Home in Pawlet

Flower Brook Farm, the perfect place to gather with friends or family in any season: Ski or sled on snowy winter peaks, enjoy spring’s budding trees, and dine al fresco on sunny summer days. Room for everyone in this beautifully renovated home amidst 300 acres in the Green Mountains. A variety of spaces invites you for a private moment by the "baby grand" and or an energetic game of pool or ping pong. The kitchen, with two of all appliances and adjacent dining area, makes preparations a joy. The space The house has plenty of space: 9 bedrooms, 4 full and 2 half baths, and on the lower level a game room for Ping-Pong and billiards or Scrabble and a library for quiet reading. A bath on the main level is ADA-compliant. Outdoor delights include a fire pit (marshmallows required), charcoal grill, picnic tables for dining al fresco, and meadows in all directions inviting you to plan a picnic. If you crave an outdoor game, the house is equipped for croquet, bocce, badminton, volleyball, and basketball. The property has marked hiking trails and if you’re up for a 5-mile walk, you can amble around Mt. Hoag; turn left out the front door and head up the road, bear left at the first fork, follow the main road, and after about two hours you will be back home. Guest access Entire home. Other things to note Hildene in Manchester was the home of Robert Todd Lincoln, the only son of Abraham and Mary Lincoln who survived to adulthood. The property was acquired in 1978 by the Hildene Trust, which restored and maintains the property. The furnishings are almost entirely from the Lincoln family. Please see website for hours during the pandemic. Equestrian Activities For equestrians, there’s the thoroughbred track at Saratoga, horseback riding at Chipman stables, and the Vermont Summer Festival in East Dorset, which runs from early July to mid-August. Flower Brook Farm has enough acreage to park multiple horse trailers and East Dorset is less than a 30-minute drive. Cycling If cycling is your thing, we often see cyclists along the Danby/Pawlet road but if you want to cycle on a path, the Delaware and Hudson Rail-Trail is accessible from Poultney and goes beyond Granville Village, NY. Golf Lake St. Catherine Country Club has a public golf course. Tennis Burr and Burton Academy in Manchester has six public courts. Dining Out Our own Pawlet has The Barn, with live music every Wednesday night. You can find it just past the post office on the road to Granville, up a sloping drive. About a 30-drive is the Victorian Inn at Wallingford, wonderful food in enchanting surroundings. Thirty or more minutes in the opposite direction in Manchester is the Wilburton Inn. Wednesday nights in the summer is farm night, featuring locally grown produce and even group singing, Farm nights are great fun!