Platform
227
Acres
1798
Established
4+
Acre Pond
4
Residences
60
Years of Stewardship
The Property
Preservation-level integrity.
East Hill Farm is not a house on land. It is 227 acres of forest, open pasture, paddocks, stone-walled gardens, a 4-acre pond and a late 18th-century barn.
Arranged around a 1798 Georgian-Federal estate in a way that took two centuries to become what it is. Protected conservation and state forest land to the north and south secure its privacy and quiet for the long term.
The Estate
In conversation with itself.
The barn anchors the east field. The pond catches every change of light at the bottom of the pasture. The gardens move you from the domestic to the pastoral without a seam.
The Architecture
The Thomas Shepard House
In 1985 the house was taken entirely down to the ground, every post and beam, and rebuilt as it stood in 1798. The original frame was reconstructed from the evidence of its own joinery.
- Barely perceptible modern systems woven in.
- Unusually high ceilings and wide-board floors.
- Antique glass that bends the afternoon light.
- A vast former Arabian horse barn anchoring the compound.
Gallery
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227
Acres
1798
Established
4+
Acre Pond
4
Residences
60
Years of Stewardship
The Property
Preservation-level integrity.
East Hill Farm is not a house on land. It is 227 acres of forest, open pasture, paddocks, stone-walled gardens, a 4-acre pond and a late 18th-century barn.
Arranged around a 1798 Georgian-Federal estate in a way that took two centuries to become what it is. Protected conservation and state forest land to the north and south secure its privacy and quiet for the long term.
The Estate
In conversation with itself.
The barn anchors the east field. The pond catches every change of light at the bottom of the pasture. The gardens move you from the domestic to the pastoral without a seam.
The Architecture
The Thomas Shepard House
In 1985 the house was taken entirely down to the ground, every post and beam, and rebuilt as it stood in 1798. The original frame was reconstructed from the evidence of its own joinery.
- Barely perceptible modern systems woven in.
- Unusually high ceilings and wide-board floors.
- Antique glass that bends the afternoon light.
- A vast former Arabian horse barn anchoring the compound.
Gallery
Explore the details.