Handsome white gates open to the driveway and walled courtyard. A Palladian window is over the pedimented front entrance, while there is a second entrance under a side portico. The front-to-back gallery center hall is memorable with a lovely oval stairhall and curving stairway up to the matching second-floor gallery hall and french doors opening to the west-facing verandah. The inviting living room has superb hand-carved detailing around the fireplace, classical moldings, long windows, quarter-sawn oak floors and 10-foot ceilings, all of which continue through the house. The mahogany panelled, booklined library has a matching fireplace and the dining room is formal with wainscoting and doors to a verandah opening to the flagstone terrace, while there are two powder rooms off the hall. The family room with a fireplace is ideally placed for access to the country kitchen with a large island, a charming breakfast room with three exposures, a cozy office, raised panel cabinetry, a door to the terrace and a butler’s pantry in warm butternut wood. Upstairs (also with an elevator) is the master suite with a fireplace, a sun-filled dressing room with enormous walk-in closets, a fireplace in the gorgeous nickel-appointed whirlpool bathroom with a steam shower, and a sitting room. The five additional en suite bedrooms have walk-in closets, and there is a panelled laundry, a billiards room and additional expansion area. Garaging is for five cars with adjoining mudrooms, and there is a pool house wing with a changing room, a powder room and walls of glass. The exceptional pre-war feeling of this classical home includes hand-carved detailing while there are all the latest technological features for 2009 living. The quality is marvelous, the architecture a treat, the decorating wonderful, the address is the most famous in Greenwich and the protected views are forever.
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