We love a property with a good bit of history behind it, and this one, which includes a former working windmill, has plenty. It’s located in the lovely estate section of Westhampton Beach on Seafield Lane.
The house was built around 1900. By 1905, a couple called Charles and Laura Bausher lived there, splitting their time between Montclair, New Jersey, and Westhampton Beach. Bausher made his fortune as a dry goods seller in New York; his store took up almost a whole city block on Thomas Street.
Their son, Charles junior, eventually lived in the house. He owned the Dune Deck Hotel.
Today, the 4700 square foot house boasts 5 bedrooms and 5 1/2 baths set on 1.43 acre and everything is, of course, updated for the 21st century. The windmill currently houses a gym. There’s a heated 3-car garage, and the nicely landscaped grounds offer a large fountain, koi pond with lily pads, and mature specimen trees. And of course there’s a heated 20 x 40 gunite pool. Asking price for the property, repped by Laura Dalessandro and Aimee Martin at Saunders, is $4.25 million, which strikes us as realistic.
- Village Estate [Saunders]
25 Seafield Ln, Westhampton Beach, NY 11978
