Orchard's End
This wonderful English Manor House, remodeled by Wadia Associates in 1975, was originally designed by William B. Tubby (1858-1944), who also designed Greenwich’s Dunnellen Hall which was once owned by Harry and Leona Helmsley as well as New York City’s five Carnegie Libraries and Waveny House in New Canaan.
Wadia Associates was called upon once again to add a billiard room/library, a playroom, a tower lookout, and to reconfigure the commercial kitchen and pantry into a residential kitchen with quarter-sawn oak and mahogany cabinets with stonewalls, floors, counter tops and a stained coffered ceiling. The exterior proportions and details using brick, limestone and leaded glass windows, seamlessly emulate the exterior of the home, which was built in 1929.
Rear view of Orchard's End before the addition was added.
The new addition looks as if it existed as part of the original house.
The great room, overlooking the formal gardens, is connected to the main house.
The glass-paned corridor connects the main house to the great room.
The dramatic space of the great room is the focal point of the new wing.
The fireplace in the great room is hand carved from limestone.
The oval foyer, connecting through to the kitchen, is embellished with a decorative wainscot and ceiling crown.
A skylight and ample windows flood the kitchen with natural light.
