The real estate opportunity at 343 Bent Road, Wyncote, is — no real estate agent hyperbole here — a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Its construction followed the design of Gilded Age architect Horace Trumbauer, whose local portfolio includes:

• Grey Towers Castle, Glenside
• Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park
• The Jenkintown train station
• Woodcrest Mansion, on the campus of Cabrini University
• The Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Philadelphia
• The Free Library of Philadelphia Central Branch on Logan Square

He also collaborated with a Philadelphia architectural firm to design the iconic Philadelphia Museum of Art.

The Wyncote property, built in 1900, has six bedrooms, four full bathrooms, a gourmet kitchen, numerous fireplaces, and a three-car garage.

The entryway immediately lets guests know they are someplace special.

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The kitchen has every modern convenience a 21st Century family would want; however, the upgrades have been thoughtfully worked into the floor plan and meticulously designed to avoid architectural anachronisms.

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The master bedroom’s configuration befits the Edwardian period in which it was constructed, but the use of light — both in paint color and maximizing the impact of its windows — keep things from getting too stuffy.

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Further proving that this property isn’t all high-starched collars and button-up shoes, the back yard has an appealing pool.

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343 Bent Road, Wyncote, is listed at $1,445,000, not a princely sum considering its lineage, location, and extras.

More information on this beauty of a home is at Realtor.com.

Additional Montgomery County homes on the market — perhaps with not as high profile a pedigree as this one, but genuinely appealing in their own ways — are profiled in past editions of the MONTCO.Today House of the Week feature.