The patina of this noted home with a Ludowici roof is breathtaking. A subtle arched portico shelters the oak front door opening to the grand center hall with a beamed ceiling, a broad stairway, and wide gallery halls with bowed ceilings plus there is an elevator. The magnificent step down living room has a fireplace, a beamed ceiling, and south facing banks of windows, and the beautifully proportioned dining room has a fireplace, a westerly bow window and french doors to the covered flagstone terrace. The generous step down library with a fireplace was built around superb antique English panelling with a lovely south facing bow window, while the family room also with a fireplace has sunny views of the garden. A classic butlers pantry leads to a large kitchen with adjoining rooms for the laundry and lots of storage. The master suite with a dressing room and bathroom adjoins a second bedroom with a bathroom - currently these are used as a luxurious two bath master suite. There are four additional en suite main bedrooms, a four room staff wing, and a third floor with several bedrooms, bathrooms and a sunny exercise room. The scale of this house is perfection with grand, yet subtle proportions, the plaster work is unbelievable, the floors and detailing are amazing, and the property is memorable, maintained to the best of all standards. It has been the center of major entertaining of world figures for many years and is ready to continue family life or entertaining in the most wonderful ambiance on 8.75 acres of superbly landscaped grounds.

Listing courtesy of: DAVID OGILVY AND ASSOCIATES