Come Tour This 1755 Connecticut Home

Come Tour This 1755 Connecticut Home | It's BEAUTIFUL

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@deborahmackenzie3772 Ай бұрын

I owned this house in the seventies. We put in the pond, added the terrace and rebuilt the stone walls, added the driveway. Left in 1977.

@CJG1419 Ай бұрын

Do you miss it? I would ❤

@marylee5293 Ай бұрын

What a blessing to have lived there & good for u, for all the work u did to it❤

@deborahmackenzie3772 Ай бұрын

@@Debra-oz4zs I never felt any in that house. Twenty hears later in another 1740ish place I heard voices all the time. I couldn’t make out what they were saying though.

@deborahmackenzie3772 Ай бұрын

@@CJG1419 It was a lovely house and at that time it was the second Antique home I had lived in. Twenty years later I ended up in another 1740ish home in Massachusetts. Each one I remember fondly. At 75 it is sad for me to know that I won’t have the chance again. Old homes really are my favorite.

@deborahmackenzie3772 Ай бұрын

@@marylee5293 As I said I was young and full of energy. It was amazing how I could lift gigantic stones to rebuild the walls. They were huge walls 3 to 4 feet wide and at least 4 feet high to the left of the house along the road. The house had beautiful paneling. For a cape it was quite large. There was even a stairway to the attic above the bedrooms where you could stand up in the middle.

@helenwood1 2 ай бұрын

The arm in a fireplace that holds pots while cooking is called a fireplace crane, chimney crane, or pot crane.

@KRWoodworks 4 ай бұрын

The arm is called a crane and yes, it is for cooking.

@oldNEhouses4947 4 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@LoveMyCoffee10 3 күн бұрын

Beautiful, serene … love the hidden (closed off) staircase, wonderful video

@gaillile5209 Ай бұрын

Love it! I'm from Honolulu , Hawaii 🌺🌴 , but lived in Connecticut for 6 years and absolutely fell in love with New England!! My word for the area is CHARMING! I love the history, the historic homes, the foliage and country setting. Have been back to visit many times, maybe will move back there one day. It's where a part of my heart is. ❤ 🍁🍂

@wrenhazard0728 3 ай бұрын

I love the wide floorboards; typical of a very old NE home. FYI, you find stone walls throughout New England because that is what the Pilgrims used to fence in their pastures. As they plowed, they hit so many rocks that they built walls from them.

@gailalli8086 Ай бұрын

Wow, this property is in amazing condition! Those floors are to die for and I love how they didn’t clutter up the home with too many Knick knacks. Love that library off the bedroom! Such a cozy spot to read!❤

@ThomasTorrence-yb9nh 3 ай бұрын

A beautiful historic colony house. Curious to see pictures of the basement and the old rock foundation. I live in Madison and my old farm house was built around 1860.

@thea5714 3 ай бұрын

The room with the piano would have been called the parlor. The room's purpose would be to receive and entertain guests, used for formal gatherings rather than casual sitting by the home's occupants. Many old New England homes had both a parlor (situated beside the front entrance) and a sitting room (usually situated towards the back of the house). Researching the history and purpose of these homes would definitely enhance your videos. Also, apropos of nothing, my father's cousin had a historic home in Killingworth that used to be a barn. A beautiful, old barn with stone floors and half-walls on the ground floor. There was a half-loft running from end to end, which became the upper story, left open for a dramatic open view. I believe they sold the property but will double check on that. If I can get you a tour, I will get back to you~!

@lisamdrake5696 2 ай бұрын

Those 12 over 12 windows are gorgeous! New subscriber very happy to be here! ❤😊

@avondalemama470 4 ай бұрын

This is truly an incredible home. So so pretty. 😍 Don’t even let me get started on the property, and the winter image. It’s to die for. ❤❤❤

@TammyM36 Ай бұрын

That library is AMAZING! Love the house!

