House Hunt: Buckhead Homes That Evoke Hunting Lodges

This week's Buckhead column takes its inspiration from ... bucks' heads, ironically enough. Specifically from the hunter trophies on view in the houses under discussion. Yeah, it's a stretch: Presumably such things wouldn't be present once the homes changed hands, but the taxidermy did start me thinking about hunting lodges.

The most astonishing piece of residential architecture I know is a European hunting lodge documented in a High Museum exhibition of the last decade or so. I can't swear that the building I'm recalling was, in fact, built — it might have existed only as a set of Art Nouveau-influenced drawings. As I write these words, I have in mind photographs of the lodge in question, but I am old enough to know that my memory is a prodigious generator of fictitious information.

Enough about me. The facts about 4515 Jettridge Drive are as follows: ranch-style home near Chastain Park, attached two-car garage, four bedrooms, three bathrooms (plus a half).

No. 4515's common spaces are the ones evocative of baronies and bow-hunting, of margraves and meat roasting on spits. The great room here (overseen at this writing by the aforementioned trophy) has wide windows, a high ceiling, exposed beams and wood-paneled walls. At least one of the bathrooms shares such paneling, albeit in an even more rustic horizontal-plank style there. One of the bedrooms has a skylight, out back is a deck, and out front is a bench swing.

The ex-buck at 2385 Hanover West Lane resides above a brick fireplace, itself situated on an enclosed ex-porch. At least one of the three bathrooms here also has wood paneling, but its vertical placement and white paint lend a far less rustic feel. Another fireplace anchors the living room.

No. 2385 has five bedrooms, 9-foot ceilings, and hardwood floors. Nearby are a playground for wee ones and a public gathering place with outdoor armchairs ringing a fire pit. For the not-so-wee ones, there are tennis courts and a neighborhood swim team.

(Please note that all property details, including pricing, are confirmed as of press time but are also subject to change.)