Charleston luxury real estate | Charleston SC luxury homes for sale

Luxurious living is as characteristic of Charleston as the regal antebellum mansions that grace its historic streets. A city that was considered the jewel of Britain’s colonial empire has not lost its zest for comforts, elegance and quality, as today’s Charleston boasts a premiere array of exquisite homes and neighborhoods, acclaimed private schools, award-winning restaurants, stylish retail sectors and specialty shops, chic art galleries and theaters, equestrian facilities, as well as world-class golf courses and marinas.

The downtown peninsula is renowned for a wealth of classic houses dating to the 18th and 19th century that have been meticulously restored in historic exterior detail while featuring dazzling interiors fully-equipped with luxury upgrades in kitchens, bathrooms, and climate control. In the famous area South of Broad, historic church bells and scents of sweet magnolias fill the air sweeping through spacious piazzas and ballrooms built long ago for Charleston’s elite political and merchant class. In the quaint streets of Ansonborough, elaborate Greek Revival styles prevail with majestic pillars and delicate ironwork, as the neighborhood developed during Charleston’s golden era as one of America’s wealthiest cities before the Civil War.

Luxury home sites in the modern era reflected the inclination to more spacious natural surroundings, as mid-twentieth century neighborhoods such as The Crescent and Wappoo Heights and The Country Club featured grand homes in the shadow of giant oaks and pines along Wappoo Creek in an area once reserved for elite outdoor events called The Pleasure Grove.

The late 20th century offered a new look in Charleston’s luxurious standards, as the city expanded on lush Daniel Island. Historic architectural motifs were recreated in homes set on stunning landscapes overlooking pristine tidal creeks and manicured golf courses. Delicate egrets and graceful herons add a lively beauty to this fantasy island of modern, state-of-the-art living in homes fashioned to recreate the grandeur of colonial and antebellum Charleston.

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