Architectural pillars on Floribunda Avenue are an unassuming prelude to this hidden realm comprising one of the finest designs in Hillsborough. In 1939 celebrated architect Gardner Dailey conceived this innovative mansion, which is the essence of indoor/outdoor modernity. The beauty and rarity of the design define “home as canvas,” where universal integrity, symmetrical scale, and orientation to the site will elevate any aesthetic genre in timeless grandeur. Such a fusion of classical Europeanism and sleek, clean-lined Modern will always translate as a pure luxury statement.

All great designs rest on the distinctions of their ceiling heights, outlooks, and synergy with the gardens. This composition reigns supreme in all these aspects, with ceilings soaring at 10 - 11 feet in most rooms, private garden and golf course vistas, and careful consideration of outdoors within sheltered plazas and terraces.

The home is approached beyond gates on a .825 acre flag lot for maximum privacy. This long driveway heightens the Sense of Arrival to this One-level U-Shaped masterpiece revolving around a central Garden Pool Plaza.The access and views of this plaza demonstrate the cleverness of the architect, and his ability to circulate entertaining across the entire parcel. Sense of Arrival becomes a transcendent theme as an entry portico and foyer of original parquet oak and coved ceilings set the tone. From here, a magnificent Central Galleria is the home’s signature asset, and a pivot point to interior venues and gardens. Note the original retracting glass doors that were impressively ahead of their time in 1939—the genesis of the “NanaWall!” The Galleria’s French stone flooring is the perfect transitional material making this passage a hybrid of indoor/outdoor vitality. The flow is seamless for parties that will blur from the Grand Salon and Stately Dining Room, to the Galleria, and Garden Plazas beyond. The Garden Pool Plaza, which comprises its own inner courtyard within the U-Shaped house, is a masterful composition. Original gardens were attributed to Thomas Church. Later modifications now feature an ornamental swimming pool, statuary gardens, and symmetrical topiary allée. As pristine as it is, your designer’s eye may quickly imagine a longer rectangle pool as a more informal future update.

The Grand Salon bridges all the panache of a European Drawing Room, with the modernity of a window-wrapped light chamber. Ceilings rise over 11 feet. A wall of full-height windows and doors survey vistas of a formal French garden, circular stone fountain, and golf course fairway. The Grand Salon spans nearly 30 feet across and is your canvas for any application—imagine a future casual nexus as play/media room opening to a new sport court, or as preferred, the ultimate Formal Salon fit for a CEO or Concert Hall.

Off of the Grand Salon and Dining Room, the North Garden is an irresistible vignette on the golf course. You will be transported across eras and continents: the French parterre garden with its sculpted hedges emphasizes symmetry surrounding a circular fountain and graveled walks. Beyond merely decorative, this French Garden is a key entertaining venue enviably backed by the golf course fairways. Purveyed by only a small handful of Hillsborough estates, the “on the golf course” setting truly takes your breath away.

The U-Shape Design takes full advantage of Wings. The East Wing comprises a perfect family sequence with a 2 bedroom, 2 bath bedroom wing, plus an extending flank beyond the foyer for Primary Suite and a richly decorated custom Library that could also function as guest or family suite. A sequestered lower level is perfect for au pair lodging, wine, or hobbies. The West Wing houses an expanded kitchen and large adjacent Family Room/Guest Wing. Your imagination will surely see the future potential of uniting the West Wing in a new “opened up” Kitchen Family/Great Room flowing to the Garden Pool Plaza.

Gardner Dailey’s Regency Moderné on esteemed Floribunda Avenue encapsulates that elusive medley of assets: surely a design for the ages, yet still beckoning a future of possibilities…a promise to define home as both journey and destination, for those ready to again make their mark on an enduring heritage…this piece de resistance is located at the very pinnacle of Lower North Hillsborough prestige…you have arrived.