334 Vanderbilt Road, Biltmore Forest, NC
$2,895,000 · 5 bedrooms · 6 baths · 6,699 sq ft · built 1925
Listing courtesy of Ivester Jackson Blackstream (Oby Morgan). Listing data provided by Canopy MLS, deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
About the home
Some houses have an address. This one has a name: Somerset—Old English for a land of summer. Charles Parker, who gave Asheville the Grove Arcade, designed this house in 1925. It rose two years after the town itself, among the founding estates whose Tudor lines still set the town's character. A century on, it stands as it was meant to. Stucco and stone walls, an arched stone entry, the original slate roof still overhead, the carriage doors still hung. Inside are five bedrooms and five-and-a-half baths across some 6,700 square feet—built for the cold months as much as the warm. A wood fire in the living room. A great room that opens to the garden. A wine cellar below. The main suite keeps its own fire and a balcony over the front garden. Outside, the name comes true: stone terraces step down to a heated pool and a gazebo, on 1.65 level acres of mature grounds. Biltmore Forest is a town of its own—under three square miles, set between the Biltmore Estate, the Blue Ridge Parkway and Asheville, ten minutes north. Chartered in 1923 and laid out on the same natural principles as the Estate, it has changed little since: its own police, the Donald Ross course at Biltmore Forest Country Club, winding streets under a kept canopy, two parks, and Historic Biltmore Village close at hand. Houses of this age and order seldom reach the market here, and almost never on ground so flat and so private. Somerset is one. Some houses you must stand inside to know.
Price in context
- Asking $432 per square foot.
- That is 41% below the $730 median across 6 active $1.5M+ homes in Biltmore Forest.
- 5th highest asking price of 6 active $1.5M+ homes in Biltmore Forest.
- 3rd largest by living area of the 6 with a recorded size.
- No price changes since it was listed.
- 106 days on the market, listed 2026-06-05.
- County tax assessment $2,820,100; the asking price is 1.03× the assessed value.
Location
Neighborhood: Biltmore Forest, Buncombe County, ZIP 28803.
Assigned schools
- Elementary: Estes/Koontz
- Middle: Valley Springs
- High: T.C. Roberson
School assignments come from the listing and can change; confirm with the district.
Features
- Style
- Tudor
- Levels
- Two
- Construction
- Hard Stucco, Stone
- Roof
- Slate
- Bathrooms
- 5 full, 1 half
- Basement
- Apartment
- Fireplace
- Yes
- Interior
- Attic Stairs Pulldown, Breakfast Bar, Kitchen Island, Pantry, Storage, Walk-In Closet(s), Walk-In Pantry, Wet Bar
- Kitchen & appliances
- Bar Fridge, Double Oven, Dryer, Gas Oven, Gas Range, Refrigerator, Washer
- Heating
- Forced Air, Radiant
- Cooling
- Central Air
- Garage
- 2 spaces
- Parking
- Attached Garage, Garage Faces Side
- Pool
- Heated, In Ground, Outdoor Pool
- Lot
- Level, Private, Wooded
- Community
- Street Lights, Walking Trails
- County
- Buncombe
Comparable homes on the market
- 8 Fairway Place, Asheville — $8,500,000, 5 bd, 10,674 sq ft, also in Biltmore Forest
- 53 Cedar Hill Drive, Asheville — $3,000,000, 5 bd, 6,736 sq ft, also in Biltmore Forest
- 9999 Cedar Hill Drive #12, Asheville — $4,995,000, 4 bd, 5,316 sq ft, also in Biltmore Forest
- 324 Vanderbilt Road, Asheville — $9,750,000, 9 bd, 8,688 sq ft, 0.2 mi away
- 28 Forest Road, Asheville — $1,475,000, 3 bd, 2,300 sq ft, 0.3 mi away
- 20 Buena Vista Road, Asheville — $1,149,900, 4 bd, 2,754 sq ft, 0.5 mi away
See it privately
Nicholas and Miriam Peters show every home personally. Peters & Associates, 4401 Barclay Downs Dr #132, Charlotte, NC 28209. Office 704-264-4572. Request a private showing.