There are houses, and then there are houses.
This one falls solidly into the latter category.
Set on 30 densely wooded acres in Ridgefield, CT, the Alexander Julian Estate—named for the American clothing designer who owns the property—is a masterpiece of architecture in which no detail was overlooked.
Best known for his signature Colours label and his original design of the NBA’s Charlotte Hornets uniforms in 1988, the designer’s home is now listed for $8.5 million.
The hipped-roof Craftsman style home was inspired by the works of Frank Lloyd Wright and designed in 1992 by renowned architect John Marsh Davis.
Just an hour’s drive from Manhattan, the home—with its 10 bedrooms, seven full bathrooms and two half baths—is nothing short of extraordinary.
Filled with sumptuous wood finishes—a solid mahogany front door, mahogany balusters on the staircases and 11-foot mahogany French doors that flank the 42-foot by 13-foot dining room—the house is simply grand.
The living room has a six-foot Rumford fireplace—a tall and shallow fireplace that reflects more heat and warms rooms more efficiently—surrounded by massive mahogany moldings, along with floor-to-ceiling mahogany bookcases.
This is, clearly, the anchor of this stately mansion.
The kitchen, with its glass-front cabinets designed an extra 6 inches deep to accommodate the countertops and sinks, is outfitted with twin 36-inch Viking ranges and a SubZero freezer, as well as black Vermont slate countertops. There’s a dramatic plate rack that spans the length of the room and offers a homey feel quite unexpected in such an elegant home.
The master bedroom has a pine-paneled ceiling with mahogany beams, a separate dressing room and an en-suite bath with a luxurious steam shower and a charming claw-foot bathtub.
The grounds are rounded out with a 3,000-square-foot guesthouse, two ponds (stocked for fishing pleasure), a pool, tennis courts and a greenhouse.
Truly special, the home is presented by REALTOR® David B. Everson of William Raveis Real Estate.
In addition to his work for the original Charlotte NBA franchise, Alexander Julian also did uniform design work for the men’s basketball team at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill back in the early 1990s.
Furthermore, Julian was the costume designer for the 1992 Robert Altman film, “The Player,” and he won five Coty Awards before the honor was discontinued in the mid-1980s.
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