We don’t actually have data to confirm that Hillcote is, in fact, the longest house in Nashville. But the lengthy stroll from the luxe first-floor owner’s suite at the west end to the three-bay garage at the east end provides a superlative tour of the beautiful and thoughtful details updating the timeless Tudor-style country estate to 21st-century living. Built in 1914 on sprawling grounds, the property today retains 2.48 acres, with new privacy fencing, manicured formal garden parterres, an expansive swimming pool, a lighted tennis court updated for pickleball and basketball, and indoor spaces gracefully connected to outdoor living on bluestone patios and Tennessee Crab Orchard stone terraces.

A 2002 Junior League of Nashville Designers’ Show House, the timbered stucco home preserves the vintage elegance of architectural millwork, hardwood floors, multiple fireplaces, a slate roof, and leaded-glass windows and French doors — with contemporary updates to maximize natural light and frame picturesque views of towering trees and lush topiary gardens.

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The recently updated interiors cascade from one memorable space to another, preserving the character of a century-old estate with functionality for modern-day entertaining. A gleaming white and stainless-steel kitchen leads to multiple family areas and impressive public spaces, including a grand salon, a banquet-sized dining room, a billiards room with a black-and-white marble-tiled floor, and an orangerie bathed with natural light through a vaulted pyramidal ceiling, whose leaded-glass panels can be raised and lowered to adjust temperatures in the greenhouse as the seasons shift.

With five bedrooms and seven baths on two stories, an encapsulated basement, and an outbuilding at the rear of the hydrangea-heavy grounds, this longstanding architectural landmark invites a new generation of gracious in-town country living in one of Nashville’s loveliest — and longest — residential properties.