BACK TO NATURE
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by Vogel Creative I
BACK TO NATURE
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by Vogel Creative I
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I Offered at $1.499 million I
Presented by Mark & Vivian DeBruyn-Smith
Welcome
to 222 Martin Road, located on a serene 8.3 acres just outside of the core of
downtown Ancaster.
This majestic 135+ year old homestead is bordered by the tributary of Sulphur Creek flowing north and under the bend at Mineral Springs and through the Dundas Valley Conservation Area.
However, her lush Carolinian forest surroundings offer far more than just surface beauty.
In fact, researchers have proven the power of greenery and
its cause-and-effect relationship with human beings.
Nature improves creativity attention span, self-discipline
and physical fitness, all while reducing stress and helping us to better
connect with people.
Furthermore, our affinity toward nature is genetic and
deep-rooted in evolution. Because forests, flowers, and fauna have surrounded
humans for most of our existence, scientists believe this is the reason why
nature feels to many of us like a comfortable, familiar place.
Such explains why most people prefer to book accommodations
that have a great view; or why patients who receive a natural view from their
hospital bed recover sooner than others; or why we often retreat to nature to
clear our minds when we’re stressed.
222
Martin Road is a textbook, if not dream, example of a nature retreat.
Just imagine the peace and tranquility of being surrounded by nature, fresh air and clear skies. Picture your long, private tree-lined driveway coming to a clearing and welcoming you home to your storybook circa 1880s farmhouse.
The land is a part of many hectares of forest, which
includes colourful meadows, cold-water streams, stunning geological formations
and an array of rare plants, birds and wildlife. The landscape, as you see
today, was excavated by a succession of glaciers that disappeared some 10,000 years
ago.
Just imagine the peace and tranquility of being surrounded by nature, fresh air and clear skies. Picture your long, private tree-lined driveway coming to a clearing and welcoming you home to your storybook circa 1880s farmhouse.
Revel in your gabled front porch, in-ground pool, studio
(or potting shed), and, YES, your very own barn board clad carriage house,
fully insulated and heated. Not to mention, a generously sized free-range
chicken coop at the rear of the property to solidify your perfect unison with
nature.
Inside you will marvel over wide-planked original wood
floors, a curvy and ornate century old staircase, and a grand great room with a
2-storey natural stone fireplace and a floor to ceiling wall of windows. All
just scratching the surface of so much more character to love!
222 Martin Road not only offers the opportunity for home,
but sanctuary. Nature surrounds you and the home respects her back with heating
and cooling provided by an efficient and environmentally friendly Climate Master
4-ton vertical earth loop geothermal heat pump. Seize the opportunity today to
make this 2,700+ square foot, 5-bedroom house your very own!
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As Frank
Lloyd Wright once said, “Study Nature, love Nature, stay close to Nature. It
will never fail you.”
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FRESH FACTS:
Martin Road was important to the community as a link
between the railway at Mineral Springs and the farms in the Jerseyville Road
area.
The present owner was told by a local historian, Jim Green,
that people living at the base of this hill would, for a penny, provide horses
to help fatigued teams of horses pull their loads up the hill.
The current lot (8.3 acres) is a small part of a 200-acre
parcel of land granted to loyalist Captain Peter Tenbroeck in 1798. Tenbroeck
was a commander of a company in Butlers’ Rangers.
Matthais Chrysler of Winona bought the lot in 1818 and
established a sawmill on it, but lost everything at a Sheriff’s sale in 1840.
The property was owned by James Heslop family from 1844,
and then his son Robert Heslop to the early decades of the twentieth century.
Robert and his wife, Margaret Hill, had six children. The oldest children lived
in the house until the 1920s.
Robert Heslop was the nephew of John Heslop — the first
Reeve of Ancaster, elected 1850. John Heslop lived at Woodend on Mineral
Springs Road. Woodend is now the site of
HCA offices.
The neighbouring farm to the east was owned by Richard
Martin after whom Martin Road is named. In 1946, Richard Martin served on the
jury of the famous Evelyn Dick trial. The year of the trial neighbours came
together to help Martin with his harvest. Locals would gather at Martin’s farm
to play cards after church on Sundays.
The land is the site of the Ancaster saline spring known to
the inhabitants as a Salt Well. The well was written about in the American
Journal of Science and Arts (1849): “…
two miles west of the village of Ancaster on the land of Mr. Robert Heslop. A
well was such some years since, to the depth of third feet; and during the war
of 1812, it is said a considerable quantity of salt was manufactured.”
Source: Research provided by the owner and
listing agents with contributions from local historian, Jim Green.
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I Offered at $1.499 million I
Presented by Mark & Vivian DeBruyn-Smith
Royal LePage State Realty, Brokerage
That was wonderfully written and well researched. Wow Adam ... you add a level of value to properties like this that make all the difference!
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