Historic Round Hill Estate
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Major stone gateposts bracket the entrance to this welcoming home. A circular courtyard is at the entrance of this handsome home with a wonderful feeling of history both outside and inside. A classic front door with divided sidelights leads to the center hall with its stairway and a powder room. The gracious living room with a lovely antique fireplace mantel and south and west exposures has french doors to the terrace. It adjoins the beautiful step-down family room with a fireplace and a large bow window. The booklined, 18th century library with a fireplace is the perfect "nestle in" place for winter days with a feeling of timeless warmth. The banquet-sized dining room has a fireplace and three exposures, and all of these rooms have this house's signature wide-board floors with butterfly notching which is such a part of its character. There is a solarium or an office with high southerly views and the kitchen complex with a large butler's pantry includes the south-facing kitchen - truly a country kitchen - a room used as a studio plus a maid's room and a bath. Upstairs is a sitting area adjoining the master suite which has a high ceiling, a fireplace, a solarium sitting area and a bathroom. There are two other bedrooms with fireplaces (one also has a sitting room) and a wing with a playroom and several smaller bedrooms, plus there is a neat third-floor bedroom and a bathroom. The two-room cottage with a porch is ideally suited for use as a pool house as it overlooks the virtually new pool by Wagner. Garaging is for six cars and there is a greenhouse. The grounds are magnificent with lovely distant views, picturesque old stone walls, marvelous flowering trees, lush lawns and open meadows. This glorious property is part of the history of Greenwich and it has a true country feel with a sense of real permanence that is so hard to find.
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