Maybe it’s the sweeping front lawn, or the stonework or the storybook turret — or all of them combined — but this stately home has the feel of a manor.

It’s an exceptional home in an exceptional location -- one of just 34 homes on Manitou Island in Lake Mohawk.

“It’s one of the best properties on the island,” said Deirdre Good of Weichert, Realtors in Sparta. “I’ve been in this business for 40 years and it’s my favorite listing I’ve ever had.”

Good has the five-bedroom home with six full bathrooms and one half-bathroom listed for $3,985,000.

The median sale price of a home in Sparta was $745,000 in October, according to the most recent data available from New Jersey Realtors.

The home was built in 1929, one of the original homes built by Lake Mohawk developers Arthur D. Crane and He

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