Pat Conroy’s Low-Key, Lowcountry Home is For Sale

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Now’s your chance to own a piece of Southern literary history! That’s right y’all: the former home of author Pat Conroy recently hit the market, and it can be yours for $475,000.

The lowcountry residence is situated on Blue Heron Lake in the heart of South Carolina’s sleepy Fripp Island. A two-story ranch-style house, the 2,360-square-foot residence was built in 1980, and boasts a modest three beds and three baths.

Conroy, of The Prince of Tides and The Great Santini fame, lived in the home with his wife until his death in 2016. Although many of the furnishings have been relocated to the Pat Conroy Literary Center in nearby Beaufort, his family's very large antique dining room table and his six-passenger South Carolina Gamecocks golf cart will be sold with the home.

"I love the marsh," he told Southern Living in 2004. "I don't know of any place that smells like this. It's a magnificent smell. It's the smell of where all life comes from. I love that all shrimp, all crab, all oysters are born in the marsh."

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516 Remora Drive, Fripp Island, South Carolina

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Lowcountry Locale

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The home is just steps from the buzz of the lowcountry marshes Conroy so loved.

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Dining Room

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According to its listing, sale of the home includes the family’s “very large antique dining room table where Pat would hold family gatherings along with friends for dinners and conversations.”

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Kitchen

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The spacious kitchen opens up into the dining room, making entertaining a breeze.

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Two-Tone Cabinetry

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Something tells us that Conroy was a fan of the tuxedo kitchen look long before it became trendy.

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Study

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Conroy used one of the home’s three bedrooms as a study.

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Living Room

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The airy, no-frills living room looks like the perfect place to concentrate on a debut novel.

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Screened-in Porch

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The only thing the screened-in backyard porch is missing is a pitcher of sweet tea.

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Backyard

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Native cabbage palms thrive in the lush backyard.

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Peaceful Fripps Island

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"The people of Fripp Island are very nice to me,” Conroy told Southern Living. “They leave me alone and let me write.”

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Alert! Pat Conroy’s Low-Key Lowcountry Home is For Sale

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516 Remora Drive, Fripp Island, South Carolina