263 Carpenter Rd, Coventry, CT 06238

The william carpenter house, dated to 1768. Savor the best of both worlds in this antique new england cape blended with a masterful two-story addition. Original period detail includes wideboard pine floors, four working fireplaces, beehive oven, gunstock corner posts, built-in bookshelves, raised panels, exposed beams, 12/12 windows. Country kitchen with soapstone countertops and farm sink, large walk-in pantry with laundry, screened porch. Formal parlor, dining room with woodstove, study with fireplace, four bedrooms, two full baths. Graceful stonewalls, a canopy of mature trees, a sunken garden and wooded path to the vernal pond compliment the barn and outbuildings. This peaceful compound is set on 9. 83 parklike acres. A most private world away yet convenient to the university of connecticut and commuting routes.