33 Peaceable Street, Redding, CT 06896

Step back into the grandeur of yesteryear in this gracious Georgian brick colonial built in 1939 for the American novelist and children's author Anne Parrish and her husband, author and editor, Josia Titzell, originally on 125 acres. After Anne's passing in 1957, the Scott sisters (of the Scott Paper family) purchased the home and donated much of the land to the Redding Land Trust, now known as Scott's Preserve. Today, this storied estate includes both the elegant main residence plus the charming circa 1800 cottage on 7.81 acres with two ponds, surrounded by over 200 acres of Redding open space. The main home offers 4,620 square feet, four to five bedrooms, and four full and one half baths with all original details including front to back foyer with sweeping stairway, seven fireplaces, butler's pantry, greenhouse, flower cutting room - even a secret stairway from the first floor library to the second floor sitting room off the primary suite. The elegant formal living and dining rooms, … read more …