@jimincal Ай бұрын

The painting [reproduction] over the fireplace (~ 4:15) is “The Lady of Shallot” by John William Waterhouse, 1888. The original hangs in the Tate Britain in London.

@philipajarapoo7675 2 ай бұрын

I’m so glad I discovered this channel. This house is beautiful! I hope one day I’ll be able to move my family into an old east coast colonial home like this.

@deborahmackenzie3772 Ай бұрын

More to add to my comment below. The interior had been restored before we bought the house in 1973. There were 10 acres with the property then. I was in my mid twenties then and full of energy. I did a lot of cooking in the keeping room fireplace. I always felt the house needed an extension off the back with a large kitchen and a nice ensuite master bedroom on the second floor overlooking the pond.

@lindaopperthauser2284 3 ай бұрын

Beautiful home! I don't love the bright yellow paint choice. Not for me but its cheerful! Love how these old homes still stand.

@monicacall7532 3 ай бұрын

Love the period furnishings and the whole colonial vibe. The China cabinet is to die for.

@dottiebaker6623 4 ай бұрын

Books as decor is a concept that totally escapes me. I've read every book on my bookshelf. But this is a beautiful house.

@shawnaweesner3759 3 ай бұрын

I agree. That was a pretentious suggestion by the host-to buy old books for decorating.

@terri348 2 ай бұрын

Books were rare in a country setting and precious to those who had them.

@nuthinmuffins5073 2 ай бұрын

Exactly how I feel. My books are precious to me. They’re meant to be read, enjoyed, appreciated. They can look nice too, but they look so much better when seeing them reminds you of how much you love the knowledge and stories within them. I imagine a scene of ghosts of the writers of these “random” books, following him around the house and pelting him with their books, wailing things like “it took me years to write this” and “do you know what a privilege literacy was in my time?”… I mean, I’m being a bit hyperbolic, but I do feel sincerely about this. I’m working on a book now, so someday I hope to be one of those ghosts.

@jasonortiz312 2 ай бұрын

I would loose respect for someone if I knew they bought a bunch of books for decor. What a gross thing to do!

@tundrawomansays694 2 ай бұрын

⁠@@jasonortiz312And ya know what? The owners wouldn’t care about your “respect.” Some of us reify our books, some of us are into “what ever works.” It’s all good, my book friend :-)

@mcjordan76 3 ай бұрын

these are wonderful... maybe spend some more time researching... thank you!

@karyndekeiser-moulton1213 Ай бұрын

The toggle is what it’s called on the red door.

@jendagesse4524 2 ай бұрын

Those are what you call beautiful looking houses

@amylynn5093 2 ай бұрын

The property and house was beautiful! Thank you for sharing

@lizdrouin1104 4 ай бұрын

I drive by this house often...love it

@khensley7057 2 ай бұрын

Its like a film set! So beautiful ❤

@barbieharris8079 4 ай бұрын

This house is perfect , I love it Thank u☺️

@susancarlson9182 Ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing. Beautiful home 🏠

@somerandommom5030 3 ай бұрын

Beautiful! My house was built in 1795, and I absolutely love all the unique fixtures. There is a huge stone fireplace in the kitchen, which has the arm--called the crane, plus 4 other fireplaces. The stairs going to the second floor is similar to the one shown here, and we also have a reading nook. The original smokehouse is still standing just off the kitchen. I wouldn't trade it for any glitzy McMansion in the world.

@bogtrottername7001 3 ай бұрын

McMasions are a waste of building material !

@She_Nanigans 2 ай бұрын

Is it haunted?

@debrademedici864 Ай бұрын

How beautiful is this home !!!!!!!!!!

@siegridthomas9674 3 ай бұрын

I love my connecticut...new london area❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@kaymerry369 4 ай бұрын

Beautiful homey welcoming old home. Kitchen is perfect. Lovely !

