If you’re not lucky enough to be to the manor born, don’t despair! There’s an estate out there for you, assuming you have the buying power to acquire your dream home on steroids. Here are five estate homes that offer history, modern updates, stunning grounds—even a touch of European flair. So, sit back, click and imagine yourself in one of these grand homes. You can dream, right?
$3,495,000 | Montauk
Here’s a chance to own a Carl Fisher-designed estate that has been superbly maintained, and also offers a step back in time. Built in 1925, the European-park-styled grounds include a stone wall, swimming pool, old-growth specimen trees and mature flowering shrubs, a solarium and a guest house. Inside are many authentic details, from the wainscoting panels and stone floors to two tavern-like dining areas featuring stone walls and a stone hearth. Lots of French doors, transoms and a nice reading-nook landing with built-in bookcases. Two bedrooms, two bathrooms.
Listing here.
$7,995,000 | Southampton
Built in 1920, this mini compound offers a five-bedroom house, reimagined from the original, historic barn and an three-level artist’s studio on two acres. The riverbed garden between the two structures was designed by Water Mill sculptor Hal Buckner and Dorothy Lichenstein and features stone bridges and seating areas. Highlights include van elevator and vaulted ceilings with the original exposed rafters in the artist studio, a mezzanine about the open living area that exposes the handsome wood-paneled ceiling, a sauna and numerous skylights.
Open house Aug. 9, 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Listing here.
$23,000,000 | Amagansett
This modern estate, built in 2017, has the panache of an earlier era—think classic summer cottage estate—and all the conveniences of modern living. The seven-bedroom home is sited on 1.2 acres amid natural perennial flower beds, flowering shrubs and specimen trees. Outdoor amenities include both open and covered dining areas, a firepit, a pool-house kitchen entertainment area with seating underneath a pergola, outdoor shower and swimming pool. Inside is a clean, well-lighted place with lots of natural light pouring in, sleek surfaces, a premium-grade chef’s kitchen and some common areas in an open format. Near Indian Wells ocean beach.
Listing here.
$32,750,000 | Southampton
Located on 5.5 acres in the Fordune Association, this 13-bedroom, 9,000-square-foot home, built in 2003, offers room to roam among the gardens and outdoor amenities that include a salt-water swimming pool and pool house, tennis court with pavilion, basketball court and a 2,634-square-foot building outfitted as a state-of-the-art fitness center. Interior highlights include an oversized chef’s kitchen with multiple casual dining options, a natural American and Brazilian walnut flooring and finishes, library with walnut finishes and coffered ceilings, state-of-the-art wine storage, a recreation room with a fireplace and media room and private staff/guests quarters.
Listing here.
$95,000,000 | East Hampton
The 11.2-acre compound, called Briar Patch, combines two adjacent lots and includes private waterfront on Georgica Pond, the original six-bedroom home built in 1931, and a four-bedroom guest cottage built in 1990. Between the two, that’s 13,800 square feet of luxe living space. The main residence was built by Arthur C. Jackson, the architect for the New York Public Library plans and Lasata, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis’s childhood home. Wide-plank wood floors, tons of windows, lots of nooks, crannies and porches for solitude, porches for cocktail hour or reading. Yes, there’s a swimming pool; yes, there’s expansive lawn to the waterfront; yes, you really, really want to live here.
Listing here.
