Robbs Run · Tarrytown
Featured Property — Austin, Texas

Composed in light & live oak.

2801 Robbs Run · Tarrytown
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4
Bedrooms
4.5
Bathrooms
4,757sq ft
Interior
0.88ac
Grounds
Cul-de-sac
Position
Prologue

A house that listens to its garden.

At the quiet end of a wooded cul-de-sac, behind a screen of mature live oaks and Japanese maples, this 4,757-square-foot residence reads less as a house than as a series of glass-edged rooms in conversation with the landscape. Deep horizontal eaves draw the architecture low and long; floor-to-ceiling windows pull the canopy inward.

It is the rare Tarrytown property where architecture, light, and acreage arrive in equal measure — nearly an acre of considered grounds, only minutes from downtown Austin. The home unfolds across two clean stories: a great room and chef's kitchen anchored on the garden floor, and a private upper wing of bedrooms held among the treetops.

What you notice, eventually, is the silence. The way the rooms hold sound the way good architecture should — softly, generously, without trying.

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Architecture, light, and acreage arrive in equal measure.
An Editor's Note
Chef's kitchen with Carrara marble island and Japanese maple view
Casement window above the sink framing a Japanese maple
Chapter I
The Kitchen

A working room, drawn in marble.

A Carrara island anchors the daily rhythm of the home. Espresso cabinetry runs full-height to the ceiling; integrated appliances disappear into millwork. A wide casement window above the sink frames a single Japanese maple, lit each spring like a chandelier.

The room opens directly to the great room, breakfast nook, and pool terrace beyond — an open plan executed with restraint, not flourish.

  • Honed Carrara island, oversize
  • Integrated Miele appliance suite
  • Custom espresso cabinetry
  • Walk-in pantry & service area
Great room with Moravian star pendant and floor-to-ceiling glass

The kitchen, family room and garden share a single, undivided plane of light.

Garden Floor — Looking East
Chapter II
The Living Spaces

Where the indoors politely steps aside.

Three principal gathering rooms — formal living, family room, and an upstairs flex space — share a quiet palette of warm woods, ivory linens, and considered art. French doors fold open onto the pool terrace; the boundary between rooms and grounds softens until it disappears.

It is a house designed for both the dinner of twelve and the Tuesday afternoon spent reading in a single chair.

  • Formal living & family room
  • Floor-to-ceiling glazing
  • Hardwood floors throughout
  • Wood-burning fireplace
Family room with leather seating and wall of windows onto Japanese maples
Built-in millwork in the family room
Primary bedroom with antique chinoiserie screen and treetop windows
Primary bath with limestone and deep soaking tub
Chapter III
The Owners' Retreat

A private wing held among the treetops.

The primary suite occupies its own quiet corner of the upper floor, with a treetop view of mature live oaks and a screen of dappled morning light. The en-suite is a study in restraint — limestone walls, a deep soaking tub framed by garden glass, and a glass-walled walk-in shower kept gloriously simple.

Three additional bedrooms — each with thoughtful proportions, each with its own bath — round out the upper floor.

  • Treetop primary suite
  • Limestone-clad spa bath
  • Walk-in dressing room
  • Three secondary suites
Pool terrace at twilight with sunset sky over Tarrytown

An evening on the terrace, the canopy turning copper above the water.

West Terrace — At Dusk
Chapter IV
The Library

A first-floor study, in olive.

Lined floor to ceiling in custom shelving, with a generous black desk beneath a bank of north-facing windows. The walls are washed in a deep, gallery green; the lighting is soft, scholarly. A natural place to think, to read, or to disappear for an afternoon.

Equally suited to a working-from-home life as to a private library proper — a flexibility increasingly rare in homes of this caliber.

  • Floor-to-ceiling millwork
  • Garden-facing windows
  • Custom desk & built-ins
  • Suited to library or office
Library with olive walls and floor to ceiling shelving
Heated pool and limestone terrace with steel pergola and Japanese maples
Native garden plantings illuminated at twilight
Chapter V
The Grounds

Nearly an acre — a rare luxury this close to the city.

A heated pool and limestone terrace sit beneath a sculptural steel pergola; mature plantings, a pea-gravel reading court, and a generous lawn wrap the home in privacy. A second-floor balcony overlooks the canopy.

Nearly an acre, on a private cul-de-sac, ten minutes from downtown — a combination Tarrytown rarely produces.

  • Heated saltwater pool
  • Limestone terrace & pergola
  • Outdoor kitchen / grill
  • Mature live oak & maple canopy
Aerial view at twilight with downtown Austin in the distance
The Setting

Tarrytown, without compromise.

Long the city's quiet trophy neighborhood, Tarrytown sits between Lake Austin and downtown — minutes from Pease Park, the Austin Country Club, the city's leading independent schools, and the restaurant rooms of West 6th. Few neighborhoods this central retain so much of Austin's original tree canopy. Almost none retain it on a lot of nearly an acre.

Downtown
≈ 8 minutes by car
Lake Austin
≈ 5 minutes
Schools
Casis Elementary · St. Andrew's · St. Stephen's
Position
Private cul-de-sac · 0.88 acre
— I —
Garden Floor

Foyer · formal living · chef's kitchen with Carrara island · breakfast nook · family room · library · powder · service hall.

— II —
Upper Wing

Primary suite with treetop view & spa bath · three secondary bedrooms each en-suite · upstairs flex space · upper balcony.

— III —
The Grounds

Heated saltwater pool · limestone terrace · steel pergola · outdoor grill · pea-gravel reading court · mature canopy & lawn.

— IV —
Distinctions

Cul-de-sac position · 0.88-acre lot · two-car covered parking · zoned HVAC · custom millwork throughout.

Private Inquiries

Available for private viewing by appointment.

Price upon request
Direct Inquiries
Tarrytown · Austin
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