@jerrycomo2736 4 ай бұрын

Exterior shutters are held open with "shutter dogs". This device works like a "shutter dog" on a cabinet door but I could not find the term "cabinet dog". I've seen the term "toggle" used but a toggle is more like a clasp or pin, not something you twist to activate.

@wildfireintexas 27 күн бұрын

The house is lovely but the grounds are beautiful.

@canoedoc2390 4 ай бұрын

Absolutely stunning property, both inside and out. Beautiful use of color. So nice to see an antique home with genuine antique furniture and decor, as opposed to the predictably eclectic, yet monotonous, urban chic, loft decor, that is too often on display in the rural New England weekend "get away" homes that wealthy, New York city, urban elites, love to acquire.

@bogtrottername7001 3 ай бұрын

WRONG !!! Most all of the furnishings here are reproductions.

@tundrawomansays694 2 ай бұрын

@@bogtrottername7001Let’s just be realistic and fully understand there’s always trade offs with any home especially an older one. Difficult decisions!

@meganh5948 Ай бұрын

That’s the property of my dreams. The property and the library 📚 had me sold. It’s beautiful!

@winterlighthome 2 ай бұрын

Hellllloooo, property of my wildest dreams!!!

@cynthiablandford6213 Ай бұрын

Fantastic cabinetry,magnificent home!❤❤❤❤

@thedrivechannel83 3 ай бұрын

The iron thing in the fireplace is called a crain. Edit, I now see I'm like the 20th person to say that 😢 good video !

@deplorable1900 Ай бұрын

The painting over the fireplace could be a television.

@paulbethell5258 Ай бұрын

What an absolutely beautiful old house!

@winterhomestead 4 ай бұрын

Love hearing your voice.. Thank you! This one is my favorite to date.. Thank you sharing..i miss Ct.. And i miss the falls..my Mom moved is to Washington State..i so miss it .i hear it is not same, that's sad

@tanyamendibles1009 Ай бұрын

Gorgeous home!

@randygoldsberry2890 4 ай бұрын

Beautiful place. Thank you for sharing!

@11spiritwarrior 3 ай бұрын

You should consider going to Old Mystic. There are a couple homes sitting close together, one blue, one red. I know the red one was build in the late 1700’s and the blue possibly around the same time or very early 1800’s.. they have so many original features and fireplaces in each room. Very cozy. It’s on the main road down by the post office, across the street from it, in Old Mystic. And yes, there’s a rock wall…😊 oh there’s also an old blacksmiths building transformed into a small cozy house in the small complex. Really loved the tour. If you go there in the fall you might want to visit Clyde’s Cider Mill just down the road from those houses. It’s one of the last working mills that actually presses their apples for cider. People, including myself, love the place. You’ll find the best apple pies you can get there!

@monicacall7532 3 ай бұрын

I’ve been there and can concur with your comments.😊

@reddog40 4 ай бұрын

What a beautiful home and property the arms are called cranes thry would hamg kettles and pots on them for cooking.love how they made a library in the space beautiful decor and color palette for the period hm.

@yankee2yankee216 Ай бұрын

I do like an 18th century house that preserves everything possible, restores the rest, perfectly, but is very tastefully fitted with every modern convenience and comfort. I’d want a house with 100% of the charm of the antique, with a lot more comfort than, in all likelihood, it originally had.

@lasalleman6792 4 ай бұрын

Seriously nice house. I'd definitely buy it. If it were on the market.

@rosaoddin4338 4 ай бұрын

Lovely furnishings

@marylee5293 Ай бұрын

Beautiful ❤

@monicadabney8471 4 ай бұрын

Just gorgeous and serene. Prices of properties in this area are quite steep?

@danalynbegin6991 Ай бұрын

Wow! I love this home

@marywest2896 4 ай бұрын

the arm is known as a pot crane or chimney crane. you can still get them new...there is a company in the mid west that makes hand forged iron for fireplaces, even trivets all sorts of tools used in fireplace cooking.... the is a channel I watch where she cooks recipes from the 16 and 17 hundreds over a fire she has mentioned the company and shown what she has gotten from them.

