One level, facing south
Meadow Wood is a one-level house on 30 acres along a quiet reach of the Green River, and its rooms run the length of the house with southern sun and open through French doors to terraces. A Parthenon-like pool house, a heated Gunite pool, a barn complex with a two-bedroom apartment and a lily pond sit on the same land.
The house is hidden from the road. A long drive lined with mature Scarlet Oaks and daffodils leads to a courtyard of crabapples, stone walls and walkways, and the entry opens into a foyer that connects an enfilade of rooms. East of the foyer is the living room, with coffered ceilings and a fireplace framed by columns the listing calls grand tour columns, and next to it the primary suite, which opens to a private terrace and lawn. The walls of the suite are covered in velvet, and the bath has dual vanities, a steam shower and a soaking tub.
West of the foyer is the eat-in kitchen with an AGA range, a butler's pantry and a mudroom, and the doors there open to a patio with a lily pond and cherry trees. Beyond it are a sitting room that takes the evening light, an office, a library, a guest room and a second library, both libraries with custom floor-to-ceiling shelving. The larger office opens to a courtyard garden planted with espaliered peach trees.
Thirty acres of garden
The listing describes specimen trees, established gardens, a lily pond, terraces, fenced fields and pastoral views, and a house whose exterior walls are planted with climbing hydrangea, so that structure and planting blur into each other. The house has been featured in design magazines and garden tours and has received a Garden Club of America award for its thoughtful use of building materials.
The Gunite pool is surrounded by an espaliered apple tree fence and a generous stone terrace. The screened pool house sits on a small rise behind it, with a half bath, an outdoor shower, a kitchenette and a massive fireplace. A two-car garage with a potting room and a studio space stands in the garden.
The barn complex
Further from the house, the barn complex holds a two-bedroom apartment with its own yard and patio, a separate studio apartment, four garage bays, a barn and cutting gardens. The house was built in 2001 of sustainable and recycled low-maintenance materials, by what the listing calls one of the region's premiere builders, and the grounds reach the Green River with private river access.
