The longtime Roxbury, Connecticut, home of the late composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim has found its first new owner in about four decades. The Broadway legend bought the abode in 1980 and used it as a quiet retreat from his native New York City, spending more and more time at the historic Colonial up until his 2021 death on the premises, Curbed reported. According to the New York Post, the white clapboard house hit the market in November and officially sold last week for its full asking price of $3.25 million.
Spanning nine acres, the wooded property hosts a one-bedroom pool house and a detached garage in addition to the 3,700-square-foot three-bedroom home, which was built in 1792. At the top of a small set of wooden steps, the front door of the wood shingled residence is protected by a portico and painted forest green, matching the verdant landscaping that surrounds it.
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The walls of the entry hall are a cheery pastel lemon-lime hue. Wide-plank hardwood floors are lit by gridded sidelight windows on either side of the old front door.
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Graham Klemm of Klemm Real Estate told the New York Post that the antique home was “lovingly restored and expanded under Sondheim’s watchful eye,” and it shows. The living room sports a tasteful exposed beam cathedral ceiling, parquet floors, an old stone fireplace, and stained glass windows. Another fireplace warms the dwelling’s formal dining room, which is clad in a subtle gray-and-white striped wallpaper. Other features of the countryside residence include a rustic wood-paneled office, a sunlit music room, and a spacious sunroom with old stone floors and ivory wainscoting.
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