerator with iconic grille. Bay windows over the primary sink overlook the views, and down a hallway is the adjacent butler’s pantry with its windowed, stainless prep sink, undercounter Sub-Zero ® wine cooler and icemaker, and glass-fronted upper cabinetry. A French door in its hallway opens to an octagonal all-weather porch and sunroom with slate tile, windows facing five directions, and wooden beadboard ceiling.

The second floor contains the guest quarters, including a sitting room, guest bedrooms in hues of sky, sea, sun, and marsh, a studio that can be utilized as a bedroom or study, and a shared laundry.

In the guest sitting room, twin windows look out over the deep, tree-lined drive. White built-in cabinetry including a media space line the wall, and there’s a coffee nook with prep sink to the opposite side.

The central guest suite enjoys a window and French door opening to the second-floor covered balcony, a walk-in closet, and a Jack-and-Jill bath with a large frameless-glass walk-in shower shared with the studio. The octagonal corner suite to the rear lies beneath a spectacular turret ceiling of white beadboard. It also enjoys a French door to the balcony, plus windows in three other directions overlooking the lagoon and golf green. In its plantation-shuttered, windowed bath is a walk-in shower.

In the third guest suite, the bedroom features rear views in two directions and a bathroom with bathtub. In the fourth, four bedroom windows overlook the treetops in three directions and the bath includes a walk-in shower.

The octagonal studio, meanwhile, is privately located to the side of the home with its own windowed hallway. Its windows face in five directions, white built-in bookshelves and cabinetry invite quiet repose, and a French door to the balcony and windows offer incredible golf and lagoon views.

The laundry room, containing a side-by-side washer and dryer, sink, built-in deck beneath a sunny window, and plentiful cabinetry and countertop space, completes the second floor.

The third floor is dedicated to the estate’s private primary suite. Beginning with a sitting room graced with a sunburst fanlight, it continues with the spacious bedroom where the ceiling charmingly angles to either side, windows and French doors open to the sunny private balcony overlooking the golf course and lagoon from its enviable height, and a fireplace waits beside a sitting area. The bath includes his-and-hers sinks, a soaking tub beneath three windows, and a windowed frameless-glass walk-in shower with rain showerhead, separate showerhead, and built-in bench. A large walk-in closet leads to a cedar closet.

Additional features of this estate, offered fully furnished and renovated in 2019 and 2020, include an elevator to all floors, a roof new in 2022, sound, security, and irrigation systems, and a private location behind the second gate just a three-minute bicycle ride from boardwalk no. 32 to Kiawah’s immaculate beach.

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