Original Radnor Hunt Clubhouse Up For Sale

BRYN MAWR, PA — A true piece of Main Line history is up for sale, and it could be yours for if you've got the coin.

The original clubhouse of the Radnor Hunt is available for purchase for $1.1 million.

The 3,799-square foot, six-bedroom, three full-bathroom home on 3 acres of land at 738 S. Roberts Road in Bryn Mawr has a rich and deep history that dates back to prerevolutionary America.

"A lot of details in the house that have been preserved and passed down," BHHS Fox & Roach Haverford Realtor Margi DeTemple told Patch.

DeTemple is co-listing the property with her brother Matthew Tucker, who is with the Center City-Society Hill branch of BHHS Fox & Roach.

The Radnor Hunt — the oldest continually operating fox hunt in the United States as recognized by the Masters of Foxhounds Association of America and located in Malvern now — purchased the property in 1886, when it was a simple 18th century farmhouse.

The property was converted into a clubhouse for the Radnor Hunt and remained so until 1931. It sat vacant until the Radnor Hunt sold it in 1939, DeTemple said.

Philadelphia architect Lewis Easby and his family resided there until 1970.

DeTemple, a historian in her own right, tracked down descendants of the Easby family, who relayed to her, it was Lewis Easby who restored and preserved the historic home after finding a small piece of a terra-cotta frieze depicting a woman riding side-saddle on a horse.

It changed owners just one more time before Dr. Robert Harding and his wife Diana purchased the property in 1973. Harding still owns the home now, DeTemple said.

As part of its conversion from farmhouse to clubhouse, Furness, Evans & Co. constructed an addition to the property and installed the iconic 14-foot stone fireplace.

Former Master of Foxhounds at Radnor Benjamin Chew later had tiles from Doylestown's Moravian Pottery and Tile Works added to the fireplace to spell "Radnor Hunt."

"I have a passion for telling the stories of old houses," DeTemple said. "The stories really give the how and why these things were done."

While the home features plenty of gilded age charm, its kitchen has been updated and the roof is adorned with solar panels that preheat well water before it reaches the water heater, offering energy savings and sustainability, according to the listing.

The first floor includes a bedroom with a full bath and separate entrance, while the second floor features three bedrooms and one-and-a-half baths. The third floor includes two additional bedrooms and a full bath.

"It's a very special place," DeTemple said. "Very warm."

Check out the full listing online here.