Properties of lifestyle perfection appear so infrequently that it is a pleasure to offer “Fiddle Hill” – a Country Manor Estate in southwest Ridgefield. This spectacular 5.5 acre offering provides a pristine four bedroom Colonial with detached garage/guest cottage. The grounds are simply spectacular with incredible landscaping, lush lawns, a 25’x50’ Wagner gunite pool and beautiful rock outcroppings. Set well away from its approach for ideal privacy, the home offers a private casual elegance for living, entertaining and relaxation. It is also only minutes from Town Center with easy access to points in Westchester, Stamford, and New York City.
The original house was built as a summer home in the late 1920’s for Paul Bernard, a professional violinist from NYC. He built a summer cabin with half round cedar siding giving it the feel of a log cabin and naming it “Fiddle Hill”. By the early ‘60s the property was purchased by Max Kriendler, one of the owners of the 21 Club in Manhattan as his summer residence. He added the swimming pool, improved the grounds and expanded the house. In 1974 the house was acquired by the Stahl’s who were the first residents to live in the house year round and who did an extensive renovation to meet their needs. The property can be recognized by towering Norwegian spruce trees and stone wall along the front grounds. There are expansive lawns and mature flowering shrubs, specimen trees and low maintenance perennial gardens, stone walls, patio and pond.
Some of the highlights that bring the outdoors inside include: solid raised panel cherry doors, woodwork and built-ins; 900 square foot cathedral great room with floor-to-ceiling fieldstone fireplace; library with fireplace and enveloped with large picture windows; kitchen with knotted pine cabinets and breakfast area; huge bluestone patio with elaborate grill for outdoor gatherings; cozy family room with fieldstone chimney and wood-burning stove; two full and one half bath totally updated with top-of-the-line fixtures; master bedroom with 12’ ceilings, fireplace and a wall of windows overlooking the beautifully manicured grounds and pool; and additional bedrooms with garden views. The three car detached and heated garage offers a guest cottage/apartment above and includes a cathedral living room, kitchen, bedroom and newly renovated bath and deck. The improvements that have been completed over the years are extensive and can be provided upon request.
You must visit this gem to appreciate how spectacular it truly is!