Houston Chronicle Sunday

Memorial home offers urban living close to nature

- By Emilia Benton CORRESPOND­ENT

This private estate, located at 402 Timberwild­e Lane, is on 2.46 gorgeous wooded acres in close-in Memorial.

Custom-built by Bruce Barnett, it offers generous room sizes, expansive art spaces and picturesqu­e views of private, park-like grounds.

The first-floor master suite comes with a walk-in closet, and four en suite bedrooms are on the second floor. The master bath

is equipped with double sinks, a vanity area and whirlpool/jetted tub.

Other home features include formals, a firstfloor library with fireplace, open family room and kitchen with views of the vast park-like backyard.

There are 12-foot ceilings downstairs and 10foot ceilings upstairs, reclaimed wide woodplank floors in the master bedroom, living, dining and library rooms, and a second-floor game room with 100-plus-year-old wood beams.

The second floor also boasts a studio or exercise room, an office with two built-in desks.

There are quarters with a kitchenett­e, and outside features a heated inground pool, tennis court, oversized three-car garage, motor court, and two-car wide porte cochere.

The home also has a copper roof, gas-log and wood-burning fireplaces, and extensive porches.

The home’s island kitchen, which opens to the family room, features a breakfast bar, second sink, and walk-in pantry.

Priced at $10,999,000, the five- or six-bedroom home with six full baths and two half-baths is listed by Lisa Kornhauser with John Daugherty, Realtors.

For informatio­n, visit www.johndaughe­rty.com.

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