56 Handle Road

Our takeBy Jack Beckett

The highest asking price in Dover, the town that is home to Mount Snow, and a measure of how different this end of Vermont is from Stowe, where eleven homes are listed above $3.9 million. For that money it brings 22 acres, a 6,400-square-foot house with five fireplaces, and a post-and-beam barn with a full lower level for toys.

The address matters. The listing places it across the road from the Hermitage Inn and the private Hermitage Club, with winter views toward Haystack Mountain from the front porch. It has been on the market about 372 days, and its price has come down $100,000, from $2.495 million.

From the listing

• 22 acres with gardens, stone walls and a south-facing lawn
• Five fireplaces
• Post-and-beam barn with a full lower level
• Across from the Hermitage Inn and Hermitage Club, per the listing
• Screened veranda, deck and stone patio with a fire pit
• Oversized attached two-car garage

Features as described by the listing brokerage. Ski Country Magazine has not independently verified them.