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The Mansion, room by room.

In the order you would meet them, from the foyer to the basement. Each photograph is marked on the floor plan at the foot of the page.

The Mansion's living room seen from the entry, a stone chimney between two arched windows under a vaulted timber ceiling — The living room, from the foyer.Thirty feet to the ridge, and the whole west end is one room. This is what the front door opens onto.

The living room's stone fireplace rising the full height of the vaulted ceiling, leather sofas on a pale rug — The fireplace end, thirty feet to the ridge.The chimney is the building's spine; the beams are the original frame.

The Mansion's conference room, a long table ringed with chairs, daylight on three sides — The conference room, thirty-six seats.Thirty-six seats, daylight on three sides, and a screen at the far end.

The conference room laid out as a hollow square with white cloths and a screen at the far end — Set up in a hollow square.The same room, laid out for a working day.

The Mansion's theater, red walls and a pressed tin ceiling above rows of recliners facing a screen — The theater seats thirty-eight.Downstairs, and the other half of the argument: with the conference room above, two sessions can run side by side.

A game room lit red and blue, a shuffleboard table and a jukebox against a dark wall — The game room next door.Shuffleboard, a jukebox, and the lighting of somewhere you stay up late.

An air hockey table glowing red under neon in the game room — Air hockey, at the far end.Air hockey, at the far end of the same room.

A basement room with a pool table under low pendant lights and a stone fireplace — The billiard and bar room, downstairs.Down the stairs from the main entrance, and the first room you meet.

An indoor hot tub in a room lit deep red, steps up to the rim — The hot tub room, also downstairs.Indoors, in its own room — which is what makes it a February amenity.

Floor-to-ceiling bookshelves lit from within, filling a narrow room — The hidden library.Second floor, behind a door most people walk past. A real library, lit from inside the shelves.

A long room with gaming chairs facing wall-mounted screens — The Playstation and Xbox room.The whole east end of the second floor, directly over the conference room.

A second kitchen with a breakfast bar opening onto a sitting room with a television — Kitchen #2, and the sitting room with it.Upstairs, so the early risers are not in anyone's way.

The Mansion's main kitchen, white cabinets and a granite island under recessed lights — Kitchen #1, back on the main floor.The bigger of the two, on the same open room as the living room.

The Mansion's dining room, two long tables under iron chandeliers and exposed beams — The dining room seats thirty-two.Two long tables rather than one, so nobody is shouting down thirty-two seats.

The dining room laid with white cloths and place settings, daylight from the windows along one side — Laid for dinner.Laid for dinner, which is how most groups use it.

A quiet sitting room with a pale sofa under an arched doorway — The sitting room, off the main entrance.Off the main entrance, and the one quiet room on this floor.

The Mansion's outdoor pool on a lawn, loungers along one side and a covered gazebo beyond — The outdoor pool.Off the patio, and the reason the Mansion is a summer building as much as a winter one.

A covered timber gazebo with a long dining table, the pool and the Mansion behind it — The gazebo, looking back at the pool.Covered, with its own table — where most of the eating happens in July.

The master bedroom with a king bed, a coffered dark ceiling and doors onto a balcony — Bedroom 1, the master.The king, its own balcony, and the sauna bath through the far door. The bedrooms start here and work down through the building.

A bedroom with two wooden bunk beds against opposite walls — Bedroom 2 takes two bunks — four twins.Two bunks, four twins — the room children ask for.

A queen bedroom with blue and yellow bedding against a grey headboard — Bedroom 3, across the hall.A queen, sharing the landing with the master and the bunk room.

A bathroom with a freestanding soaking tub, gold fittings and patterned wallpaper — The bath with the soaking tub.Across the landing, in the middle block with bedrooms 10 and 11.

A queen bedroom with a three-pane window and a bright fish painting over the bed — Bedroom 10, over the dining room.Over the dining room, with the three-pane window.

