1627 Lafayette Road, Gladwyne, PA 19035-1117 $7,950,000

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Beds/Baths: 5/5.2
Interior Sq. Ft: 15,769
Acreage: 1.74
Age:0 years
Style:
Contemporary
MLS#: PAMC2140540
Subdivision: Gladwyne
Design/Type:
Detached

Description

Among first impressions, "This is the finest home ever designed on the Main Line." A striking 16,000-square-foot statement piece, The Glass House pushes the boundaries of contemporary luxury. Crafted by two visionary architects from Paris, this extraordinary home is a masterful fusion of glass, stone, wood, and steel—thoughtfully integrated into a landscape of mature trees and artfully designed gardens. Tucked away into the greenery overlooking Philadelphia Country Club, the Glass House offers unmatched luxury and privacy. Step inside to discover an interior where design and function are in perfect harmony. A dramatic two-story atrium greets you with an indoor pool as its centerpiece—an awe-inspiring focal point that offers both beauty and year-round enjoyment. The entire first floor is wrapped in warm-toned, large-format stone imported from India, creating a seamless sense of scale and flow throughout the living spaces. Floor-to-ceiling retractable glass panels erase the divide between inside and out, immersing the home in the beauty of its landscaped grounds and infinity-edge pool. At the heart of the home, a striking open-concept kitchen features deeply stained custom wood cabinetry, a massive center island with prep sink and integrated six-burner gas cooktop, sleek appliances and custom shelving. An adjacent indoor atrium brings life and freshness to the space, marrying nature and modernism. Perfectly curated for both grand entertaining and intimate daily living, the first floor is highly amenitized including the indoor pool, huge sauna, stadium tiered home theater and access to the Glass House grounds, which include another outdoor infinity pool. The home offers five luxurious bedroom suites, including a spacious main-level suite—while additional square footage provides the flexibility to create several more bedrooms if desired. The second level is accessible by one of two striking glass and white oak floating staircases, each suite serves as a private retreat, featuring oversized custom closets, Porcelanosa tile bathrooms, and peaceful balconies with views of the surrounding grounds. From the resort caliber amenities to its globally inspired architecture, The Glass House stands in a class of its own. Every inch of this residence reflects an uncompromising commitment to design excellence, craftsmanship, and serenity. Whether hosting unforgettable gatherings beneath the stars or enjoying quiet moments surrounded by nature, this home offers an unparalleled lifestyle experience. Truly, there is nothing else like it on the Main Line. For the discerning buyer who demands the extraordinary ---- Welcome Home.

Taxes: $13,895
Home Assoc: No
Condo Assoc: No
Garage: Y
Basement: N
Pool: Yes - Personal
School Dist: Lower Merion

Features

Utilities
Forced Air Heating, Radiant Heating, Natural Gas, Central A/C, Electric, Hot Water - Natural Gas, Public Water, On Site Septic, Upper Floor Laundry

Garage/Parking
Attached Garage, Driveway, Built In, Garage Door Opener, Inside Access, Oversized, Attached Garage Spaces #: 3;

Interior
Combination Dining/Living, Combination Kitchen/Living, Fireplace - Glass Doors, Gas/Propane Fireplace, Stone Fireplace, Accessibility - >84" Garage Door, Accessibility - 2+ Access Exits, Accessibility - 36"+ wide Halls, Insulated Windows, Sliding Windows, Atrium Doors, Insulated Doors, Sliding Glass Doors

Exterior
Mixed Exterior, Balconies- Multiple, Patio(s), Extensive Hardscape, Exterior Lighting, Lawn Sprinkler, Other, Underground Lawn Sprinkler, Heated Pool, Indoor Pool, In Ground Pool, Lap/Exercise Pool, Negative Edge/Infinity Pool, Gunite Pool

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Public Elementary (25 schools)