@jenwanner4911 25 күн бұрын

Stunning

@lisacooper3991 4 ай бұрын

Ole Colonel houses and Victorian Era style houses are built with amazing woodwork and stonework..the craftsmanship is something you don't see or get anymore in the new homes of today.. what my opinion makes a Colonial house kept an have that ole style feeling to it is,if they don't over modernize it with painting the woodwork and modern furniture.. that takes away from the look of century ole houses.. thanks for sharing 😊

@firecracker3911 4 ай бұрын

Beautiful!

@MariaT6317 4 ай бұрын

I wonder if the door leading to the stairs is to section off the servants quarters from the main house. Back stairs and unseen entrances for the servants were common

@dellahayden5606 3 ай бұрын

Great video 👍☺️

@littlehummingbird1015 Ай бұрын

About the iron "arm" in the fireplace....see Early America videos....the lady uses the fireplace to cook all their food...uses all types of iron instruments and iron or brass pots for cooking in the fireplace.

@janeparrett8601 4 ай бұрын

I had a jelly cupboard with the same "dowel" closure. It was early 1800 and I believe it was original. I never thought about what it was called though.

@Mytriumph650pre-unit 4 ай бұрын

Amazing home.

@crosmas 4 ай бұрын

Ion crane in the fireplaces yes and the pic with the 2 door fixtures would very much be original; the iron work is a thumb-latch fixture that is very much hand forged in a blacksmith shop and the wooden stopper on the right would also be used for less conspicuous, low-viz doors to say a pantry or something of that nature.

@cathleenweston3541 4 ай бұрын

My family SETTLED Quinnipiac( New Haven in 1630s. It's true.

@techgirl1337 Ай бұрын

Given the chimney crane, that front yellow room was probably the original kitchen.

@eileennielsen5165 Ай бұрын

I was trying to get a better look at the chimney, but hard to see. From what I could see it didn't look as big as a center chimney should be. The iron hook in the fireplace is called a crane. Stone walls are soooo important!

@margomaloney6016 Ай бұрын

The photo on the right (red door) has a wood turn button latch.

@yankee2yankee216 Ай бұрын

The painting over the fireplace near the harp appears to be Pre-Raphaelite.

@tonyafoerch1108 29 күн бұрын

I used to pass this house on my way to work. It was for sale recently

@lynnjames5039 4 ай бұрын

That room would have been the music room often these old larger homes had them

@janelinley3624 4 ай бұрын

Looks like Sturbridge Village ❤

@estelleadamski308 4 ай бұрын

The home is elegant & a classic house, but, the kitchen cabinets are very rustic, and don't match the rest of the house's décor. Lovely home. My husband was born in Hartford, CT. A lovely state. He was raised mainly in CA and HI as a military brat.

@pricklypear7516 2 ай бұрын

The kitchen is tragic. A sad attempt at "rustic" and achieving only "bogus." Anyone serious about keeping the charm of an old kitchen while still enjoying the benefits of modern conveniences needs to remember one thing: "Fitted" kitchens were developed in the 40's and 50's for the profit and efficiency of builders, NOT for the needs of the woman (usually) who actually used them. Free-standing units offer just as much storage and the latitude to arrange the units according to tasks, seasons, or lifestyles. And about that perennial complaint, "Not enough counter space." Take a look at your counters and ask how much CLUTTER is diminishing the counter space. Lots of the "charm" of old kitchens is they don't suffer the "cutesy-kitsch overload" so many of us are burdened with. Sorry for the rant. Don't even get me started on islands.

