Who could forget John and Jenny Grogan’s beautiful stone house in the 2008 family drama Marley & Me?
It was one of the highlights of the Jennifer Aniston-Owen Wilson tearjerker for me, and a couple of years ago I featured behind-the-scenes photos of the house that were taken during filming.
I was excited to get an email from the homeowner, who says it’s time for them to downsize to something smaller, so they’ve put it on the market in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. Take a look!
The Old Stone Farmhouse from “Marley & Me”
The house has 5 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, and sits on almost 16 acres.
The interiors as well as exteriors were used in the movie.
The Living Room Today
Listing agent Holly Gross says the filmmakers did little to change the home for the movie:
“The producers used the owner’s furniture. The house looks exactly how it was in the movie.”
The staircase in the listing:
The Kitchen
Built in 1830, the old house was completely remodeled by its current owners John Ennis and Lisa Taylor Ennis, who made an effort to keep as many of the home’s original details as possible.
“The home has a beautiful updated gourmet kitchen but they did it in a way to make it feel like the 1800s,” the listing agent said. “It’s very in keeping in the period.”
A sitting area connected to the kitchen:
See this photo of Jennifer Aniston sitting in the bedroom window?
It looks like the window treatments are the same as the ones in the listing:
Here’s that window seat, in the sitting area of the bedroom, but without the window treatments:
The Dining Room
Screened Porch
Remember the scene where Owen Wilson plays in the snow outside the house with the kids?
Someone from behind the scenes sent me photos that show how they made it look like winter.
For example, here’s the fake snowman (you can see the rest here):
The listing says:
The producers of Marley and Me sought “a greeting-card perfect stone house” and found it here!
Constructed in the 1830’s of native stone, this home has been lovingly maintained and splendidly updated with a fantastic new Kitchen as well as a Carrara tile Master Bath with claw foot soaking tub.
Your horses will enjoy the 6 stall barn and ample fenced pastures.
According to Zillow:
The home sits on nearly 16 acres on a country road. Although the home is set back from the road, Gross says its location is convenient.
“Its not remote but across the street are 80 acres of land and the Brandywine River,” Gross said.
Occasionally people will drive out of their way to take a look at the “Marley & Me House” but the Ennises told the Daily Local News of Chester County that no one encroaches on their privacy.
“People still come by to take pictures,” John Ennis said. “People are polite and discreet; they don’t want to meet us. They just want to see Marley’s house.”
Thanks to the homeowners for telling me about their listing.
Check the listing held by Holly Gross for more photos and information
about 1175 Meetinghouse Road in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania.
See my original behind-the-scenes post about the filming, too!
Visit my Houses Onscreen page to see the other movies I’ve featured, listed A-Z.
Are you hooked on houses? More to tour:
Behind the Scenes: Filming at the Stone Farmhouse in “Marley & Me”
The Caldwell Family’s House in the Christmas Movie “Happiest Season”
The “Father of the Bride” House Is For Sale…Sorta
“The Break-Up” Movie Set Design: An Apartment Worth Fighting ForCreating the Castle and Colorful Houses for “Edward Scissorhands”
That’s only a few miles from me. I’ll have to keep an eye out for an open house!
I have been in love with that house since I saw “Marley & Me.” Thanks for the inside look 🙂
If I had any horses, I am sure they would enjoy it there. I know I would!!! I can see some updated window treatments and maybe some different furniture, but that home has some beautiful features.
I love old stone homes. Lovely. Would love to see the marble bath and claw foot tub. We had one in an apartment when I was a teenager and they are wonderful!
When we lived in Philly we would often travel to Chadds Ford to visit the winery there. It’s a gorgeous area and I LOVED this house! Your post also goes to show the importance of good photography when trying to sell your house. What a difference between the Philly Mag ones and the listing!
What a beautiful home 🙂
Darling old stone house! I’m in love! Thanks for sharing.
My horse would def. love living there… that bank kitchen…. so many things to ooh and ahh over. That part of PA is LOVELY as well.
Usually one cringes when we see additions made to older homes, as they’re so dated, but this house… I love how each addition takes the style of the house and it’s character and just sort of stretches it out.
Homes with charm and character never grow old. this is just another example of that. And I think most pople would agree that we would all love to live in something like this at some point in our lives.
I’ll take it! I love old stone farmhouses.
The home is gorgeous. I live in a historical home. I have no doubt the heating bill in a stone home built in the 1830s is astronomical in the middle of PA winters!
Thanks Julia! I L.O.V.E. this house. If only I had 1.45 mill lying around…….
Loved this movie and the house – I adore when you review houses like this!! So much fun – great sleuthing!!
xx-Gina
Oh, I love to compare the images from the movie to the of the current state of the house. They even kept the same curtains!
This has to be one of my favorite homes featured in a movie.
Thanks for sharing.