School District Grades Place Distance
Conshohocken Elementary School Colonial School District K–3 Conshohocken 1.62 mi
Gladwyne School Lower Merion School District K–4 Gladwyne 1.67 mi
Shawmont School Philadelphia City School District Preschool–8 Philadelphia 2.31 mi
Penn Valley School Lower Merion School District K–4 Narberth 2.67 mi
Green Woods Charter School Green Woods Charter School K–8 Philadelphia 2.74 mi
Ridge Park Elementary School Colonial School District K–3 Conshohocken 2.76 mi
Colonial Elementary School Colonial School District 4–5 Plymouth Meeting 3.14 mi
Whitemarsh Elementary School Colonial School District K–3 Lafayette Hill 3.15 mi
Dobson James School Philadelphia City School District K–8 Philadelphia 3.27 mi
Belmont Hills Elementary School Lower Merion School District K–4 Bala Cynwyd 3.36 mi
Cynwyd School Lower Merion School District K–4 Bala Cynwyd 3.8 mi
Gulph Elementary School Upper Merion Area School District K–4 King of Prussia 3.99 mi
Plymouth Elementary School Colonial School District K–3 Plymouth Meeting 4.02 mi
Merion Elementary School Lower Merion School District K–4 Merion Station 4.13 mi
Coopertown Elementary School Haverford Township School District K–5 Bryn Mawr 4.18 mi
Chestnutwold Elementary School Haverford Township School District K–5 Ardmore 4.3 mi
John Story Jenks Academy for the Arts an Philadelphia City School District K–8 Philadelphia 4.3 mi
Radnor Elementary School Radnor Township School District K–5 Radnor 4.3 mi
Ray S. Musselman Learning Center Norristown Area School District K Norristown 4.39 mi
Springfield Township Elementary School-Enfield Springfield Township School District K–2 Erdenheim 4.45 mi
Bridgeport Elementary School Upper Merion Area School District K–4 Bridgeport 4.52 mi
Henry Charles W School Philadelphia City School District K–8 Philadelphia 4.56 mi
Houston Henry E School Philadelphia City School District K–8 Philadelphia 4.59 mi
Cook-Wissahickon School Philadelphia City School District Preschool–8 Philadelphia 4.65 mi
Penn Wynne School Lower Merion School District K–4 Wynnewood 4.9 mi

Public Middle (5 schools)

School District Grades Place Distance
Welsh Valley Middle School Lower Merion School District 5–8 Narberth 2.43 mi
Black Rock Middle School Lower Merion School District 5–8 Villanova 3.16 mi
Bala-Cynwyd Middle School Lower Merion School District 5–8 Bala Cynwyd 3.69 mi
Amy NW Philadelphia City School District 6–8 Philadelphia 4.09 mi
Colonial Middle School Colonial School District 6–8 Plymouth Meeting 4.96 mi

Public High (8 schools)

School District Grades Place Distance
Lankenau High School Philadelphia City School District 9–12 Philadelphia 1.55 mi
Harriton Senior High School Lower Merion School District 9–12 Bryn Mawr 2.15 mi
Plymouth-Whitemarsh Senior High School Colonial School District 9–12 Plymouth Meeting 2.91 mi
Saul W B Agricultural School Philadelphia City School District 9–12 Philadelphia 3.23 mi
Lower Merion High School Lower Merion School District 9–12 Ardmore 3.31 mi
Roxborough High School Philadelphia City School District 9–12 Philadelphia 3.41 mi
Radnor Senior High School Radnor Township School District 9–12 Radnor 4.33 mi
Central Montco Technical High School Central Montco Technical High School 9–12 Plymouth Meeting 4.98 mi

Private (70 schools)

