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Photos: Historic Bedford home

Connected to the great room is the dining room with built-in cabinets.

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Connected to the great room is the dining room with built-in cabinets. Michele McDonald for the Boston Globe

Photos: Historic Bedford home

This 1781 historic farmhouse looks like a quintessential New England home, but the inside offers renovated accommodations.

This 1781 historic farmhouse looks like a quintessential New England home, but the inside offers renovated accommodations.

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The home is known as the “David Lane House,” after a descendant of the town’s founding Colonial family.

The home is known as the “David Lane House,” after a descendant of the town’s founding Colonial family.

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The entrance to the house opens into the renovated kitchen with wood flooring, granite countertops, an electric stove and maple cabinets.

The entrance opens into the renovated kitchen with wood flooring, granite countertops, an electric stove and maple cabinets.

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The great room offers ample space for a living room, parlor and a dining room with built-in cabinets.

The great room offers ample space for a living room, parlor and a dining room with built-in cabinets.

Michele McDonald for the Boston Globe |

There are two fireplaces in the great room, one featuring a hanging cast-iron pot.

There are two fireplaces in the great room, one featuring a hanging cast-iron pot.

Michele McDonald for the Boston Globe |

Connected to the great room is the dining room with built-in cabinets.

Connected to the great room is the dining room with built-in cabinets.

Michele McDonald for the Boston Globe |

This bedroom on the first floor opens into an office which opens into a full bathroom and could be a suite.

This bedroom on the first floor opens into an office, which opens into a full bathroom and could be a suite.

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Part of an addition, a bonus room off the kitchen has a fireplace and full bathroom. It leads to a two-car garage.

Part of an addition, a bonus room off the kitchen has a fireplace and full bathroom. It leads to a two-car garage.

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The house has four bedrooms.

The house has four bedrooms.

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An upstairs bedroom has an adjoining bath.

An upstairs bedroom has an adjoining bath.

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One bedroom also has a walk-in closet.

One bedroom also has a walk-in closet.

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The largest of the three upstairs bedrooms.

The largest of the three upstairs bedrooms.

Michele McDonald for the Boston Globe |