Sedgefield: Recent Sales

5710 Scotland Road

• Sold for $430,000 on January 28, 2021 (listed at $449,000)
• 4 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 3,578 square feet, 0.88 acre
• Price/square foot: $120
• Built in 1926
• Listed October 24, 2020
• Last sale: $244,000, January 2016
• Listing: “Additions such as the master suite, new kitchen and large living area were all completed in 2005.”
• The house was owned from 1958 to 2004 by Jonathan (1916-1969) and Frances Burnett Woodell (1920-2009). He was president of E.A. Woodell & Co., a printing and engraving from started by his father, Edgar A. Woodell. Jonathan also served as state president of the B.P.O. Elks, 1965-66.

5703 Anson Road
The Odell Byerly House
Blog post on Greensboro Historic Homes — The Odell Byerly House: An Antique King’s Mansion in Sedgefield, $650,000

• Sold for $630,000 on January 25, 2021 (originally $685,000)
• 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 4,784 square feet (per county records), 1.55 acres
• Price/square foot: $132
• Built in 1953
• Listed May 14, 2020
• Last sale: $255,000, December 1997
• Note: Odell Byerly built the house and lived in it until his death in 1970, when he left it to Perry Ruth Byerly (his wife, I would guess). The house wasn’t sold until 1998. Since 1999 it has been owned by a series of trusts.
  • Odell Byerly opened an antique store in High Point in 1937. From 1958 to 2000, it was located on I-85 at the Groometown Road exit, where Byerly’s Antiques became an Interstate landmark with its towering Corinthian columns. It was torn down in 2000 for an expansion of the interstate. The store relocated but closed four years later.
  • The property includes a three-car garage.

2020

3000 W. Sedgefield Drive
Tea House
Blog post — Classic House of the Week: A Distinctive 1927 Mansion in Sedgefield, $684,000

• Sold for $465,000 on May 29, 2020 (originally $684,000)
• 4 bedrooms, 4 1/2 bathrooms, 4,164 square feet, 1.57 acres
• Price/square foot: $112
• Built in 1927
• Listed April 26, 2018
• Last sale: $655,000, April 2016
• From the Preservation North Carolina listing: “When this property was built in 1927, it was built as a Tea House, being located as a convenient stop-by point for travelers from Greensboro to High Point. During Prohibition it served as a Speakeasy, and it still has the small door in the front door which was to ‘screen’ travelers coming in. In the 1940’s it was converted to a private residence.”
  • One of the most recognizable houses in Sedgefield because it faces High Point Road (the section that Gate City Boulevard now bypasses).
  • Includes a “stone grotto formed with natural boulders surrounding a heated salt water pool.”

2019

5314 Dorchester Road

• Sold for $515,000 on June 28, 2019 (listed at $575,000)
• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,732 square feet, 1.06 acres
• Price/square foot: $189
• Built in 1948
• Listed May 21, 2019
• Last sale: $377,250, September 2015
• Note: The property is on the 10th fairway of the Sedgefield Country Club course.

2018

3301 Alamance Road
Adamsleigh

• Sold for $2.41 million on November 5, 2018 (listed at $3.895 million)
  • Demolished in 2019 by its new owner, Jason Harris, one of the owners of Furnitureland South. The house was significant enough that its demolition merited a report in Architectural Digest.
• 10 bedrooms, 13 full bathrooms and 5 half-bathrooms, 30,000 square feet, 16.72 acres
• Price/square foot: $80
• Built in 1930
• Listed June 16, 2018
• Last sale: The property has been owned by the Adams-Watkins family since it was built.
• Neighborhood: Sedgefield
• Listing: “One of the largest and most famous homes in the Triad, this exceptional Tudor-style mansion completed in 1930 was designed by Winston-Salem architect Luther Lashmit (Graylyn Mansion) for textile magnate John Hampton “Hamp” Adams, co-founder of Adams-Millis Corporation. The construction materials, unsurpassed in style and workmanship, include a solid masonry foundation and walls, clay tile roof, custom paneling and woodwork, plaster moldings and custom ironwork. The attached garage/autocourt and detached stable are all executed in the same architectural style as the manor house. This is truly a one-of-a-kind opportunity!”
  • Adamsleigh also is being marketed by a commercial real-estate firm: “Property is an exceptional repurposing opportunity as a bed and breakfast or, with rezoning, might be converted to condominiums, luxury apartments or a country inn. Adjacent to hole #’s 11, 12, 14 & 15 of the Donald Ross golf course at the prestigious Sedgefield Country Club.”

3400 Alamance Road
The J. Hyatt Hammond House

• Sold for $500,000 on October 4, 2018 (listed at $549,000)
• 3 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms, 3,116 square feet, 1.88 acres
• Price/square foot: $160
• Built in 1983
• Listed July 26, 2018
• Last sale: The home has never been sold.
• Note: Personal home of the late architect J. Hyatt Hammond
  • The property includes a four-car carport, stamped driveway, circular drive and privacy wall.
  • Located on the Sedgefield Country Club golf course

3207 Alamance Road

• Sold for $579,000 on August 9, 2018 (listed at $639,900)
• 5 bedrooms, 6 bathrooms, 6,138 square feet, 1 acre
• Price/square foot: $104
• Built in 1929
• Listed March 28, 2018
• Last sale: $725,000, May 2010
• Note: Located on the Sedgefield Country Club golf course. Tax value is $951,000.
  • The house was sold for $900,000 in 2006.
  • “Perfect opportunity for someone looking for incredible price with minor updates needed,” listing says.
  • County tax records say the house was built in 1929; the listing says 1995.

3010 Lark Drive

• Sold for $389,500 on May 23, 2018 (originally listed at $470,000)
• 4 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms, 4,740 square feet, 1.89 acres
• Price/square foot: $82
• Built in 1929
• Last sale: $200,000, June 2002
• Property includes a separate cottage.
  Marketed as a residence or a potential B&B, wedding venue or other commercial use.

2017

5405 Mecklenburg Road

• Sold for $579,900 on December 15, 2017 (listed at $625,000)
• 5 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms,4,326 square feet
• Price/square foot: $144
• Built in 1940
• Listed May 2016
• Last sale: $455,000, March 2013
• Note: 1.37 acres on Sedgefield Country Club golf course. Swimming pool.

5510 High Point Road

• Sold for $209,000 on September 5, 2017 (listed at $199,900)
• 4 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 2,711 square feet
• Price/square foot: $77
• Built in 1941
• Listed April 19, 2017
• Last sale: $225,000, April 2013

3210 Forsyth Drive

• Sold for $1.25 million on February 24, 2017 (listed at $1.299 million)
• 7 bedrooms, 5 1/2 bathrooms, 9,036 square feet, 3.24 acres
• Price/square foot: $138
• Built in 1924
• Listed November 17, 2016
• Last sale: $1.85 million, March 2012
• Note: On Sedgefield Country Club golf course.
  • The property includes an apartment over the garage and a swimming pool.