Meadow Wood: A Garden Club of America Award-Winning Estate in Great Barrington

On a secluded reach of the Green River in Great Barrington at 77 Seekonk Cross Road is a 31-acre estate called Meadow Wood, built in 2001 using salvaged and sustainable materials and recognized with a Garden Club of America award for its approach to land usage. The property has been featured in design publications and on garden tours, and the grounds are filled with specimen trees, established gardens, fenced fields, a lily pond, cutting gardens, stone walls and terraces.

The main house is 3,474 square feet on a single level, approached by a long drive lined with scarlet oaks. Prime living spaces face south, with large windows and French doors opening to the terraces along the full length of the house. The living room has coffered ceilings and a fireplace fitted with columns salvaged from a grand tour. The kitchen is anchored by an AGA range, with a butler's pantry and mudroom off the service side. A primary suite with dual baths, steam shower, soaking tub, and a private terrace occupies the east end; a library, a sitting room, and a guest bedroom fill the west. Floors throughout are concrete, with radiant heat below.

A Parthenon-inspired pool house sits on a small rise and visible from much of the grounds and has a massive fireplace, kitchenette, half bath, and outdoor shower, adjacent to a heated gunite pool enclosed by an espaliered apple tree fence and stone terrace. A separate barn complex further out holds a 2-bedroom apartment with its own yard and patio, a studio apartment, 4 garage bays, and a barn with cutting gardens. A 2-car garage with potting room and studio space serves the main house.

77 Seekonk Cross Road, Great Barrington (MA) is listed at $6,850,000, offered by Elvia Gignoux and Lenore Mallett at William Pitt Sotheby's International Realty.