Receiver of the coveted Home Builders Institute award for 2011, this majestic equestrian estate was named “Best Large House in Connecticut”. It is done in the Norman Style, a style originated and taken to full flower in the Normandy area of France. Since the middle ages, the French and English kings largely contested for Normandy. Indeed, since Joan of Arc up to the Norman invasion, this area was generally considered part of England. That is why Norman architecture combines old English styles such as Edwardian, with ideas taken from both the great French Chateaus as well as the provincial styles. The result is an exquisitely rich melding of great solid stone forms with subtle carved stone details, intricate dormers and gently curved stone roofs...