Julia,
What a wonderful find! I/m truly enjoying this. I love the way you show the pictures of the listing and the movie also. It’s so fun to compare!
This house is very charming… a place I’d love to be!
Have a Blessed week.
xo
Luciane at HomeBunch.com
Very nice! I love the way the house looks in the movie and in real life.
If only I had 1.45 million…16 acres would be worth it, not to mention the house.
I wonder if you have to buy the horses first and then the house or would it be OK to buy the house and then the horses? I love the house, as I usually like stone houses, but I find it weird that there is not one spot of stone showing inside. That’s something I would really have liked.
If I’m lucky enough to go to heaven- THIS HOUSE will be my paradise. I better be a good girl…
Thank you for the pics!!!
This was my favourite part of the movie too ~ the house is quite romantically adorable. Stone, stone, stone ~ perennially perfect!
Julia I love the detail you come up with – such great stories!
I love Chadd’s Ford, and we visit it as often as we can when we are in PA visiting hubby’s family. When I moved back there for 15 months, I thought I was living in the most beautiful part of the country. I still want to go back and take photos of barns.
I LOVE THIS MOVIE! My brother and I had always begged my mum for a dog and it was only after seeing this film she caved; so we decided Marley was the only name we could give the pup. And yes, we got a yellow lab (female)!
Although the Boca house in Florida was amazing, that pool!, this stone house in PA was definitely my favourite. I love a house with character and old charm. You’d be paying around £5 million here in England for a house of that size.
Classic homes and classic styling withstand the test of time.
This home is a great example of that.I think it is everybodys dream to leave in a setting and a home like this.
OMG I wish I could buy this house. I just LOVE it.
Wow! What a beautiful house. I loved that movie and you’ve just brought it to life, again…thanks!
I loved this movie so much! Totally made me cry! and this home was very cozy!
I ADORE This HOUSE! probably one of my favorite movies. 😉 LOVE this post!!!
Oh good grief, I hit the wrong key and now I have to start over.
Okay, we have a seven month old yellow lab just like Marley, his name is Jake and he is a handful. Do you remember the scene in the movie where Marley is tied to a restaurant table and he takes off? That just happened to me with Jake. I was sitting on the front porch with Jake tied to the rocking chair, I got up, a neighbor went by with her dog, I got up, and Jake took off down the street with the rocking chair bumping behind him. Just like in the movie.
Thanks for posting this beautiful home. It doesn’t look like mine in the movie, but you see the point!
Since my wife and I saw the movie, she immediately fell in love with the house and told me that we should have a house just like that or designed just like that.
Oh it is beautiful!!! I live a couple of hours away!!! But would love to live there!
LOVELY home!!! J’adore all the stonework!!! Awwww… a country home to runaway to sounds FAB… however I really do not want yard work… when you have a country home like this… do you just let everything grow over and do nothing but drink “lemonade” and lounge reading books? I’m up for that!!!
I love this movie and the stone house too.
The extended length of this house reminds me of a house that my brother bought about a year ago. Or I should say, his new house reminds me of the house in the movie (except it’s not stone).
I am in LOVE with those flowered curtains….does anybody know where to purchase them? I would really appreciate it if anybody knew…thank you!!!
If I had the money, and a job near by, I’d totally be interested in that. Just looking at the pictures makes me calm and happy.
i would love to receive a printout of the details of the house.
i am hoping my dad will buy me this house.
message me via facebook to get snail address for me and my dad.
thanks.
does it have a basement? room ad permits to add a pool and greenhouse?
what is the layout of the house?
is it insulatd? is there a contractor who could add geotherma cooling and heating system and also a roof or ground-based solar sytem for heat and hot water?
is thee a butler’s pantry or room for more cabinets?
do the violins over the fireplce come with?
are the windows double-pane and solar-reflecting? if not would it be difficult to swap them up for such?
what do the other bedrooms look like?
is there room for a master bedroom on the ground floor?
does it have a vegtable patch?
rsvp.
thanks
You are beyond obnoxious.
I love, loved the fireplace that looked 5 feet tall in the movie. Thanks for posting. Seeing pictures of a home like this reminds me to stay away from the styles in those overly decorated suburban homes I see in my area.
Just wanted to let you know that the pictures of this house is still on the the Philly website.
I searched “marley and me” in the “site-wide search” on the front page… Then clicked on “Philly Home:Farm Charm November 2008”
Thanks, Cait! I must have missed that when I was looking for it. I’m glad to hear you can still get to the photos–they had some really good ones.
That was such a sweet movie! This cottage is very cute as well. Homes do not have to be large to be beautiful.
My horses WOULD enjoy that! Every last one of ’em!
the homes being built in the last decade I’m certain will not last 180 years or more. These old colonials are a marvel to behold and should be cherished. Europe knows better than the U.S. to take care of and treasure their historic buildings. I hope we become better caretakers of these wonderful historic beauties. I agree with everyone here…this sure is a great home.