29 Old Orchard Rd, North Haven, CT 06473

You'll love the the spacious comfort of this wonderfully welcoming home, an elegant five-bedroom colonial set on park-like grounds. The area, once a peach orchard, was bought by A. C. Gilbert for homes for his two daughters. (A footpath existed there running directly to his home on Ridge Road.) Though not one of the daughters homes, this house was commissioned by Gilbert at the same time and was designed and built by architect Richard H. S. Booth, and has been passed down in the same family since 1936, true testimony to its comforts. It bears the embellishments of beautifully hand-carved wood trim around its many archways and doors, starting at the front door, gleaming hardwood floors and wonderful over-size windows that let in the light everywhere. The one addition that was made is a sensational, vault-ceilinged Family Room adjacent to the Living Room that was added by a second architect in 1996. You enter this great house through a large formal foyer which leads separately to a long, wide Living Room with a welcoming fireplace and to a spacious Formal Dining Room that opens onto a terrace and the garden. Flanking the fireplace are beautiful glass-paneled doors leading to the Family Room, a magnificent, vault-ceilinged space with sleek custom cabinetry and doors that open to a terrace that invites summer party overflow. Upstairs, bedrooms galore and two large baths. Outside, grounds planted with flowering bushes and trees. The two-car garage has automatic openers.