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Charming Estate With Ties to The Beatles On the Market in Connecticut
Ioana Neamt November 9, 2020, 2:59 pm inin Luxury, News
A gorgeous, sprawling Connecticut estate with ties to The Beatles, Prudence Farrow, and the Gershwin brothers is up for sale in Westport for $9 million. The seven-bedroom, eight-bathroom, 9,360-square-foot property at 157 Easton Road, also known as River Run Estate, is being marketed by Compass’ Susan Vanech. It was originally built in 1955, and completely […] More
Menabilly, the Real-Life Inspiration for the Manderley House in ‘Rebecca’
If you’re using this time spent indoors to watch (or re-watch) Hollywood classics, you might want to add another one (or two) to your list. Rebecca is a black-and-white, 1940 movie directed by the one and only Alfred Hitchcock, starring Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine and Judith Anderson. It was based on a 1938 novel written […] More
The Mysterious Allure of Stephen King’s House, the Beating Heart of Bangor, Maine
Lead image credit – Julia Ess, Source: Wikimedia Commons UPDATE (10/28/19): Stephen King recently announced plans to turn his long-time house in Bangor into an archive/writer’s retreat. Soon enough, the property will house the writer’s archives, formerly held at the University of Maine; they will be accessible by appointment only. In fact, King is clear […] More