Always wanted your very own family compound with easy access to a wide, sandy beach, as well as a scenic bluff-top walking trail and an iconic lighthouse? Well, you could be in luck, because a century-old coastal New England retreat on the far eastern tip of the island of Nantucket has just popped up for sale, asking a speck under $22.8 million. The listing, which encompasses four separate structures on an acre of land overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, is held by Bernadette Meyer of Maury People Sotheby’s International Realty.
Designed and built way back in the 1920s by Boston architect William H. Cox, the residence was originally owned by textile magnate Harry Burrage and his wife, silent actress Mabel Acker. The property was later occupied by Broadway performer-turned-preservationist Regan Hughston and his heiress wife, Maribel Hartman, whose family fortune was made selling the notorious Prohibition-era tonic “Peruna,” which was about 18 percent alcohol.
A former barn has been transformed into a two-bedroom, two-bath guesthouse.
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Tucked away behind a hedge-lined driveway, amid a bustling setting just a few steps from the Casino Association social club and across from popular Sconset Beach, the estate is showcased by a gray cedar-shingled and red brick main home fronted by a circular motor court donning a flagpole right in the middle. There’s also a recreation cottage, a guesthouse, and chauffeur quarters—for a combined total of 12 bedrooms and 11 baths in almost 11,600 square feet.
Meticulously maintained and renovated through the years, the 14-room primary dwelling features eight bedrooms and seven baths in a tad over 8,500 square feet of three-level living space boasting rich hardwood floors, high wood-beam ceilings, and several…