, and her Oscar-winning peer Meryl Streep calls it home today. But before big-time Hollywood names were associated with Greenwich, deep-pocketed families like the Rockefeller’s invested in the bucolic Fairfield County town, specifically, Deer Park, where the ménage owned a 122-acre natural woodland that was maintained as a trotting park with a one-quarter-mile-long racetrack.
The dining room, with space for at least eight, sports candle-like fixtures that set the mood, while a nearby wet bar includes a wine refrigerator. A coffered ceiling hovers over the fireside family room, and tall French doors that fill it with natural light open onto a bluestone terrace. The nearby chef’s kitchen provides all the modern appliances an amateur or professional chef might want, along with a breakfast bar and a separate dining area for casual meals.
Whether entertaining family and friends or quietly relaxing alone, the expansive terrace along the back of the house offers a calm setting amid sculpted plantings and plush, emerald lawns. And for those who absolutely need to make a splash during the summer months, it’s worth noting that there is a pre-approved site for the installation of a pool.Demetrius Simms is a digital staff writer at Robb Report.