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The One and Only 50 Acre Waterfront Estate in Gre

Enjoyed by the noted Lauder Greenway family from their purchase of it in 1traordinary Great Estate has no peers in Greenwich, as the second to last one win 1954. There simply are no more in existence. This incomparable estate, mean high water, owns two islands and altogether they have a total of almshorefront, amazing views, extraordinary walled gardens, unbelievable priva

pool with a spa, a beach, a grass tennis court, a superb greenhouse, a stone cand a cottage in a totally convenient and quiet location.


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The 1800 oot driveway with beautiul cobblestone gutters winds through woods and lawns to the entranstone towers bracket the ront door and the upstairs balcony. The grand paneled entrance room and stairwwith a replace and goes ront to back to the wonderul screened or glassed porch with open panoramas o

The main rooms have 12 oot ceilings, including the living room with a beautiul carved replace and Frenc

solarium with a coered ceiling with plaster detailing and three exposures, the paneled library with a replace

with curved glass and bookcases, and the dining room with a replace, a tracery ceiling and paneling in ric

It adjoins the kitchen and a wing with an enormous skylight, as well as the long oval amily room with a rep

window. A wide hall leads to the main bedrooms including a master suite with a replace, a sleeping porch, amarble bathroom. The ve other bedrooms include two oval bedrooms (one with a replace), one with a re

porch, and two with access to a large balcony. The third foor has our bedrooms and a sta wing plus stair

room. The lower level includes the original sta kitchen with a dumb waiter, a sitting room, a wine cellar, one

and ample room or activities. The pool house is octagonal with dressing and bath acilities adjoining the 75

14 sides, an enormous spa and large terraces the views are a treat, as they are rom the grass tennis court w

ing pergola The stone carriage house complete with a clock tower and a large upstairs with lovely water vie

The One and Only 50 Acre Waterfront Estate in Gre


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Copper Beech FarmProperty Details

The Estate

Situated on a private peninsula, the estatespans 50.6 acres and includes two offshoreislands.

The property has almost a mile of shorefront. From its vantage point 40 feet above mean

high water, the estate is graced with

panoramic vistas of Long Island Sound.

Located a short five minute drive off the mainInterstate-95 highway, Copper Beech Farm issituated next to Mead Point, a private

association with some of Greenwich's most prominent estates.

Handsome gates open to a 1,800-foot-long tree-lined driveway with impressive cobleading to the main house.

Copper Beech Farm is replete with 75-foot-long heated pool with a hot tub, a grass octagonal pool house, a carriage house, an apple orchard, two greenhouses, and a g

The magnificent formal gardens are maintained by a former horticulturalist of the NBotanical Gardens.

The Offering

The land is owned in two parcelsa 20-acre property and a 30-acre property. Of the propertys 50.6 acres, 45 acres are designated under Connecticuts Public Act

encourages the preservation of farm, forest and open space land in the public intereallows the property to be taxed at its current use value rather than the fair market v

Independent appraisals have valued the combined property at well over US$200 mi

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The residence spans 15,000 square feet ofliving space, along with an additional 7,000

square feet of basement and attic space.

A spacious dining room with an elaborateceiling, a solarium, and an elevator that

connects the three floors grace the main

house. On the second floor, a glass door leads to a

front balcony with exceptional views.

The lower level includes the original staffkitchen with a dumb waiter, sitting room,

wine cellar, and laundry facilities.

The third floor has a staff wing plus stairs to an enormous top floor that could be comany uses.

Provenance

The Lauder Greenway family, co-founders of U.S. Steel with Andrew Carnegie, moveCentury home in 1904. It has since served as a weekend retreat by the current owne

acquired the landmark estate in the 1980s.

Copper Beech Farm is the largest waterfront parcel to come on the market in Greethan a half century.

The estate is named after the large copper beech trees on the property.


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