Nearer still, sunlight rakes across the layered porches and the boxwood parterre unfolds in full at the base of the entrance stairs.

Linda Shafer, LindaSellsTheCoast.com

A brick herringbone walkway leads straight to the arched front door, framed by a moss-draped live oak and clipped boxwood parterres.

Rounded boxwood topiaries punctuate the winding path beneath a canopy of moss-draped live oaks.

Chimneys rise above the brick facade on this side of the home, with a glimpse of open water visible past the low brick wall and lawn.

A brick retaining wall follows the drive past a second-story balcony and mature crepe myrtles at the foundation planting.

Looking out from the porch, the herringbone brick walk frames a symmetrical view of the boxwood garden beyond.

The covered porch's ceiling fans stir the air over wicker seating, with a boxwood-lined pool and the marsh unfolding below.

A wider view from above takes in the pool's clipped hedge border, the surrounding pines, and the waterline on the horizon.

Framed symmetrically through the garden gate, the home's three-story rear facade and columned porches rise beyond a brick-edged pool and clipped hedge borders.

Stone urns on pedestals stand at the pool's edge, with the home's tiered porches centered beyond the clipped hedge border.

Gravel paths flank the trimmed hedge beds on either side of a centered palm, leading the eye back toward the home's twin porches.

A weathered live oak leans out over the brick garden wall, its branches framing a closer glimpse of the home's white columns and iron fencing.

A wrought-iron gate between brick posts opens onto the hedge-lined path, with palms and open sky signaling the water beyond.

A second aerial angle traces the winding tidal creeks and docks threading through the marsh behind the property toward the sound.

Straight overhead, the home's standing-seam roof and central cupola anchor a perfectly symmetrical boxwood garden and pool below.

A long grass allee, framed by trees and punctuated by a clipped hedge oculus, leads the eye straight to the home's formal entrance garden.

Viewed straight down, the walled garden's quartered hedge beds and oval pool form a precise pattern anchored by the house at one end.