THE LOCATION AND PROPERTY
The property is 3.9 acres bounded by the estuary of Martins River to the south, and mostly woods and trees on its other boundaries, forming its own environment, very private. Attaching to the property is a dock with floating wharf that reaches to the channel; a storm mooring is buoyed adjacent.

Thickpenny House is a complex of congruent, harmonious structures, the oldest being the original cape-style colonial almost certainly built by Sergeant Anthony Thickpenny c.1770. After a long life as a farmhouse, with barn, the house was completely renovated and restored c.1983, with new foundations, carefully saving all original woodwork. At the same time another house just like it was built adjacent, joined by a connecter, orienting the front entrance toward the driveway. In 1988, a third building was added, joined by a breezeway, as an art gallery and studio with its own entrance. In all, it has 16 rooms, counting greenhouse, spread over more than 6,000 square feet. It has three baths, four bedrooms, formal living and dining rooms, utility rooms, family room, library, and a full basement. The north building contains a garage, with gallery room above, and studio on top, with a half-loft, and a partial view of Mahone Bay. There are three fireplaces including the original, huge, brickwork fireplace in the living room.

The barn, like the old part of the house, has original post and beam timbers, and has been well ventilated and maintained over the years. It housed horses until 1990, and boats thereafter. It retains its haylofts and side stalls.

The cottage, as it is known to its guests, is an ancient cooperage, still on its original foundation stones, refurbished in 2008 into a 2-person cabin (or eight teenagers) with kitchenette, composting toilet, and 3/4 loft.

The Grounds are a composite of gardens, lawns, fields, and woods interwoven with pathways.