Connecticut English Gardens!

Connecticut English Gardens!

Connecticut English Gardens!

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New Canaan, Connecticut, a one-hour commute from Manhattan, is a town with a lot of history. Always considered one of the wealthiest enclaves in the country, that reputation started when the first rail line came through and wealthy New Yorkers started building their summer mansions there. In time, they began living in New Canaan full time and commuting to Manhattan. It was a town of tradition and all that was old world until the modern explosion took place from the 1940s through the 1960s when the Harvard Five invaded the city. Young architects Philip Johnson, Marcel Breuer, Landis Gores, John M. Johansen and Eliot Noyes ascended and began building their "outlandish" homes. Fogies were in shock and horror as houses with great expanses of glass and open floor plans began popping up. There were eighty of these new fangled houses, twenty of which have now been torn down, that put New Canaan on the architectural map. The city has since been the setting for film, books and the home base of "preppy" style.

Now for sale is a 15,000-square-foot English Arts and Crafts/American Shingle-style residence on 3.71 acres with English gardens, swimming pool terrace, tennis court with viewing platform and a walled children’s playground. Elegantly appointed, the home includes Chesney’s fireplaces, formal and family rooms, theater, six bedrooms and eight baths, a crafts room, 3,800-bottle wine cellar, yoga studio, exercise room and massage room. There are even his-and-hers garages. For more information.

New Canaan mansion with professionally designed English gardens and fountains, with elegant interior where no amenity was spared. Priced at $9.65 million.

Source: www.williampitt.com