Sunstar Hill - Upper Brookville, New York

SUNSTAR HILL Upper Brookville, NY

LOCATION This remarkable 40-acre property is located in the Incorporated Village of Upper Brookville on Long Island’s elite Gold Coast.

This residential community of secluded wooded estates and winding tree-lined roads is just 25 miles from Manhattan. The nearby 409-acre Planting Fields Arboretum ensures tranquility and abundant local wildlife. The Village features exceptional private and public schools, with fine dining, exclusive shopping and country, golf, yacht and equestrian clubs just a short drive away.

TUDOR RESIDENCE The Carriage house-style home has extraordinary character, enhanced by stained glass windows recovered from historic churches, large American and European barn-style wooden doors and ceiling beams. A parking area of more than 900 square feet is paved with bricks reclaimed from the original 1940 roadway of the Queens Midtown Tunnel during the 1995 tunnel rehabilitation project. Extensions to the house are seamlessly integrated, with exposed timber crossbeams carefully selected to match the home’s original Austrian architecture of 1951. They were found in barns in upstate New York. The home centers around an open turret-style center hall, where rounded stairs and multiple balconies, hand-crafted by European woodworkers, reveal the soaring height of the threestory peak. The architecture features cozy rooms, rare Frenchstyle wood floors and handsome millwork throughout. This beautiful home, originally the carriage house of the estate built in 1916 by millionaire Sterling Postley, attorney for the Singer Sewing Machine Company, includes 4 bedrooms, each with a private balcony, stunningly tiled and equipped 3 ½ baths, a masterful marble chef ’s kitchen with sunny breakfast room, 3 fireplaces and ample storage. Today, the Tudor residence is the centerpiece of the 40-acre estate with two 3-bedroom cottages, a studio cottage and a 4-bedroom frame house. A Pool House, built in 1995 is remarkable in its scale, style and function as a living and entertaining space.

POOL HOUSE Adjacent to the Tudor home, between the tall evergreens and through the lush arbor, lies the magnificent 75-foot pool and stately Pool House, constructed in 1995. The great room is stunning in its scale, with a 30-foot ceiling with enormous skylight, two walk-in size limestone fireplaces and three sets of French doors to the pool with additional French doors opening to the gardens beyond.

A magnificent commercial-size kitchen with granite countertops and top of the line appliances is complete with butler’s pantry and French doors onto the pool’s country club deck for entertaining. The first floor is finished with floor tiles imported from country estates in Europe and the walls feature a treatment that never requires repainting.

Custom woodwork includes spectacular crown molding, grand columns and classic spindle rails. Three bedrooms include full private baths en suite, a second floor interior balcony overlooks the pool on one side and the enormous great room on the other. A large, informal family room with cathedral ceiling includes a full bath and sauna and abuts the balcony.

PROPERTY Forty acres of woodlands, meadows, manicured lawns and lush gardens span Upper Brookville and Oyster Bay Villages. Two charming brick 3-bedroom cottages with brick walls mark the entrance to the grounds. A winding private road of nearly a mile rises through the woods past an iron gate, leading to a studio cottage, and the 4-bedroom frame house. Through the main gate are the Tudor residence and the amazing pool house. A tall stucco wall surrounds the 75 ft. heated, tiled pool with its spacious deck. Perennial plantings create a rich tropical paradise in the pool area, while specimen plantings and flowering trees complement the old growth woods that surround the home. A long stone path leads from the main Tudor home downhill to a secluded gazebo with a built-in fire pit.

OTHER AMENITIES The main Tudor house has a 5-car garage attached by a historic portecochère and the pool house includes a 4-car, tandem garage and the large brick parking area.

Upper Brookville, NY SD #6. MLS# 2795429.

Offered at $29,985,000.

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