The Country Squire

A handsome investment property comprised of 2 beautiful homes and a large, well maintained barn situated on a horseshoe drive on 6+/- countrified commercial acres. The two residences include a classic sprawling country house and an original “corn crib” expanded as a guest, in-law, caretaker's, or rental residence. Together with the large 18th Century barn, later "Victorianized” as the home of the 1860’s Redfield Carriage Shop, these fine structures endow this classic property with particular charm.

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Built in 1794 as the home of Squire Nathan Evarts upon fields encompassed by hand-built stone walls, The Country Squire has served as a fine restaurant, retail shops, and the residence of artists, authors, antique dealers and conservators of fine antiquities.

The 6,000 sq.ft. colonial has original details such as wide-board chestnut floors, hand-planed chestnut beams, antique sash with original window glass, antique doors with hand-wrought iron latches, hand-hewn stone work, and many more original accouterments. Six of its 7 fireplaces are newly outfitted with propane log an additional cast iron propane stove is in the Tea Room, the northern L overlooking the barn and gardens. It housed the restaurant; and the commercial kitchen equipment and two soda systems convey with the sale. A fire alarm system has been recently installed throughout.

The second house is 1,200 sq.ft, 2 bath, 2 bedroom home with a loft that could potentially be a third, living room, dining room, and a galley kitchen. It includes a new Amana refrigerator, stove, stacking washer-dryer, and a wine refrigerator. This building can also be put to commercial use if preferred, as zoning allows for it.

The approximately 2,600 sq. ft. classic carriage barn is home to antiques shops, a restoration/repair workshop, a studio/office, enormous storage capacity and potential for apartments. The classic colonial house and property could readily become a destination wedding and banquet facility while maintaining private living quarters in the original center chimney.

A 100 ft. drilled well produces pristine water, a well protected resource as Killingworth sits within an inverted geologic dome that serves as the watershed for New Haven County. Much of this bucolic town's land is water company property, state park, and forest and land trust, helping to sustain this amazingly countrified town which is so close to so much.

Though a country property, access is convenient to major highways (I-95, I-91, State Highway 9, Routes 80, 81, 79,77, 148, 145, and 154), cities (New Haven, Hartford, New York City, Boston), universities, and prep schools, (Yale, Wesleyan, Quinnipiac University, University of New Haven, Connecticut College, the Hopkins School, Choate, and Cheshire Academy).

An active cultural community abounds: the Yale Repertory Theater, the Shubert Theater, the Katherine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center, the Goodspeed Opera House, the Ivoryton Playhouse, the Norma Terris Theatre, the Toyota Theater, Yale University Art Gallery, the Yale Center for British Art, the Wadsworth Athenaeum, the Florence Griswold Museum of Impressionist Art, the Audibon Arts Center, the Guilford Handcrafts Center, the Essex River Museum, Mystic Seaport, the Mystic Aquarium, and the Pequot Indian Museum.

Lake access is available via both State Park and Forrest as well as ocean beach rights in the neighboring town of Clinton, once part of the town of Killingworth.

All in all, the historic Country Squire offers the discriminating homeowner/investor many facets for rental income and entrepreneurial endeavor. For sale by owner, to a buyer with the potential to close expeditiously, all of this income and fine living potential available to you for only $850,000! Act now!