Sold - Round Hill
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Stone gateposts border the driveway leading to the entrance courtyard. Broad steps lead to the beautiful oak front door opening to the panelled center hall with a bay window, a telephone room, one of two powder rooms and a handsome stairway. The front-to-back living room has a panelled wall around the fireplace, a window bay and a beamed ceiling. A book-lined circular hallway with a domed ceiling leads to the library, superbly panelled in exotic wood from Africa. The step-down, two-story stone garden room with a fireplace has window seats, a wet bar and access to a cheerful main-floor exercise room. The formal dining room has a beamed ceiling. The family room with a fireplace, built-in cabinetry, window seats, a beamed ceiling and surround sound opens to the lovely kitchen with handsome cabinetry, a breakfast area and a pantry. Upstairs, the landing hallway has a subtle stained-glass skylight and the front-to-back master suite has a fireplace, two dressing rooms and a heated floor in the superb bathroom with a comfortable English bathtub and a separate shower stall. Each of the three additional bedrooms has a similar bathroom, and there is a stairway to the attic. The lower level has a second family room with surround sound for the television, a pool changing bathroom, a mudroom adjoining the heated two-car garage, a laundry room and a stone-floored mahogany wine cellar. There is also a private staff bedroom and bathroom. The systems are all new with a super efficient, 7-zone hydro-air system, new plumbing and wiring throughout the house and a generator. The guest house has a fireplace in the living room with built-in bookcases, a wet bar, a bedroom and a new bathroom, and there is a porte cochere for two cars. The noted architect, Mac Patterson, designed this home which is really all new, finished in 2004, after a two-and-one-half year reconstruction on the template of the 1930s. The roofs are new, thick slate, the gutters are lead coated, the walls are six coats of plaster, the exterior has new stucco, the windows are insulated glass and even the dog house is heated. This special home in the heart of mid-country has the best of old and new with quality which is the result of a wonderful synergy of the owner and the architect.
For the best in Greenwich, please contact David Ogilvy & Associates 203-869-9866. |
