Escape to a Restored New England Antique Milk Barn

A Bucolic antique farm property in the Fairfield County countryside. Welcome to Connecticut country living at its best! Enjoy the gardens from your private patio, take a dip in the pool, read a book surrounded by fall foliage and retire to your very private suite and relax in the soaking tub. Please note the owners reside on the 4 acre property but give guests the utmost privacy. The space Spacious and unique, our reviews say it all! The main floor offers a well appointed kitchen, separate dining area and comfy living space to cuddle up near the fire or watch a movie on the sectional sofa. Upstairs is an expansive master bedroom with a full bath. Guest access Enjoy the seasonal swimming pool located in the main yard, coffee or tea on your own private patio surrounded by gardens, high speed WiFi internet and close proximity to Fairfield/Litchfield County attractions including state parks, amusement parks, ski resorts, apple orchards. Note: seasonal swimming pool is shared with main house and is only available to guests staying on the property. Pool is open from Memorial Day weekend to Labor Day weekend. Other things to note In 1976 the Bethel Historical Society and Bicentennial Commission published a book entitled “A History of Bethel, A Commemorative Book". There is a chapter of the book highlighting Bethel's eighteenth-century houses, one of which is our home. Because all early records were destroyed in the British Burning of Danbury not all historical data for our home has been readily available. So we have done some digging of our own. :) Oliver Benedict (the original owner of the farm at our address) and the Benedict family were one of the first families to have settled in Bethel, CT. In fact, Oliver's father, Benjamin was one of the original seventy-one members of the First Congregational Church in Bethel which was established in 1759. We know that Oliver's first child, Ira was born on June 3, 1772, and that he was paid 5 pounds In 1792 for his losses from the British as aresult of their march towards Danbury. This would confirm that he was living in Bethel in 1777 when 2,000 British troops led by General Tryon marched through Bethel on their way to burn the Revolutionary stores at Danbury. There are stories that tell of local patriots warning the Bethel citizens of the British advance. One such story tells of a lone rider seeing the British approaching from the top of Hoyts Hill and rode not unlike Paul Revere to alert their neighbors. The British, as the story is told, thinking they were being met by a considerable army, halted their forces and sent scouts ahead to see if they would be met by rebel forces. A descendant of Thomas Taylor (one of the early Bethel settlers and friend of the Benedict family) told a story that her grandmother was riding home when she sighted the British and dashed into Bethel shouting, “The British are coming! The British are coming!" We know in the coming days of 1977 some type of damage (likely to the house and outbuildings) was inflicted upon our home, our home also likely played a role in the British Invasion/plan. Codfish Hill Road was an established foraging camp during the invasion (for crops or animals for food), and many homes in the area were damaged at that time.