A queen bedroom with a dark dresser and an open door onto its own shower — Bedroom 11, with its own shower.Its own shower, through the door on the right.

A queen bedroom with a plank ceiling and dark beams, a blue abstract over the bed — Bedroom 4, first of the main-floor run.Down on the main floor now, where five more run along one hall.

A queen bedroom with beige walls, white bedding and a window to one side, one of three near-identical rooms off the same hall — Bedrooms 5, 7 and 8 — the same room three times.Three rooms in a row off the same hall, near enough identical that one photograph is the honest way to show them.

A bathroom with a glass shower, a dark vanity and white marble — The bath between 5 and 6.Shared between two bedrooms, with its own door to each.

A queen bedroom with a gold satin runner across the bed and a door open to a bathroom — Bedroom 6, with its own door to the bath.The gold is this room's; the door goes through to the bath above.

A bedroom with two queen beds side by side under a sloped ceiling — Bedroom 9 takes two queens.Two queens, at the end of the run before the conference room.

A bathroom in white subway tile with a glass corner shower and folded towels on a rail — The full bath by bedroom 9.One of three on the main floor, off the hall the bedroom run opens onto.

A half bath with a marble counter, patterned wallpaper and a gilt mirror — The half bath, by the main entrance.The only half bath on the property, and the last room on the tour.

A dark-tiled basement bathroom with a walk-in shower, a pedestal basin and a backlit oval mirror — The basement bath, with the laundry.Downstairs by the billiard room, and the only bathroom on that floor.

The Mansion from the air, its long gabled roof and dormers above the lawn — The Mansion, from outsideThe building you have just walked through, and where it sits on the hill.

The Castle at Hilltop, white and castellated against the trees — The Castle, across the roadDirectly opposite, and the only one of the four you can see from the Mansion's front door.

The Farmhouse from the drive: grey clapboard with red trim and a stone-fronted porch — The Farmhouse, below the hillDown the drive, and the one with the heated indoor pool.

The Lodge at Hilltop among the trees — The Lodge, at the bottomThe smallest of the four, and the one most often added for overflow.

Every room, and where it is.

All 11 bedrooms and 8 baths

Eleven bedrooms across three floors — and on two of them the floor is more than one piece.

Download the floor plans to print (PDF)

The open end

Main floor, west

Living room, kitchen #1 and the main entranceOne open room, thirty feet to the ridge
Half bathBy the main entrance
Pantry
Dining roomSeats 32
DeckOff the dining room

Sleeps 0

The bedroom run

Main floor, centre

Bedroom 4QueenPlank ceiling
Bedroom 5Queen
Full bathBetween bedrooms 5 and 6
Bedroom 6QueenIts own door to the bath
Bedroom 7Queen
Bedroom 8Queen
Full bath
Full bath
Bedroom 92 × QueenTwo queens

6 bedrooms · sleeps 14

The conference room

Main floor, east

Conference roomSeats 36

Sleeps 0

The pool area

Outside, off the decks

Swimming poolOutdoor
Covered gazebo
Patio
DecksOne with the grills

Sleeps 0

The bar end

Basement, west block

Billiard and bar room
Hot tub roomIndoor
Full bathroom and laundry

Sleeps 0

The theater end

Basement, east block

Game roomShuffleboard and air hockey
TheaterSeats 38

Sleeps 0

The master landing

Second floor, west block

The hidden library
Bedroom 1KingThe master
Full bath with sauna
Hall
Bedroom 22 × Bunk, twin over twinTwo bunk beds
Bedroom 3Queen
Full bath
Balcony

3 bedrooms · sleeps 8

The second kitchen

Second floor, middle block

Sitting room and kitchen #2
Closet
Full bath with soaking tub
Bedroom 11Queen
Bedroom 10Queen
Balcony

2 bedrooms · sleeps 4

The play room

Second floor, east block

Playstation and Xbox room
Balcony

Sleeps 0