West Ashley - Charleston, South Carolina Real Estate

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West Ashley refers to west of the Charleston peninsula, bordered by the Ashley River and Intracoastal Waterway. West Ashley is the oldest suburb in Charleston and the closest to town. West Ashley real estate selections feature a variety of neighborhoods, home and lot styles, from wooded interior to river, creek and intracoastal waterway front, all minutes from downtown. West Ashley is a patchwork of old and new neighborhoods and businesses that have preserved a village-like atmosphere.  A large selection of moderately priced homes in desirable neighborhoods is available as well as executive homes on lots that front on the Ashley River, tidal marshes, and creeks. There are many neighborhoods with golf, tennis, and swimming. Boating on the Ashley River is popular, and homes on deep water lots are in high demand.

This area is also extremely rich in history.  West Ashley is home to Charles Towne Landing, which is the original site of the first permanent European Settlement in 1670.  Charles Towne established itself as a permanent community and eventually became one of the wealthiest colonies in America.  This 80-acre state park, off of Route 171, showcases animals indigenous to the state such as of bison, elk, black bear, fox, deer and bobcat. At this park there is also a 53 Ft. replica of the trading vessel the "Adventurer".

West Ashley also claims the beautiful Historic Plantations of Drayton Hall, Magnolia Gardens and Middleton Place. Located along Ashley Road are three historic plantation houses--Drayton Hall, Magnolia Plantation and Middleton Place. Drayton Hall, the construction of which was completed in four years by European and African-American craftsmen, is the South's oldest surviving example of Georgian-Palladian architecture. Still without running water, electric lighting or central heating, the house remains much the same today as it was when completed in 1742. Magnolia Plantation, built in the 17th century, boasts the oldest garden in America (c.1680) and contains one of the country's largest collections of azaleas and camellias. Having been open to the public since the late 1860's, it is also the oldest man-made attraction in the United States. Magnolia Plantation has been the ancestral home to the Drayton family for over three hundred years. Middleton Place, the former home of Henry Middleton, President of the First Continental Congress, is a carefully preserved 18th-century plantation. Included in the plantations' collections are works by Benjamin West, Thomas Sully and Audubon. Visitors may watch the blacksmith, potter, carpenter and weaver recreate the activities of a lowcountry plantation.

Living in West Ashley is a feeling of countryside living only five minutes from the heart of the historic city of Charleston.