Clarendon, Texas — Green Home For Sale

Victorian Healthy Home and Green Guest Home

Listing ID: 18659

• Green Home
• Healthy Home
• Off the Grid

Property Description

This property is well-suited for "living naturally". Great canopy of trees...fruit and nut, hardwoods and conifers...creates a peaceful ambiance.

Queen Anne Victorian, meticulously restored and well-insulated with HEALTH in mind. Wrap-around porch, large foyer, built-in seating areas, 3 unused, but working, coal-burning fireplaces, 3 sets of pocket doors, 3 bedrooms, 3 baths, 2 footed tubs. Commissioned-artist hand-painted border on walls and floors in kitchen and back porch. Leaded and stained glass built-in cabinet in formal dining room. Marble counter tops in kitchen.

Insulated 2-car garage with attached 700 sq. ft. 1 BR, 1-1/2 bath house. Open floor plan with efficient design and good fenestration. Many built-ins, including a bamboo desk in the office. Stained concrete floors. Details include a hand-hammered lavatory and a hand-painted lavatory from Mexico.

What makes your home a Green or Healthy Home?

Construction of the Queen Anne Victorian occurred before toxic materials came into being. Great care was taken during restoration to use natural, organic and poison-free materials. Double-pane windows, 6 ceiling fans, cross ventilation and programmable thermostat.

700 sq. ft. house has a radiant floor, off the grid. 300-gallon holding tank in attic with solar pump and well, also off the grid. Plumbed for gray water. 16 windows, double-glazed, double-hung. Vermont Castings Aspen wood burner. Marble countertops in kitchen and bathrooms. Only organic and biodynamic sustances have been used on lawn and gardens...which includes edibles in the landscape.

Neighborhood Description

Peaceful, quiet neighborhood in one of the oldest, historic, panhandle ranching towns. Lots of information on Clarendon's history is available on the web.

Market Area

This area of Texas is considered 'prime' by many. Not as exceedingly dry as farther west into the desert states and in no way 'muggy', as is farther south. Definitely arid, but easy on the skin. 330 days of sunshine. Some snow in winter, but because of the sun, it doesn't stay on the ground long. Some days in the winter, you can eat outside, if sheltered from the breezes.

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Amarillo, TX (56.0 miles , pop. 173,627).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Oklahoma City, OK (233.7 miles , pop. 506,132).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Dallas, TX (318.4 miles , pop. 1,188,580).

Nearest cities: Howardwick, TX (6.9 miles ), Hedley, TX (16.6 miles ), Lakeview, TX (22.6 miles) , Groom, TX (23.7 miles ), Memphis, TX (28.1 miles ), McLean, TX (28.7 miles ), Claude, TX (34.6 miles ), Quail, TX (34.7 miles) .

School District

Clarendon Consolidated Independent School District

Community

Home Type or Land

Single Family - Two Story

Location of Home or Land

Rural

Elevation of Home

Other