When I was searching for a house in Wellfleet that would become The Stone Lion Inn, I saw a couple of properties that just made me drool.  One was a former windmill with views of the harbor and the other an enormous house with outbuildings in the center of town.

At the time I knew nothing of town history so I didn’t realize that both these houses were still in the families of the men who had built them in the 19th century.  Later, long after I purchased the beautiful and well situated house that I did, I was content knowing that neither of these amazing properties would ever come on the open market.

I learned today that one of them has, in fact, been put up for sale by the family.  It’s the larger of the two, known as Belvernon, and has amazing history.  Unfortunately, a lot of that history is still in the house in the form of plumbing, wiring, heating and, I believe, a cesspool which will have to be updated to a new septic system.  The renovation will be a Herculean undertaking; I do not envy the future buyer.

If anyone wants to see the listing, it’s here.

I love my house.