A South of Broad house that served as the rectory of St. Michael’s Church from 1885 to 1927 sold for $7 million, the highest-priced home sale publicly reported in the Charleston, South Carolina metro area for the week ending August 16, 2026.
The week’s five highest-priced reported sales combined for $21.05 million and span South of Broad, Mount Pleasant, Sullivans Island and Rushland Plantation on Johns Island, with the two leading closings both at South of Broad addresses.
The houses behind them date from 1820, 1940, 1960, 2011 and 2024, and grounds by Charleston landscape architect Sheila Wertimer appear at both the second- and fifth-ranked properties.
No. 1 — $7,000,000 · 22 Lamboll St, Charleston, South Carolina
The rectory of St. Michael’s Church between 1885 and 1927, the house at 22 Lamboll St sold for $7,000,000 on August 14, 2026, the highest reported price anywhere in the metro area that week. Built circa 1820 and restored since, it carries four bedrooms and six bathrooms across a reported 6,456 square feet.
Grand rooms with mantled fireplaces and ornate moldings run through the house, and front piazzas span all three of its main floors. An elevator serves those levels, and the finished fourth floor above them is laid out to work as a home office, an exercise room or a playroom. A driveway with an electronic gate reaches the property, which previously changed hands for $4,100,000 in 2021.
Lois Lane Properties held the listing on the week’s highest-priced reported home sale in the Charleston metro area, which ranked No. 1 in RealtyWire’s Charleston Metro Area Top 5 for the week ending August 16, 2026. The individual listing agent could not be verified for publication, and RealtyWire invites the professionals involved to confirm their credit.
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No. 2 — $4,295,000 · 67 S Battery St, Charleston, South Carolina
A 1940 house at 67 S Battery St, in the South of Broad neighborhood, changed hands for $4,295,000 in an August 11, 2026 closing, the second-highest reported price in the Charleston metro area that week. Renovated throughout, it holds three bedrooms and three bathrooms across a reported 3,050 square feet.
A Sheila Wertimer garden surrounds the house, alongside off-street parking and a recently built garden folly that adds dry storage for a golf cart and bicycles. Formal rooms and a kitchen overlooking a large family room fill the main level, and the primary suite upstairs has three walk-in closets. The property previously changed hands for $3,125,000 in 2023.
Carriage Properties LLC held the listing on a sale that closed at its full asking price and ranked No. 2 in RealtyWire’s weekly Charleston Metro Area Top 5. The individual agent who carried the listing could not be confirmed, and RealtyWire welcomes that confirmation from the professionals involved.
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No. 3 — $4,200,000 · 507 McCants Dr, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
In Mount Pleasant, a house completed in 2024 at 507 McCants Dr recorded an August 12, 2026 closing at $4,200,000, third among the week’s reported metro area sales. Built near the Old Village and Shem Creek, it pairs brick with bluestone accents and counts five bedrooms and six bathrooms across a reported 4,035 square feet.
A nine-foot mahogany door and a gas lantern open onto a foyer with eleven-foot ceilings. Calacatta Belgia marble, a central island and Thermador appliances fit out the kitchen, which hides a scullery behind cabinet doors. Two primary suites serve the house, the upstairs one topped by cypress shiplap, and accordion glass doors open the back to a saltwater pool, an outdoor kitchen and a cabana with a wood-burning fireplace.
Smith Spencer Real Estate held the listing on the third-highest reported home sale in the Charleston metro area for the week, at $4,200,000. The individual listing agent is not identified in the records available to RealtyWire and is invited to have the credit added. The property previously changed hands for $590,000 in 2021, before the current residence was completed in 2024.
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No. 4 — $3,000,000 · 3121 Middle St, Sullivans Island, South Carolina
A 0.40-acre property at 3121 Middle St on Sullivans Island sold for $3,000,000 on August 12, 2026, the fourth-highest reported price in the metro area for the week. It sits a few steps from the beach and from the Revolutionary and Civil War sites at Breach Inlet.
Live oaks frame the perimeter and screen the lot from neighboring houses, while its center is open ground. According to the listing, the site carries the potential for views of the Intracoastal Waterway, Breach Inlet and the ocean. The 1960 house on it, with three bedrooms and two bathrooms at a reported 1,276 square feet, can serve as a residence while plans for a new one are drawn.
East Islands Real Estate held the listing on the fourth-ranked transaction in RealtyWire’s Charleston Metro Area Top 5 for the week ending August 16, 2026. RealtyWire was unable to confirm the individual agent on the listing side and invites that agent to claim the credit.
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No. 5 — $2,550,000 · 1518 Bower Ln, Johns Island, South Carolina
At 1518 Bower Ln in Rushland Plantation on Johns Island, a 2011 custom house built for its river views brought $2,550,000, with the closing dated August 14, 2026. It is recorded with four bedrooms and five bathrooms across a reported 4,241 square feet.
Listing materials identify Beau Clowney and LFK Architects as the designers and Whitney Projects as the builder. The house stands on the Stono River, its rooms positioned to take in the water, with screened porches totaling more than 1,000 square feet across the back and a living room fireplace wrapped in honed Carrara marble.
An island in honed Calacatta Gold marble anchors the kitchen, where a port window above the sink faces the river. Sheila Wertimer laid out the grounds, and Rushland Plantation is a 500-acre waterfront community with a deepwater dock, a clubhouse and pool and walking trails. The property previously changed hands for $250,000 in 2004, before the current residence was completed in 2011.
The Boulevard Company held the listing on the transaction, which rounded out RealtyWire’s Charleston Metro Area Top 5 for the week ending August 16, 2026. The individual listing agent could not be confirmed at publication, and RealtyWire will add the credit on confirmation.
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RealtyWire selected these transactions from publicly reported residential sales identified for the calendar week ending Sunday, August 16, 2026. The report may exclude private, off-market, delayed or nondisclosed transactions. Prices, property details and professional representation are reported as available at publication and may be updated following confirmation from transaction participants.
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