@estelleadamski308 2 ай бұрын

@@pricklypear7516 I agree. We put an addition on our kitchen as we added a family room and came straight across the house which made a whole new space in the kitchen. I decided to make it look like the 1930's. I got a Hoosier cabinet, a 1935 Frigidaire, a art-deco stove, and a porcelain-enamel table & 4 chairs for the space.. I have a collection of bread boxes, cannister sets, sifters old crocks, rolling pins & old utensils. I have my stove set up w/ faux foods, bread, pies, etc. Very unique area and everyone that comes to my house can't believe it. My house is a 1910 farmhouse on 80 acres. I was told my house was built in 1939, but, a lady dropped by my house yesterday and told me her dad was born in the house in 1920! She told me the house was at least a decade old then! Surprised!

@cindyredmon7473 4 ай бұрын

Wooden toggle!

@oldNEhouses4947 4 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@phyllisdoverspike5009 4 ай бұрын

I see I'm not the first to comment that it is a crane. Used to hold pots over the fire and swings out to be able to put the pot on the crane so you are not bending into the fireplace to get the pot over the flames.

@terri348 2 ай бұрын

Especially considering that the women doing the cooking wore long skirts. Don't want to get too close to the fire!

@yankee2yankee216 Ай бұрын

One thing I think a bit discordant is the asymmetrical roofline of the middle shed. I have a thing about that kind of roofline. I hate ‘em! There are very few if any traditions that demand a roofline like that (long on one side, short on the other)! It tends to spoil the effect, IMHO.

@JuanOrtiz-wj4rc 2 ай бұрын

Does the piano come with it 🤠🤠👌

@kathyday9066 4 ай бұрын

The arm is called a crane

@oldNEhouses4947 4 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@kissykhym 2 ай бұрын

The house speaks for itself, don't feel you need to fill every second with narration, it's a bit much. Keep up the good work.❤

@jelsner5077 Ай бұрын

I had to laugh when you said it couldn't be a living room because there was no TV. I never put a TV in my living rooms

@JuanOrtiz-wj4rc 2 ай бұрын

What is the price?

@lorirogers9304 Ай бұрын

Is the arm in the fireplace for cooking?

@oldNEhouses4947 Ай бұрын

Yes, it is called a crane.

@helenwood1 2 ай бұрын

not sure what you call the dowl or latch to secure the door.

@nancypeplau9747 3 ай бұрын

It’s also called a Tramel

@MRSBHB 2 ай бұрын

Fireplace crane

@Dalester1979 3 ай бұрын

Chimney crane is what it's called I think............

@rachelk7555 2 ай бұрын

I wouldn’t have old books just for show or decor, I’d have books that I actually love and have read.

@waynestewart3232 Ай бұрын

Cabins started off as single room homes. One fireplace heated the whole thing.

@MarthaHannah3851 4 ай бұрын

Nice video, except talking into the microphone it makes an annoying sound and picks up on your breathing.

@jackinthebox507 3 ай бұрын

..it’s to hang a cooking pot on,,prob swings out

@JenniferKunar Ай бұрын

Firecrane

@Lougan44 4 ай бұрын

Pot Crane!

@yankee2yankee216 Ай бұрын

It’s a crane.

@dawncampbell4872 2 ай бұрын

A Fireplace Crane

@ayabokti161 Ай бұрын

I love old houses. I live in an 1800's old brick 2 story farmhouse in Ohio. I have land here & my own shooting range. I could never live in tge New England states because of their politics. To much like bloody ole'England hahaha Pretty sure that's not what our forefathers intended. Seeing how hard we fought the bloody British for our freedoms 😉

@michaelhudecek2778 3 ай бұрын

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@terrysellers6712 Ай бұрын

What would impress me is to see one with maintained original furniture and woodwork! Otherwise, I'm not impressed with a millionaire's remodel job 🙄.

@towanda1067 Ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing. Would be nice if you took the time to do some research to learn more about old houses so you could add more valuable content to your presentation. The bonus…you would become better educated yourself. Your comments add nothing to this tour.