819 Old Academy Rd, Fairfield, CT 06824

Welcome to the heart of The Hill. This timeless colonial is set amongst a lush, professionally landscaped 2 acre lot. The home boasts a phenomenal floorplan, featuring both intimate & open space. Enjoy a gorgeous, gourmet kitchen w/ huge island open to a breakfast area w/ walls of windows overlooking bluestone patio & yard beyond. From breakfast area to fireplaced family room to front-to-back living room, the home has perfect flow. 1st floor is completed by two 1/2 baths & second laundry. Once upstairs, a spacious master suite w/ enviable bath is joined by 4 add'l bedrooms & 2 updated baths. Media room & bar area in LL. Updated & move-in ready!

Located on the Hill, “in the shadow of the steeple”, this classic colonial is just steps from the Greenfield Hill Congregational Church, founded some fifty years before the United States existed. The church’s most famous pastor was Timothy Dwight, who arrived on the Hill in 1783, and left to become the president of Yale in 1795. Before leaving, he founded the Dwight Academy in a house on the common, the area surrounding the church that later become know as the green and which is the site of the now famous Dogwood Festival. Thanks to the Greenfield Hill Improvement Society and it’s stated mission “to maintain the rural character of Greenfield Hill” Old Academy Road is still a quiet country byroad. This classic colonial, a newcomer, built in 1978, is surrounded by mature trees, and two acres of professionally landscaped shrubbery, gardens and sweeping lawns. It boasts an exceptional floor plan with a flow that offers both intimate and open spaces. The gorgeous kitchen will impress the most discerning chef. It features a huge island and is open to a gathering area with walls of windows and French doors opening to the deck, bluestone terrace and rear yard, perfect for entertaining. Other first floor rooms include a formal dining room plus a living room and family room, both with fireplaces. Five bedrooms on the second floor include a spacious master suite with two walk-in closets and an enviable bath. The other four bedrooms include a full guest suite and three more served by an updated hall bath. A finished lower level media room and bar area complete the picture. Extras include laundry areas on both first and second floors, a powder room off the two-story entrance hall and a rear hallway that gives access to a second half bath, a rear staircase and the attached two-car garage. Although it enjoys the privacy offered by two-acre zoning this location is just minutes away from excellent shopping, restaurants, trains, commuter routes, award winning schools and Fairfield’s five magnificent beaches. A true new England gem just sixty five miles form mid-town Manhattan.