Featured Listing

$4,000,000

Property Type: Residential Bedrooms: 3 Baths: 3.5 Square Footage: 2,021 Lot Size (sq. ft.): 19,602 Status: Closed

Current Price: $4,000,000 List Date: 3/22/2025 Last Modified: 6/05/2025

Overview

Description

Welcome to Shell Rose Cottage, an iconic Sullivan's Island home that evokes the original feel of the island and its history. Located at 1808 Ion Avenue, this circa 1870 beach house is situated directly across from the famed Sullivan's Island Lighthouse and magnificent Sullivans Island Beach. Featuring two bedrooms and 3 bathrooms, Shell Rose Cottage sits on a very large and open lot, providing ample room for expansion and a pool. Shell Rose Cottage is beloved on Sullivan's Island, both because it is a well maintained example of the island's original architecture and for the stunning roses that decorate its lawns. Awarded the Great Rosarian of the World in 2011, its owner is credited with bringing antique roses back into the public spaces of Charleston, having created the rose gardens.

Supplements: Boone Hall Plantation and a rose trail throughout the city that can still be enjoyed today. This home is on the historic register and in the historic district of Sullivan's Island.

Listing Details MLS# 25007708

Location, Tax & Legal

Tax Map #: 5290900002
Street #: 1808
Street Name: Ion
Street Suffix: Avenue
County: Charleston
State: SC
Zip Code: 29482
Area: 43 - Sullivan's Island
Tax District: 23 - Town of Sullivan's Island
Subdivision: None
Elementary School: Sullivans Island
Middle School: Moultrie
High School: Wando
Directions: From Station 18.5 turn right onto Ion Avenue, house will be on right. Parking is not permitted in front of house.
Legal Description: LOT 197

Contract Info

Sub-Type: Single Family Detached
MLS List Date: 2025-03-22
Primary Structure List Price/SqFt: 2078.18

General Property Info

Primary Bedroom – Main Level: Yes
Baths - Full: 3
Baths - Half: Yes
Baths - Total: 3.5
Stories: Yes
Primary Structure Apx SqFt: 2021
Year Built: 1920
Acreage: 0.45
Other Structures Y/N: No
Potential Short Sale: No

Status Change Info

Sold Date: 2025-05-08
Sold Price/SqFt: 1979.22
New Mortgage Type: Unknown

Tax/Fees

Taxes: 3730

SqFt Source

Hired Measurement: Yes

More Information

Roof

Metal: Yes

Lot Description

0 - .5 Acre: Yes

SF Detached Style

Cottage: Yes

Exterior

Wood Siding: Yes

Foundation

Crawl Space: Yes

Garage/Parking

Off-Street Parking: Yes

Stories/Levels

1 Story: Yes

Cooling

Window Unit(s): Yes

Rooms

Eat-In-Kitchen: Yes
Family: Yes
Laundry: Yes
Separate Dining: Yes

Assumable

No: Yes

Proposed Financing

Any: Yes

Misc Interior

Ceiling - Beamed: Yes
Ceilings - 9'+: Yes

New Owned

Pre-Owned: Yes

Floors

Wood: Yes

Showing Instructions

Contact Listing Agent: Yes

Water/Sewer

Public Sewer: Yes
Public Water: Yes

Utility Suppliers

SI W/S Comm: Yes

Property Features

SqFt Source: Hired Measurement SF Detached Style: Cottage Lot Description: 0 - .5 Acre Roof: Metal Exterior: Wood Siding Foundation: Crawl Space Misc Interior: Ceiling - Beamed; Ceilings - 9'+ New Owned: Pre-Owned Rooms: Eat-In-Kitchen; Family; Laundry; Separate Dining Cooling: Window Unit(s) Floors: Wood Showing Instructions: Contact Listing Agent Utility Suppliers: SI W/S Comm Proposed Financing: Any Assumable: No

Listing Office: The Cassina Group

Last Updated: June - 05 - 2025

Broker Attribution: 843-628-0008

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