ON THE MARKET: A really big house in Kennett Township

One of those glossy "luxury homes" real-estate sales catalogues reached my inbox the other day. On the cover is a shot of a sunroom with a grand piano, a coffered ceiling, a tile floor, gingko leaf-patterned gold wallpaper, and lots of orchids. Browsing through the catalogue, which covers the mid-Atlantic region, I found that the cover shot is from a home right here in Chester County: on Ironstone Lane in Kennett Township, to be exact (a cul-de-sac off Bayard Road). The 8.7-acre property includes 20,000 feet of living space, a guest wing, a six-car garage, a pool, and a tennis court: the asking price is $5,295,000. Kennett Township will see a nice little increase in its real-estate transfer tax income if the house sells for anything close to that.