950 Blackburn Road, Sewickley Heights, PA 15143

Description

950 Blackburn Road is a 3,790-square-foot contemporary home on 5.16 private, wooded acres in Sewickley Heights. Built in 1980, the house was designed to work with its hillside site, pairing strong architectural lines with natural materials, most notably hand-laid river-stone masonry in the great room and on the terrace.
The approach is simple and understated: a long lawn under oaks and maples leads to a home faced in dark cedar with pitched gables. Inside, terracotta floors in a herringbone pattern lead past a floating staircase to a bright living room with coffered ceilings, walls of glass, and space for a baby grand piano. There are two wood-burning fireplaces — one in...