School Grades Place Distance
The Miquon School Nonsectarian Preschool–6 Conshohocken 0.86 mi
Aim Academy Nonsectarian 1–12 Conshohocken 0.89 mi
Wetherill School Nonsectarian Preschool–K Gladwyne 1.15 mi
The Gladwyne Montessori School Nonsectarian Preschool–6 Gladwyne 1.5 mi
Noreen Cook Center For Ece Of Har Zion Temple Jewish Preschool–K Penn Valley 1.87 mi
Schuylkill Center For Environmental Education Nonsectarian Preschool–K Philadelphia 1.98 mi
St Philip Neri Roman Catholic Preschool–8 Lafayette Hill 2.47 mi
Immaculate Heart Of Mary School Roman Catholic Preschool–8 Philadelphia 2.48 mi
The Gateway School Nonsectarian Preschool–K Wynnewood 2.49 mi
The Baldwin School Nonsectarian Preschool–12 Bryn Mawr 2.87 mi
The Shipley School Nonsectarian Preschool–12 Bryn Mawr 2.93 mi
Plymouth Meeting Friends School Friends Preschool–6 Plymouth Meeting 2.99 mi
Holy Child School At Rosemont Roman Catholic Preschool–8 Bryn Mawr 3 mi
Villanova Academy For Honor Studies Islamic Preschool–6 Villanova 3.01 mi
Main Line Reform Temple School For Early Childhood Jewish Preschool–K Wynnewood 3.2 mi
Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes Bryn Mawr Nonsectarian 6–12 Bryn Mawr 3.22 mi
Trinity Nursery & Kindergarten Nonsectarian Preschool–K King Of Prussia 3.28 mi
The Haverford School Nonsectarian Preschool–12 Haverford 3.31 mi
Friends School Haverford Friends Preschool–5 Haverford 3.43 mi
Fusion Academy - Ardmore Nonsectarian 6–12 Ardmore 3.47 mi
St Margaret School Roman Catholic Preschool–8 Narberth 3.58 mi
Springside Chestnut Hill Academy-Middle Nonsectarian Preschool–12 Philadelphia 3.59 mi
Regina Angelorum Academy Roman Catholic Preschool–8 Ardmore 3.62 mi
Roxborough Christian School Presbyterian Preschool–6 Philadelphia 3.63 mi
Bright Horizons At King Of Prussia Nonsectarian Preschool–K King Of Prussia 3.64 mi
Phebe Anna Thorne Kindergarten Nonsectarian Preschool–K Haverford 3.65 mi
Jack M Barrack Hebrew Academy Jewish 6–12 Bryn Mawr 3.67 mi
Gan Chabad Of The Main Line Jewish Preschool–K Merion Station 3.68 mi
Cambridge School Nonsectarian Preschool–4 Ardmore 3.73 mi
The Crefeld School Nonsectarian 7–12 Philadelphia 3.77 mi
Norwood-Fontbonne Academy Roman Catholic Preschool–8 Philadelphia 3.82 mi
Waldron Mercy Academy Roman Catholic Preschool–8 Merion Station 3.84 mi
Merion Mercy Academy Roman Catholic 9–12 Merion Station 3.88 mi
Springside Chestnut Hill Academy Nonsectarian Preschool–12 Philadelphia 3.89 mi
St Katherine Day School -Upper Roman Catholic K–12 Radnor 3.92 mi
The Grayson School Nonsectarian Preschool–12 Radnor 3.92 mi
Archbishop Carroll High School Roman Catholic 9–12 Malvern 3.92 mi
Archbishop John Carroll High School Roman Catholic 9–12 Radnor 3.92 mi
Y.A.L.E. School Of Philadelphia Nonsectarian 1–12 Philadelphia 3.99 mi
Childrens School At St Johns Nonsectarian Preschool–K Bala Cynwyd 4.02 mi
Caskey Torah Academy Of Greater Philadelphia Jewish Preschool–8 Wynnewood 4.02 mi
Ancona Montessori School Nonsectarian Preschool–K Wynnewood 4.02 mi
Our Mother Of Consolation Parish School Roman Catholic Preschool–8 Philadelphia 4.04 mi
Our Mother Of Consolation Roman Catholic Preschool–8 Philadelphia 4.04 mi
The Mesivta High School Of Greater Phila Jewish 9–12 Bala Cynwyd 4.1 mi
The Agnes Irwin School Nonsectarian Preschool–12 Bryn Mawr 4.19 mi
Mount St Joseph Academy Roman Catholic 9–12 Flourtown 4.28 mi
Cb Community Schools Nonsectarian Ungraded Philadelphia 4.28 mi
Phil-Mont Christian Academy Presbyterian K–12 Erdenheim 4.3 mi
St Aloysius Academy Roman Catholic Preschool–8 Bryn Mawr 4.37 mi
Temple Beth Hillel-Beth El Early Childhood Center Jewish K Wynnewood 4.37 mi
I S Kosloff Torah Academy High School For Girls Jewish 9–12 Bala Cynwyd 4.39 mi
Evan Thomas Institute Nonsectarian 1–4 Wyndmoor 4.41 mi
Kohelet Yeshiva High School Jewish 9–12 Merion Station 4.42 mi
Carson Valley Childrens Aid Nonsectarian 8–12 Flourtown 4.47 mi
Goddard School Nonsectarian K King Of Prussia 4.48 mi
French International School Of Philadelphia Nonsectarian Preschool–8 Bala Cynwyd 4.49 mi
Temple Adath Israelearlychildhood Center Jewish Preschool–K Merion Station 4.5 mi
The Village School Nonsectarian 7–12 Bryn Mawr 4.5 mi
St Katherine School Roman Catholic K–10 Wynnewood 4.5 mi
Main Line Classical Academy Inc Nonsectarian K–9 Bryn Mawr 4.56 mi
Sacred Heart Academy Bryn Mawr Roman Catholic K–12 Bryn Mawr 4.61 mi
St Genevieve School Roman Catholic K–8 Flourtown 4.68 mi
Bala Cynwyd School For Young Children Nonsectarian Preschool–K Bala Cynwyd 4.72 mi
Cardinal John Foley Regional Ca Roman Catholic Preschool–8 Havertown 4.74 mi
Sts Colman-John Neumann Roman Catholic Preschool–8 Bryn Mawr 4.77 mi
The Bala House Montessori School Nonsectarian Preschool–K Bala Cynwyd 4.78 mi
Martin Luther School Nonsectarian K–8 Plymouth Meeting 4.79 mi
Hill Top Preparatory School Nonsectarian 5–12 Bryn Mawr 4.84 mi
Holy Cross Catholic School Roman Catholic K–8 Philadelphia 4.9 mi

