A rare 'Lowcountry' lakefront home in Winter Park has just hit the market for $7 million

A lakefront "Lowcountry" house is now for sale just minutes from downtown Winter Park.

Located at 1245 Howell Point, the 1989-built home sits on 10.5 lakefront acres all within a private gated entrance. The estate comes with the main house, a guest cottage, a 10-stall center aisle barn, a saltwater swimming pool, spa and panoramic views of Lake Howell.

The main home has seven bedrooms and seven baths across three stories and a total 6,540 square feet. Lowcountry-style homes are known to embody the comfort and simple design of traditional Southern homes.

It boasts a wrap-around porch, a third-floor balcony and a primary bedroom suite on each floor and is filled with plenty of Old Florida design details. Outside, there's sprawling green pastures, plenty of cypress trees, a storybook-style bridge over a lagoon, a custom boat dock with a lift and an illuminated boardwalk, according to the listing.

The home is priced at $7,000,000 and the listing agents are Cindy Kuykendall and Kelly Maloney with Fannie Hillman and Associates.

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