This delightful house is an 1812 overture at the opening of a magnificent cove.

By Colin W. Sargent

Seventy-two Pepperrell Road on Kittery Point wears its Chinese Chippendale belvedere (a.k.a. roof walk, widow’s walk, or captain’s walk) like a tiara.

Some say roof walks were built to look out for ships at sea. Others are sure they were built to put out fires. Buckets of sand or water were at the ready up there so they could be poured down a smoking chimney.

In the 21st century, a captain’s walk is a great place to survey the top of the market.

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