Spend 'august' at Taylor Swift's now-available former Cape Cod mansion: See residence

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08-05-2025

Spend 'august' at Taylor Swift's now-available former Cape Cod mansion: See residence
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A Cape Cod mansion, "Begin Again" singer Taylor Swift lived in for a summer, is back on the market.
The Grammy-award winning songstress lived at 27 Marchant Avenue in Hyannis Port for a few months in 2012, when she reportedly dated Conor Kennedy, the son of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
The 5,064 square-foot home, which has been on the market for just a few weeks, is currently listed for $14.5 million.
"She purchased (the home)," Robert B. Kinlin, the property's listing agent, told USA TODAY on May 8. "It's no secret that she was dating one of the Kennedy kids. And when that ended, someone else stepped in and bought this, and that person who stepped in and bought it is also selling it now."
Swift's old pad, located in the "heart of Hyannis Port," comes complete with eight bedrooms, seven bathrooms, a "sun-drenched" sunroom, an outdoor pool, guest quarters, a circular driveway and a three-vehicle garage among other amenities.
The waterfront property, offering panoramic views across Nantucket Sound and sitting within eyeline of the famed Kennedy Compound, was also recently remodeled by the couple who purchased the home from Swift.
"Taylor (Swift) had it, it was very nice, but it was older, looking dated," Kinlin said. "This couple breathed new energy and blood into the place. And even though the floor plan is relatively the same, the decorating is very different, very soothing."
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Kinlin, who facilitated the original sale, said he believes Swift lived at 27 Marchant Avenue for between six to eight months while she was dating Conor Kennedy.
The realtor never met Swift; instead, he worked directly with her father, Scott Swift, who was facilitating the negotiations on his daughter's behalf.
"I saw her from a distance, but all the rigmarole that goes along with purchasing a home, I worked with her dad," Kinlin said.
Swift and Conor Kennedy, according to Newsweek, dated from July to October 2012. In an October 2012 interview with The Cape Cod Times, the late Ethel Kennedy, Conor's grandmother, described Swift as "spectacular" and "sensational inside and out."
"You know what she really is? She's game. She had never sailed before; she sailed," Ethel Kennedy said. "She had never gone dragging before; she dragged. She played anything that everyone else was doing. And she was good at it, and no fuss. And I'm happy that we'll be neighbors. I'm thrilled.'
The couple split that fall due to "distance," an insider told US Weekly at the time. But she reportedly forever immortalized her time at Cape Cod with the Kennedys with two tracks: "Starlight" and "Begin Again," both on 2012 album "Red."
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The landmark estate, which looks relatively the same, was "redone," Kinlin said.
"The architect and the builder did a terrific job of maintaining the era that the house was built, which was 1928, and keeping the inside and the outside of the property kind of like quintessential Cape Cod," Kinlin said. "It's very appealing on the inside and it's very appealing on the outside."
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