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Ile de France, formerly Haywire House and Birch Grove, is an extraordinary estate set on 12.

769 Route 100
Yorktown, NY 10598

Listing

Web ID:5810271
Website:https://www.nestseekers.com/5810271

Property

Ownership: For Sale
Type: Single Family
Rooms: 16
Bedrooms: 7 BR
Bathrooms: 7
Area: 6995 sq ft
Lot Size: 12.1 Acres

Financials

Price:$3,495,000
Annual Taxes:$46,024.94

Description

Ile de France, formerly Haywire House and Birch Grove, is an extraordinary estate set on 12.14 very private acres in Yorktown Heights. Approached by a sweeping drive, the property offers exceptional privacy, character, and a rare sense of grandeur. The main residence features a gracious foyer, formal dining room, book-lined living room/library with marble fireplace and library ladder, adjoining game room, multiple ensuite bedrooms, a three-floor elevator, and a second parlor opening to an expansive terrace with fountain and direct access to the indoor/outdoor conservatory pool. A Massive eat-in Kitchen with two sink stations, a breakfast room, a corridor of storage plus a half bath & large Laundry. There is also a suite of rooms - two bedrooms, full bath and dining/living/playroom. Out the Kitchen door, there is a two-car garage with a full unfinished second floor with windows. A porte-cochere connecting the garage to the Kitchen helps with our bundles - whether Children or packages. Two guest outbuildings complete the estate. Full House Generator. Additional adjacent 10.34 acres available MLS #H6302034. Photos are virtually staged. Rooms, Kitchen, Baths & square footage does not include the two cottages. The property was once the country estate of Pamela Digby Churchill Hayward Harriman, daughter of a Baron, whose husbands included Winston Churchill’s son Randolph Churchill, Leland Hayward, the celebrated talent agent and producer behind South Pacific, My Fair Lady, and The Sound of Music, and W. Averell Harriman, diplomat, statesman, and Governor of New York. Named "Ile de France" by the current owners after the French Line ship where they first met, the estate has welcomed notable guests including the Kennedys, Frank Sinatra, Henry Fonda, and James Stewart, adding a remarkable chapter of history to an exceptional private residence.

Amenities

  • Accessible Elevator Installed
  • Bath
  • Building Security
  • Built-in Features
  • Cable Connected
  • Chefs Kitchen
  • Courtyard
  • Crown Molding
  • Dishwasher
  • Dryer
  • Eat-in Kitchen
  • Electricity Connected
  • Elevator
  • Entrance Foyer
  • Family Room
  • First Floor Bedroom
  • First Floor Full Bath
  • Formal Dining
  • Garden
  • Granite Counters
  • High ceiling
  • Juliet Balcony
  • Kitchen Island
  • Living Room
  • Mailbox
  • Master Downstairs
  • Natural Gas Connected
  • Oil Water Heater
  • Pantry
  • Phone Connected
  • Primary Bathroom
  • Propane
  • Refrigerator
  • Soaking Tub
  • Storage
  • Trash Collection Private
  • Walk Through Kitchen
  • Washer
  • Washer/Dryer Hookup
  • Water Connected
  • Wood Burning
  • Complete with a Large Terrace and an Indoor/Outdoor Heated Conservatory Pool (Virtually Enhanced)
  • If you are looking for Privacy, this exquisite Estate is still close to town, shopping, across Croton Lake from Katonah, Medical Centers, main roads &
  • Gracious Entry with a walk in closet, powder room and a huge coat room on the way down the hall to 1st Primary Suite.
  • The Gateway to the 3 floor Elevator, Kitchen, Dining Room & Library (Virtually Staged although that is how it was before!)
  • Views to the terrace below. Freshly Refinished Floors. (Vitually Staged - Except for Books & drapes))
  • Complete with Library Ladder! Entry to former Game/Music Room
  • Former Music Room. With wrap around window seating.(Virtually Staged)
  • French Doors & swing door to Kitchen. Newly refinished floors.
  • With dining area at the end and two sink stations
  • Two Bedroom Suite w/full Bath & living space to the right & down the Hall
  • Door out from Kitchen and Bedroom door in Suite
  • Living Area to 2 Bedroom Suite. Full Bath behind closed door.
  • Sunny Morning Room! (Virtually Staged)
  • Wing to the Hexagon Bedroom. Original Primary on The Main Floor(Virtually Staged)
  • Main Floor Original Primary Suite Hexagon Bedroom Wing. Dressing Room with Built-Ins. Spiral Staircase down to another Hexagon Room with Bath and door
  • Main Floor Original Primary Ensuite Bedroom (Virtually Staged)
  • Up to second Primary Suite & down to the Lower Level PLUS a 3 Floor Elevator!
  • 2nd Floor Primary Suite Balcony View down to the Gardens, Terrace & Conservatory Pool
  • With Juliette Balcony, 2 baths, a hall of closets (Virtually Staged)
  • with Jacuzzi Bath
  • To LL Great Room, Elevator, Walk in Closets, Ensuite Bedrooms & Conservatory Pool  (Virtually Staged)
  • On the Lower Level with door out to Gardens, Terrace & Pool. (Virtually Staged)
  • Ensuite Bedroom on Lower Level with walk in closet
  • On Lower Level with a hall of Closets & a Full Bath. (Virtually Staged)
  • Or Bedroom on The Lower Level with door out to Patio. This wing has a full bath & walk in Closets. (Virtually Staged)
  • ..to the Conservatory Pool, Full Bath & Changing Room
  • Indoor/Outdoor Heated Conservatory Pool
  • Garden with Fountain & Terrace
  • Hexagon Wing
  • LL Of Hexagon Wing
  • Ile De France is up off the Western Shore of Croton Lake
  • Porte Cochere / Covered Entry between Kitchen & Garage
  • Back view of Side of Garage with additional parking
  • 2nd floor of the garage
  • 2 Bedroom Guest Cottage ready for finishing
  • 2 Bedroom Teahouse Guest House
  • Living Area in Teahouse Guest House (Virtually Staged)
  • Primary Bedroom with slider out to patio in Teahouse Guest House (Virtually Staged)
  • Kitchen in Teahouse Guest House with patio out the back door
  • 2nd Bedroom in Teahouse Guest House
  • Back of Property
  • Sign discovered from the time of Averill & Pamela Harriman
  • Automated Entry Gates
  • Home is filled with walkin closets, Halls of Closets & a corridor of Pantry Space.
  • Main Floor & Garage
  • Primary Bedroom Suite on 2nd Floor plus plan of Loft over Garage
  • Plan of Lower Level Great Room, Ensuite Bedrooms & Conservatory Pool Wing
  • Floor Plan of Teahouse Guest House

Contact

Bridgehampton, NY
2415 Montauk Highway PO Box 742, Bridgehampton, NY 11932
Phone: +1 631-353-3427
Fax: +1 631-614-7858
hamptonsinfo@nestseekers.com
Listing Courtesy of Houlihan Lawrence Inc.
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