311 Burr Hall Rd, Middlebury, CT 06762

THE MOST INCREDIBLE LAND!!! You must see this amazing two story white-washed brick French Provincial house built in 1939. The most exceptional views of deep forests and rolling open fields on 27.88 acres in middlebury and 63 adjacent acres in Watertown which are bisected by Hop Brook. Among its nine total rooms are five bedrooms including a newly upgraded and expanded master suite, three newly upgraded full baths, and two newly upgraded half-baths. The residence features a formal living and dining room, newly upgraded and expanded kitchen, five fireplaces. Common rooms and bedrooms are preserved in original form, including the oak parquet floored parlor. All main floor rooms have rear French doors that lead to a large brick-wall and herringbone redbrick walkway bordered garden. Centered in this landscaper’s dream is a heated pool with a westward infinity view over open fields. This country manor was constructed at the end of the eclectic period of architecture, technically classified as a towered French Eclectic designed by notable architect William Harmon Beers. William Beers, son and namesake of a Brooklyn brownstone architect, was a captain in the First World War. A full upgrade and modernization arrived in 2020. Large gourmet eat in kitchen and all bathrooms were upgraded with period-appropriate fixtures and the kitchen was expanded to include the covered porch with modern appliances. The complete home and master suite was enlarged and remodeled in 2020

William Harmon Beers was inspired by French domestic architecture while stationed in Normandy, similar to many other American architects that spawned the French Eclectic period of architecture upon their return and lasted through the Second World War. Beers studied architecture as an undergraduate at Columbia University (1903), furthered his studied of traditional French and chateau styles at the prestigious Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris (1910), was a fellow of the American Institute of Architects, and served as architecture editor of the New York Herald Tribune 1928-33. The steep pitched hipped roof with minimal eaves and through-the-cornice dormers, characteristic of the French Provincial, received fully warrantied slates in a ratio of 80% Hampton Black, 15% Vermont Weathering Gray/Green, and 5% Vermont Mottled Purple. are updated since 2020. The in-ground oil tank was disposed and replaced with two basement oil tanks feeding the furnace and original steam heating system. Hydronic heating loops were added to service the kitchen extension and master suite.All bathrooms were upgraded with period-appropriate fixtures and the kitchen was expanded to include the covered porch with modern appliances. bathrooms were upgraded with period-appropriate fixtures and the kitchen was expanded to include the covered porch with modern appliances. master suite, once expanded in 1945 as a French Tudor embellishment, was remodeled in 2019 and rebuilt larger with matching brick repurposed from the demolished pool shed to recapture the austere exterior of the authentic original French Eclectic house. The steep pitched hipped roof with minimal eaves and through-the-cornice dormers, characteristic of the French Provincial, received fully warrantied slates in a ratio of 80% Hampton Black, 15% Vermont Weathering Gray/Green, and 5% Vermont Mottled Purple. are updated since 2020. The in-ground oil tank was disposed and replaced with two basement oil tanks feeding the furnace and original steam heating system. Hydronic heating loops were added to service the kitchen extension and master suite. Central air conditioning was added. Electrical supply was upgraded to 200 amps in 2020 by Eversource, with a capacity to increase to 400 ampsCentral air conditioning was added. Electrical supply was upgraded to 200 amps in 2020 by Eversource, with a capacity to increase to 400 amps.