20 Battery Street, Charleston, SC 29401 (MLS# 26025378)

20 Battery Street, Charleston, SC 29401

New Listing

$16,500,000

Property Type: Residential Bedrooms: 15 Baths: 18 Square Footage: 15,699 Lot Size (sq. ft.): 16,553 Status: Active

Current Price: $16,500,000 List Date: 9/09/2026 Last Modified: 9/09/2026

Overview

Description

The iconic Stevens-Lathers antebellum mansion is a celebrated, important property in Charleston, located at the tip of the Peninsula across from White Point Garden. Recently renovated and restored, the improvements are significant and respectful of the home’s architecture. Boasting stunning waterfront views of the Ashley River, Ft. Sumter, and across the Peninsula, this impressive Greek Revival double house was built in the 1840’s, a very prosperous period in Charleston, by Samuel Norman Stevens. This home was considered one of the finest mansions built on the Peninsula at the time and has hosted many important gatherings of the Charleston Society from its beginning to the present day.

Supplements: The deep lot includes a beautiful Charleston garden overlooking the original kitchen house and mansion. Originally built as a 3-story 'Neoclassical showpiece' by Stevens, it was later converted in the 1870's by its new owner, Col. Richard Lathers, into a more grandiose residence, adding a library on the new 4th floor and a grand ballroom measuring … (Read more)

Listing Details MLS# 26025378

Location, Tax & Legal

Tax Map #: 4571602052
Street #: 20
Street Name: Battery
Street Suffix: Street
County: Charleston
State: SC
Zip Code: 29401
Area: 51 – Peninsula Charleston Inside of Crosstown
Tax District: 71 – City of Charleston
Subdivision: South of Broad
Elementary School: Memminger
Middle School: Simmons Pinckney
High School: Burke
Directions: Head south on Meeting Street, make a right on South Battery Street, the property is on the right.

Contract Info

Sub-Type: Single Family Detached
MLS List Date: 2026-09-09
Total List Price/SqFt: 1051.02

General Property Info

Primary Structure Full Baths: 9
Primary Structure Half Baths: Yes
Primary Structure Beds: 9
Total Baths – Full: 17
Total Baths – Half: 2
Total Beds: 15
Baths – Total: 18
Primary Bedroom – Main Level: No
Stories: 5
Primary Structure Apx SqFt: 9244
Total Apx SqFt: 15699
Year Built: 1843
Acreage: 0.38
Other Structures Y/N: Yes
Potential Short Sale: No

Other Structure

Other Structure Type: Guest House
Other Structure Beds: 6
Other Structure Full Baths: 8
Other Structure Half Baths: Yes
Other Structure Apx SqFt: 6455
Other Structure Notes: Carriage house used for the Inn

More Information

Property Features

SqFt Source: Hired Measurement; Previous Listing SF Detached Style: Traditional; Other Lot Description: 0 – .5 Acre; Riverview Misc Exterior: Fence – Iron; Garden; Patio; Porch – Front Porch Roof: Slate Foundation: Slab Misc Interior: Ceilings – 9'+ New Owned: Pre-Owned Rooms: Family; Formal Living; Great; Laundry; Study Cooling: Central Air; Wall Unit(s) Floors: Wood; Other Possession: At Closing Showing Instructions: Contact Listing Agent Utility Suppliers: Charleston Water Service; Dominion Energy Proposed Financing: Any; Cash; Conventional Loan Assumable: No

Listing Office: Handsome Properties, Inc.

Last Updated: September – 09 – 2026

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