Talcott Lodge

The grand and historic craftsman style mansion originally named The Pines was built in 1928 at the center of the more than 3,000-acre Symington/Talcott estate that is now The Pinehills community of Plymouth. Our client, the Old Sandwich Golf Club’s Talcott Lodge, is only the third occupant in the building’s history. Located off the rural Sandwich Road (established in the late 17th Century) the mansion and its grounds reflected the original owner’s desire for a sophisticated, rusticated, woodland retreat focused on game hunting and fishing. Maintaining the original character was critical to our client but the retreat aspect is now focused on playing golf.

As a restoration and conversion project, structural and plan changes were minimal but new finishes and systems occurred inside and out, allowing a single family home to become a commercial guest house for golf club members. The private portions of the second floor in both the main house and service wing were subtly reconfigured to create luxury guest suites. On the first floor, a bar pavilion and service/display cabinetry were designed and built and inserted into the grand living and dining rooms. A new commercial kitchen and a fire sprinkler system were installed. On the exterior, roofing and siding were replaced with red cedar shakes to match the original. All windows were replaced with new insulated glass windows that otherwise match the historic windows. Original working drawings and construction photos indicated that the building had changed little over the years and helped expedite our restoration. Under the jurisdiction of the Massachusetts Historic Commission, all historic preservation requirements were met or exceeded.