Sold, but sadly, at a very low price that surely failed to fully compensate the owners who put so much effort into preserving it.

295 Taconic Road finally sold yesterday for $2.450 million after beginning in March ‘24 at $3.250.

An old classic still retaining 5.2 acres, the home was described by David Ogilvy when he listed it back in 2010 for $3.2 million on behalf of the estate of the Beatrice Chase, as “THE BRUSH-LOCKWOOD HOUSE ORIGINAL PORTION FROM 1775 [The tax card and current listing say 1792, so take your pick — ed] NOW AN 1867 SUPERB SECOND EMPIRE W/MANSARD ROOF, WONDERFUL CORNICES, DECORATIVE TRUSSES”. Alas, the house was pretty-much a wreck at time and, as friends of mine who toured it with me with an eye towards its renovation suggested, it really would have benefitted from being moved further back off the road and deeper into its five-acres of lawn/meadow.

I can’t remember whether it was the estimated prohibitive cost of such relocation, or whether there were restrictions preventing it, but my friends declined the opportunity and finally, in 2014, these owners purchased it for $1.650 million — about half the price it had asked in 2010.

The new owners, in turn, put on a new slate roof and replaced/improved all the mechanical and other essential elements, but more or less stopped there, leaving a daunting amount of work still to be done. And that explains the low price achieved now.

Our local historian Jeffrey Mead provided more information on the house a few years ago:

Jeffrey Bingham Mead's post

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Welcome to the Brush-Lockwood House. Located on the corner of North Stanwich and Taconic roads on over five acres in the Stanwich Historic district, the original portion of the house was built in 1792.

In 1867 the house was extensively remodeled in the Second Empire style. The house and property was locally purchased several years ago. Since that time the property has undergone extensive restoration by an owner who truly appreciates its distinctive history.

One of its previous owners was Shubal Brush, who operated the tannery across the street -and who was well ahead of his time. He called for the end of slavery and giving women equal rights decades before it became law.

And answered a reader’s query thus:

Here’s the barn on the property: newer, and in far better shape, as I recall.