4 BEDROOMS + LOFT
DRIVE THROUGH THE GATES, AND EVERYWHERE ELSE GOES QUIET
263 Allison Rd | GRAY COURT
HUMMINGBIRD MANOR
$3,495,000
4.5 BATHS
4,875 SQ FT
6.77 ACRES
A Backyard With Its Own Blueprint
More than half a million dollars of landscape design. A saltwater gunite pool with Pebble Tec, a drystack rock waterfall, and a bench seat in the deep end. A pool pavilion with a full outdoor kitchen and bath. A drystack stone fireplace. Fountains, irrigation, landscape lighting, and multiple covered porches for entertaining.
Built For People Who Actually Cook
A kitchen built for people who actually cook. Viking commercial gas cooktop, a 48-inch Sub-Zero, double Dacor ovens, premium granite, and an oversized island. A butler’s pantry and scullery run to the laundry, gathering a second Sub-Zero and a dual-zone wine refrigerator along the way. The den runs 22 by 30 feet, light on two sides, opening to the porch.
TWO PRIMARY SUITES, ONE ON EACH FLOOR
Not one primary suite, but two, one on each floor. The main level offers privacy and an air tub. Upstairs, a second suite adds a media room, an oversized custom closet, and a spa bath with a soaking tub. On the third floor, a brand-new bunk room and loft with a full bath.
NO RESTRICTIONS. NO COMPROMISE.
Nearly seven gated acres with no restrictions. Bring the horse and the chickens. Roughly three and a half acres fenced. Septic and plans already in place for a matching carriage house with an apartment above.
Twenty minutes to Simpsonville and the shopping, five to Lake Rabon and its trails, forty to downtown Greenville. A world away from all of it. Golden hour here is a genuine event.
THE PHOTOS
WHY YOU'LL FALL IN LOVE
A Gated Seven-Acre Estate With Resort-Caliber Grounds in Western Laurens County
There is a moment at Hummingbird Manor, somewhere in the gold of a late afternoon, when the fountains catch the light and the whole property seems to exhale. You have come through the gates, past the eight-foot brick wall and the painted columns, around the circular drive to a front porch that does not hurry you. And already the world you drove in from has gone somewhere else.
This is a shingle-and-brick manor on nearly seven acres in western Laurens County, reimagined from 2001 to 2026 and carried, in feeling if not in strict architecture, by the ease of a Cape Cod summer house. The grounds are the story people tell first. A landscape designer worked with this family for close to two decades, and the master plan he drew, more than half a million dollars of it, has been installed in patient phases: drainage and irrigation, urns and fountains, specimen trees transplanted at scale, stone columns and painted brick walls, lighting that turns the whole place cinematic after dark.
At the center is a saltwater pool built to resort standard. Gunite and premium Pebble Tec, a drystack rock waterfall, a fountain, cake steps easing down to a bench in the deep end. Beside it stands a pool pavilion built to hold a party, brick and vaulted overhead, with a full outdoor kitchen, custom cabinetry, granite, and a bath. A drystack stone fireplace anchors the terrace. This is the part of the property that undoes people, the reason they stop walking and simply stand.
Indoors, the house is warm and generously proportioned. Solid red oak floors, recently refinished, run beneath premium lighting. A gas-log fireplace holds the living room. The main-level primary suite sits just to the left of the entry, quiet and private, with an air tub and a custom shower. Continue on and the kitchen opens up, a serious room dressed in premium granite and custom cabinetry, anchored by a Viking commercial cooktop, a 48-inch Sub-Zero, double Dacor ovens, and an island sized for a crowd. A butler’s pantry and scullery lead to the laundry, picking up a second Sub-Zero and a dual-zone wine refrigerator, the kind of back-of-house that makes the front of house look effortless.
The den is the room the family actually lives in, 22 by 30 feet, light on two sides, doors opening to the porch and the grounds beyond. A generous covered porch runs across the back and wraps to the side, where another lounge overlooks the pool, the fireplace, and the pavilion. Upstairs waits a second primary suite, with a media room, a walk-in closet built to a serious scale, and a spa bath with a soaking tub. Two more bedrooms share the floor. And on the third, the newest addition: a bunk room and loft with a full bath, a hideout the grandchildren will claim as their own.
Outside the fenced pasture, the estate answers to almost no one. No restrictions, so the horse and the chickens are welcome. Roughly three and a half acres are fenced and gated. Septic and architectural plans are already in hand for a detached garage with an apartment above, matched to the home. Underneath the beauty runs real infrastructure: a whole-house generator, three newer Trane systems, foam insulation, tankless gas hot water, a new security system, fiber.
The location is its own quiet luxury. Twenty minutes to Simpsonville and the shopping. Five minutes to Lake Rabon, where 2.5 miles of trail wrap the water. Fifteen to the new Kawonu Golf Club, a private, golf-only club designed by Andrew Green. Forty to downtown Greenville, thirty to the airport. Featured years ago in Talk Greenville, the property has only grown into itself since. Golden hour here is a genuine event. You pull through the gates and feel, honestly, as though you have crossed into a sanctuary. That feeling is the thing being sold. The house and the grounds are how it is delivered.
FAQs
263 ALLISON ROAD | LAURENS COUNTY ESTATES
For Buyers
Why does a $3,495,000 estate sit in Laurens County?
Because it is the only place left where you can get seven gated acres, a resort-grade pool, and nobody close enough to hear your music. Rebuild this twenty minutes closer to town and you spend more for half of everything. Run the numbers below. It is not close.
What does "no restrictions" actually mean here?
No HOA. No architectural committee. Nobody writing you a letter about your mailbox. Bring the horse, bring the chickens, build the carriage house. Roughly three and a half acres are already fenced and gated, and septic plus plans for a detached garage with an apartment above are already in hand.
How far is it from Greenville, Simpsonville, and the airport?
Twenty minutes to Simpsonville for anything you actually need. Forty to downtown Greenville. Thirty to GSP. And five minutes to Lake Rabon, where 2.5 miles of trail wrap the water, if you would rather be on a lake than in traffic.
What is there to do out here?
Golf, water, and quiet, in whatever order you like. Kawonu Golf Club is fifteen minutes away: private, golf-only, designed by Andrew Green. No swim team, no committee, no small talk you did not ask for.
Does this work for multigenerational living?
It was practically drawn for it. A primary suite on each floor, a third-floor bunk loft with its own bath, and architectural plans plus septic already in place for a carriage house with an apartment above. Most families spend two years and a lot of goodwill getting to where this property already is.
For Sellers
How quickly are private estates like this moving in the Upstate?
Faster than the averages suggest, but only the ones presented properly. At this price point the market is small and specific, and the difference between thirty days and three hundred is almost always the marketing, not the house.
What did the Hummingbird Manor launch actually look like?
A full editorial feature in the Post and Courier with homepage and newsletter placement, a photography and film package built around the pool and the grounds, and a paid social campaign across Facebook and Instagram. We launch a listing the way a brand launches a product, because at this level that is what it is.
Do I need to renovate before listing?
Usually not. Paint, lighting, and the right staging move the needle far more than a kitchen you will never cook in. We will tell you which upgrades earn their money back and which ones just delay your closing.
Does a sale at this level move my property value?
Yes, and more than people expect. In a market with few comparables, one well-marketed estate sale resets what every appraiser and every buyer in the county considers reasonable at the top end.
How do I get a value estimate on my own place?
Send us the address. No pressure and no sales theater. Just a data-driven evaluation and a few honest action steps if you ever decide to move.
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