You can’t beat the asking price, but to own a historic Weare home, someone had better have a large trunk.

The 100-year-old house located at Country Three Corners is available for free to anyone who wants it, although to be preserved, the home also needs a new address.

“We don’t want to tear it down; we’d like to move it. The clincher is that it’s free but has to be moved,” said Country Three Corners owner Jerry Shinn. “It’s not going to be simple, but we’re hoping to find someone who appreciates the architecture and would be willing to do that.”

Shinn said he is looking to expand the business, and likely cannot do so with the house, which dates back to about the 1850s, on the property.

The house’s unique architecture has made it stand out, as it has triangular peaks that stand above the rest of the roof. It is that same architecture that Weare building inspector Chip Meany said will make it difficult to move the structure.

“The problems with moving it are its height. It won’t clear the majority of power lines. Moving a building requires a lot to start, you have to jack it up and move it onto a trailer. You’d have to take power lines down,” said Meany. “In my opinion it would cost more to move it than to build a new house.”

Shinn said he has been given an estimate of about $50,000 to move the house, with additional fees to shut down power lines.

Despite charges that would increase the moving expense, Shinn said he believes it would be worthwhile for anyone interested in moving the house.

“It’s a beautiful house, and you’ll never find a house built like that again. It’s laid out so nicely. The benefits are that someone could live in a house you couldn’t reproduce today,” he said. “We were hoping we’d find someone before this summer and fall to get it moved.”

Meany said he thinks the house would be worth moving for someone with specific interests.

“If you’re only moving it a short distance it may be worth it. I think (moving) it would be more than it’s worth unless it was someone like a collector,” he said.

Although he said he doesn’t want to knock the house down, Shinn said it is a possibility.

“I don’t know what the outcome will be. If we can’t move it, we’ll look to incorporate it into the expansion,” said Shinn. “But if we can’t do that we may have to look to knock it down.”