single family home for sale

About the Home

ONE OF NEW CANAAN'S FINEST ESTATE PROPERTIES. A peaceful, private refuge sited high on Oenoke Ridge offering panoramic distant views. Over 5 park-like acres overlooking the New Canaan Reservoir and surrounded by some of New Canaan's finest estates and country properties. Spectacular grounds featured in multiple magazines & garden tours, and recipient of several landscape design awards. A tranquil, bucolic backdrop combining a natural stone hardscape with an array of specimen plantings and a wildflower meadow with trail. Pool with spa flanked by a pergola-covered dining terrace & an outdoor stone fpl. Mature, producing apple orchard&peaceful perennial garden w/terrace &water feature. Intriguing&dramatic renovated 19th Century barn converted by the Hobbs family retaining original antique hand hewn beams&details while incorporating more recent updates from architects Lousie Brooks and Joeb Moore. Nearly 6400 square feet of impeccably finished living space with high ceilings, exposed posts and beams, random-width floors and walls of windows to capture light & views. Stunning 2-story LR w/massive floor-to-ceiling stone fpl & whimsical catwalk w/shelving creating a 2nd flr library. Sun-filled DR. Fabulous Louise Brooks Kit connects to outdr dining space & Fam Rm. 6 BRS inc. 1stFlr Primary Suite/Bat designed by Joeb Moore. Gym &RecRms. Lg deck&expansive lawns for outdr entertaining. Det 3-car Garage w/2nd Flr Office/Great rm plus Guest Suite. Sep drive provides addl parking.Rare!