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This report is a detailed community overview for Gladwyne (19035), Pennsylvania.

Community Quick Facts

  • Average travel time to work for people in this community: 30
  • Average salary of people in this community: $211,416

Community Summary

  • Population Density (ppl / mile): 709
  • Household Size (ppl): 2.35
  • Households w/ Children: 44%

Housing Inventory

  • Owned: 1,193 (79.9%)
  • Rented: 246 (16.5%)
  • Vacant: 55 (3.7%)
  • Total: 1,494

Population Demographics

The population of the community broken down by age group. The numbers at the top of each bar indicate the number of people in the age bracket below.

Total: 3,453
Households: 1,439
Median Age: 55.30

Climate and Weather

The Temperature chart displays average high and low values for January and July, and is designed to provide an indication of both seasonal and daily temperature variability. The Weather Risk Index indicates the calculated risk of each type of weather event occurring in the future. This risk is based on historical localized storm events and weather patterns. The national average for each type of weather event equals a score of 100, so a score of 200 would represent twice the risk as the national average, and a score of 50 would represent half the risk of the national average.

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Education

Highest Level of Education Attained

  • Less than 9th Grade: 0.7%
  • Some High School: 0.3%
  • High School Graduate: 7.0%
  • Some College: 7.8%
  • Associate Degree: 4.2%
  • Bachelor's Degree: 32.2%
  • Graduate Degree: 47.8%

Income by dollar range

Median Income: $205,764

Fair Market Rents

The Fair Market Rents show average gross rent estimates based on figures provided by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

  • One Bedroom: $1,481
  • Two Bedroom: $1,692

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1627 Lafayette Road, Gladwyne, PA 19035-1117

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