You are going to fall in love with all this 3-4 Bedroom country-casual traditional Cape has to offer. Property is set back from the road on 12 acres that back up to 80 acres of conservation land. Ten acres are in the tax-sheltered current use category. A large, attached two-car garage with a covered breezeway entrance make it easy to bring in the groceries in all kinds of weather plus provides ample storage and sheltered work space. Have livestock? A two-stall horse barn with electricity and double-door tool shed completes this ready-to-go homestead. The sun filled first-floor features a master bedroom suite with full bath, a powder room near the eat-in kitchen, a Rumford fireplace in the living rooom, a dining room with a French door to the deck and beautiful wide pine flooring in the living and dining rooms. The second floor offers a full bath, linen closet, and two bedrooms and a bonus room with views of river birches, the barn, garden and forest. Swain?s Lake is accessed by a public boat ramp just about a mile down the road. Mendom?s Pond and the UNH Recreation Area are just 2 miles away. This location Offers privacy and quiet country living yet is accessible to many area attractions - Cross-country skiing and snow-shoeing right out the back door, plenty of local trails to hike on Barrington?s many conservation properties either solo or on walks organized by the Conservation Commission. Approx 20 miles to Portsmouth and area beaches, plus an easy commute of 50 minutes to Manchester and 40 minutes to Concord. You don't want to miss out on this one...…  More Less What I love about the homeWhy the current owners love this home: - Offers privacy and quiet country living yet is accessible to many area attractions - Convenient location provides easy commuting for jobs - 30? x 40? vegetable garden plot managed organically - House is aligned for solar gain and property would be ideal for solar electrical system - Amazing star-gazing from the back deck - Cross-country skiing and snow-shoeing right out the back door - Plenty of local trails to hike on Barrington?s many conservation properties either solo or on walks organized by the Conservation Commission - Great birding with regular visits from wild turkeys, hawks, owls and more. Wake up to the call of loons flying overhead. Lots of wildlife too - once we even had a moose on the back deck! - Excellent bass fishing, boating and kayaking at Swain?s Lake - Easy access to UNH?s Recreation Area on Mendum?s Pond in Barrington for swimming and kayaking - Barrington hosts local restaurants and a movie theatre. There?s more shopping and restaurant choices as well as a 12-theatre cineplex in nearby Brickyard Square in Epping - You can get to the White Mountains or the coast of Maine in a hour