A wooden post and rail ranch fence encloses the field where the house is located.
LANDSCAPING
Pine and plane trees are planted for shade near the house and screening from the highway on the west side. Wisteria is planted for the trellis over the terrace on the west side of the house to shield it from the afternoon sun. In the immediate vicinity of the house, vinca minor (periwinkle) is used as ground cover.
INTERIOR FEATURES
The Tobey House contains 2,062 square feet of floor space.
Room arrangements for the original structure and following the addition in 1957 are shown in figure 15.
Interior walls are of vertical cypress paneling, and floors are wooden parquet. Ceilings have exposed beam and plank construction.
Interior features when Mrs. Tobey was in residence included wood carvings from a Scandinavian sailing ship salvaged when it sank off the New England Coast.
Woodburning fireplaces are located in the living room of the original portion of the house (now used as a study) and the living room of the 1957 addition.
The house is centrally heated with radiant heat from the floor. No central air conditioning was provided in the original portion; but, when the addition was built in 1957, central air conditioning was provided for it and ducts were extended into the living room of the original portion. Window air-conditioning units were installed in the bedrooms.