Belle Haven Shingle Style on Lovely Land
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The complete privacy from the street is unusual in Belle Haven. An inviting columned verandah for
gamboling in warm weather stretches across the southern façade, and it extends across the front to
shelter the handsome front door with divided lights. The center hall with a powder room has a broad
stairway and it opens to the living room with a fireplace, bookcases and a wide bay window with glass
doors to the terrace, and the formal dining room also has a bay window. The heart-of-the-house is the
wonderful family room/country kitchen, a large room with wooden beams, country-style wood cabinetry with
thick countertops, a breakfast area with lovely painted scenes (the refrigerator front was done by the
same artist), a center island with stools, wide-board floors, a fireplace, glass doors to the expansive
terrace, a homework area for supervised study, a well-organized mudroom and a bar. A square panelled
hallway with a wet bar and a lighted display case opens to two panelled libraries, one with a fireplace
and french doors to the verandah and a bay window. The other library is an office with a bay window and
a desk area which can be hidden by sliding pocket doors. There is also a bedroom and a bath as a ground-floor
guest room which has an outside door as a pool house. Upstairs is a luxurious master suite with a fireplace
in the sunny sitting area with bookcases, a fabulous bathroom with a large bathtub and a steam shower, lovely
hand-painted scenic walls, a computer area and ample walk-in closets. There are three additional bedrooms,
two with bay windows, and two-and-one-half bathrooms plus a huge two-story media room with three exposures,
clerestory windows and glass doors to an expansive deck with an electric awning. The lower level has a playroom
and a wine cellar. The heated pool has an automatic cover and the grounds are beautiful.
For the best in Greenwich, please contact David Ogilvy & Associates 203-869-9866. |
