Nuits, Estate of the Day

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed)
Aug 14th 2008 at 1:02PM

Today's home, the famous Nuits in Irvington, New York was built as a summer home by textile importer Francis Cottenet in 1853. The home is made of brick faced with Caen stone, a light yellow limestone from northwestern France near the city of Caen and brought to America in Cottenet's ships. The home was built in two stages with the north extension including a Lord and Burnham conservatory added on in 1860. The home was designed by architect Detlef Lienau, and in 1980 was placed under the protection of the National Trust for Historic Preservation as a place of significant historical importance. Nuits is 14,000 sq. ft. on 4.78 acres that include a carriage house with two-car garage, swimming pool and utility shed. The main house includes 10 bedrooms, 12 fireplaces, 16 sets of French doors, living room, dining room ad the original ballroom which is now the gourmet kitchen, dining area and family room, billiard room, gym, butlers pantry room and of course, the light-filled conservatory. Nuits is listed at $14.25 million.

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Rich Aug 14th 2008 2:01PM

Now, THIS is an "estate."

Glorious.

Spectacular Bid Aug 14th 2008 7:11PM

Beautiful and classy .. no basketball court, no mega flatscreen tv in every room, tasteless Ikea 'furniture' mixed with Ethan Allen, no overly glossy faux woods that scream plastic even if its not, no mismatched color schemes, no 10-car garage front and center afixed to the house like some trophy.

Simply fine design, craftsmanship, high quality furnishings and proper dimensions for each room. Homes like this are seemingly now fewer by each year.