At the end of a quiet cul-de-sac in Marietta, GA, sits a regal home with turrets.

It’s a 13,714-square-foot, modern-era castle that really stands out in the area’s array of high-end homes.

Built in 1995, the castle is listed for $2,195,000 and was a passion project for owners Clark and Terri Ullom.

They knew they wanted to build something extraordinary and went searching for ideas, which they found on a driving trip through England and Scotland. The couple came home inspired after staying in various castles and manor homes.

“We took a tremendous amount of photographs both inside and out, and kind of melded all those ideas together into the house that we built,” Clark says. “I don’t know if we knew exactly what we were looking for; but when we saw it, we knew.”

The result is a castle with five bedrooms, five full bathrooms, and plenty of living space. A breezeway connects the main part of the home to a carriage house with a bedroom and a full kitchen. Everything remains true to the castle theme—notably the solid mahogany front door, which came from an actual castle.

It “has very large iron knobs on it, which prevents people from putting their shoulder against the door to break it down,” Clark explains of the door’s stately origins.

The home’s other castle-like details include a 25-foot-high ceiling in the great room, Honduran mahogany throughout, imported fireplace mantels, and bronze chandeliers.

Stone lions sit guard, teeth bared, at the front door. For Clark, the fierce felines embody a certain symbolism.

“It means power and grandeur, and I think it makes a statement of the American dream come true,” he says.

The Ulloms were drawn to the idea of building a castle because they wanted a home that would stand out.

“I was enthralled with the fact that castles were not just boxes,” Clark says. “They had turrets and curves and spires and so many elements of architectural beauty.”

He adds, “I took it to a level that I probably wasn’t planning on, but it just ended up being that way. Too often, I see a lack of color and a lack of detail. So when we built this, we wanted to bring the warmth and power of English countryside—and kind of the element of royalty—to a home in the Atlanta metro area.”

The king and queen of this castle raised their family here but are ready to move on to the next phase of their lives.

“I’ll be sad to see it go because there have been so many memories there,” Clark says. “I built that house from scratch and know every plank of wood, every brick, and every rock. It’s time for someone else to enjoy.”

The listing agent on this home is Toni Itkin, with Coldwell Banker Realty.

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