This property is on the market for $4,000,000, listed with Klemm Real Estate.

A fine example of storybook architecture, Cornwall Castle is complete with turrets, gargoyles and griffins, and is set within a 276.5 acre estate in near Cornwall, Connecticut, which was still at rural farming time when it was built in 1921.

100 miles from Manhattan, the European-style manor was built to the vision of New York Socialite, Charlotte Bronson Hunnewell Martin.

It was not her first architectural endeavour, as she was famous for creating Turtle Bay Gardens, an enclave of 19 brownstones in New York that attracted the likes of Katherine Hepburn, who lived there for 60+ years.

The 8767 square foot castle has 7 bedrooms, 5+4 bathrooms, and several magnificent reception rooms with fine period detail, seen in the fireplaces, beamed ceilings, and leaded glass windows.

French doors open out onto extensive stone terraces with fireplaces and courtyards, leading out onto the extensive grounds, where you’ll find a heated swimming pool and pool house with a spa, a 4-stall stable, and miles of trails.

In addition to the main castle, the estate has a 4-bedroom gate house, and a 2-bedroom caretaker’s property.

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