764 East Hill Rd New Marlborough, MA 01259

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On the crest of Woodruff Mountain, moments from The Southfield Store, York Lake, and area amenities, a classic country estate awaits. Its centerpiece is a stately 5BR, 5000sf, c. 1798, Georgian-Federal home, set on a 232-acre property encompassing a 3, 550sf historic barn, smaller barns & run-ins, gardens & green house, Gunite pool & pool house, tennis court, fields, pastures, stream, mile-long trail abutting Sandisfield State Forest, and 5-acre spring-fed pond, all arranged for maximum livability and delight. You'll be pleased with the elevator, generator, & other mod cons, and charmed by historic details, stunning vistas, & untrammeled view of the star-studded night sky. Not enough? A 6, 000sf guest house with four apartments suggests myriad uses for guests or income. Perfectly beautiful. Overview The origins of East Hill Farm date to the 1740s, when New Marlborough was first being settled, and Thomas Shepard came from Cambridge, Massachusetts, to establish a home in Southfield. In 1798, he built a grander residence signifying his stature in the community and his prosperity as a farmer. Crafted by house-wright John Collar, known to have built a number of homes in the southern Berkshires, Shepard's new home boasted a facade and interior details in the latest neoclassical style, eight rooms including four bedrooms, five fireplaces, and expansive views across pasture and fields to the south. Since then, the now 230-acre property has variously served as a meeting place for a progressive Christian community, an Arabian horse farm, and a llama farm, as, throughout its 226-year history, it has been expanded and adapted to meet the needs and wishes of many generations. Now on the market for the first time in 55 years, East Hill Farm awaits a new steward to carry it forward and write a new chapter in its rich history. The property's new owner will benefit from a classic vision of what a gracious country home should be, replete with tennis court, Gunite swimming pool, pool house, green house, spring-fed pond and streams, historic three-story barn, two smaller barns, woodlands and trails, perennial gardens, pastures, several run-in sheds, and an expansive guest house composed of four apartments and totaling nine bedrooms. A three-bedroom caretaker's house, set on five acres, though not part of this listing, is being offered separately to the buyer of East Hill Farm. Classic, too, is the landscape design, which offers far vistas, bucolic views of field and pasture, and intimate gardens near the house that give way and lead the eye to the pasture, hedgerow, and pond, and, beyond that, to a larger, distant view to the west. Being in New England, sight lines are punctuated by towering sugar maples, stone walls, split rail fences, all amidst a backdrop of verdant green in summer and vivid white in winter. Located in the southern Berkshires, East Hill Farm has, of course, unparalleled access to culinary, recreational, and cultural amenities. These include Sandisfield State Forest (which it abuts), York Lake, 1, 000-acre Pond, the Southfield Store, the Old Inn on the Green, Cantina 229 (scheduled to reopen in 2024), Bash Bish and Umpachene falls, Butternut and Otis Ridge ski resorts, and the village of Great Barrington with its shops, restaurants, and performance venues. For additional recreation and protection, the property abuts both Sandisfield State Forest and New Marlborough Land Trust acreage, connecting the two. A bit farther afield, the new owners may enjoy Tanglewood, five Equity theaters, several film festivals, Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, and the amenities in northwest Connecticut. New Marlborough, just 20 minutes from Great Barrington, is a low-tax town of artists, writers, and craftspeople, with its share of second-home owners, who enjoy its laid-back, sophisticated rural atmosphere; each summer and early fall, its meeting house hosts the Music & More series and exhibits the work of local painters, sculptors, ceramicists, and