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1711 Reading farmhouse offers a warm welcome

By Jenifer B. McKim

 |  Globe Staff  

  January 08, 2012

Walk into this historic red 1711 farmhouse, past the wood-floored foyer and into the so-called great room and enjoy the warm and inviting space. This expansive room, once a carriage barn, showcases a renovated kitchen, dining and living rooms with oak floors, tall ceilings, and original cross beams. One of the home’s two working fireplaces lines a wall and multiple windows look out to the front and back yards, which have a child’s sandbox, slate patio, chestnut trees and a meandering picket fence.

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