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On the Market: Victorian in Fairfield boasts views of Long Island Sound

Meg Barone

FAIRFIELD - The Inn and Restaurant at Shelburne Farms is located on a 1,400-acre working farm along the shores of Lake Champlain and its mission is to promote sustainability and quality of life on earth.

The master bedroom suite features a gas log fireplace, sitting area, built-ins, a walk-in closet and dressing room, and a door to a private balcony. Sadly, the not-for-profit National Historic Landmark, including its 19th-century inn just south of Burlington, Vt., had to close its doors to the public this summer because of COVID-19.
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The master bedroom suite features a gas log fireplace, sitting area, built-ins, a walk-in closet and dressing room, and a door to a private balcony.

Sadly, the not-for-profit National Historic Landmark, including its 19th-century inn just south of Burlington, Vt., had to close its doors to the public this summer because of COVID-19.

In the luxurious master bath there is a fireplace and soaking tub. Fairfield has its own replica of the inn: A Queen Anne-style Victorian house at 1111 Sasco Hill Road in the elegant enclave of Sasco Point in the Sasco neighborhood. While it sits on a modest 3.19-acre level property, comparatively speaking, this house does have its own waterfront as well as stunning water views. Many of the home's 29 rooms have views of Long Island Sound.
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In the luxurious master bath there is a fireplace and soaking tub.

Fairfield has its own replica of the inn: A Queen Anne-style Victorian house at 1111 Sasco Hill Road in the elegant enclave of Sasco Point in the Sasco neighborhood. While it sits on a modest 3.19-acre level property, comparatively speaking, this house does have its own waterfront as well as stunning water views. Many of the home’s 29 rooms have views of Long Island Sound.

In one turret there is an office with a rounded wall of windows and a built-in rounded desk that can accommodate at least two people. This elegant Painted Lady was inspired by the Inn at Shelburne Farms when it was built in 1999 by Mickey Herbert - a former health care industry executive and former owner of the Bridgeport Bluefish professional baseball team, and his wife, Jackie. Lovers of Victorian architecture, this was the Herbert's dream house.
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In one turret there is an office with a rounded wall of windows and a built-in rounded desk that can accommodate at least two people.

This elegant Painted Lady was inspired by the Inn at Shelburne Farms when it was built in 1999 by Mickey Herbert — a former health care industry executive and former owner of the Bridgeport Bluefish professional baseball team, and his wife, Jackie. Lovers of Victorian architecture, this was the Herbert’s dream house.

The home theater has plush seating.
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The home theater has plush seating.

“They worked closely with architect Jack Franzen to design it as authentically Queen Anne as possible, incorporating details such as the earthy exterior colors, steeply pitched slate roof, turrets, corbelled chimneys, cross gables, turned-wood columns and water-view verandas,” the listing agent said.

“Classic elements of the style are abundant on the exterior from the rounded tower, turrets, sweeping verandas, steeply pitched slate roof, corbelled chimneys and turned-wood columns,” she said.

This property features a 20'x40' heated Gunite in-ground swimming pool and spa but is also walking distance to Sasco Beach. And yet, the construction project infused those classic Queen Anne Victorian-style elements with modern-day amenities inside and out including a gourmet kitchen, a vast red brick patio, heated Gunite in-ground swimming pool and spa, fire pit, built-in barbecue with a cooktop, home theater with plush seating, an elevator, and a private apartment with a full kitchen, bedroom, living room, and its own laundry.
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This property features a 20’x40’ heated Gunite in-ground swimming pool and spa but is also walking distance to Sasco Beach.

And yet, the construction project infused those classic Queen Anne Victorian-style elements with modern-day amenities inside and out including a gourmet kitchen, a vast red brick patio, heated Gunite in-ground swimming pool and spa, fire pit, built-in barbecue with a cooktop, home theater with plush seating, an elevator, and a private apartment with a full kitchen, bedroom, living room, and its own laundry.