About This Property

Barnhill Farm. For 25 years the home of author Simon Winchester, who wrote 8 books in its c.1812 granary studio in the orchard. A c.1760 & 1840 farmhouse, fully restored with its original floorboards, doors & hardware saved, then a portion of the home thoughtfully opened up and beautifully decorated throughout in 2006. Aga kitchen, vaulted living room with a dual-sided fireplace, screened porch facing the southern sky. Library, morning room, keeping room. 4 bedrooms and 3 baths. 60 acres with 3/4 mile of frontage on a quiet town road, bordering protected forest. Stone walls, orchard, meadow, pine grove, frog pond, a woodland stream and night skies dark enough for Saturn. 2 1/2 hours to the city, 2 centuries from everything else. Read the whole story. Come see what it feels like.