1 Bushnell St, Essex, CT 06426

Essex CT has been voted in numerous publications as one of the best small towns and Main Streets in America. Known to Essex locals as the historical "Bushnell Barn" Cerca 1861 and featured in historical homes books as well as the Christmas in CT books for it's decorative open house tours was renovated to residential in 1985. This property is only steps from Main St Essex and a boaters paradise too. This masterpiece home offers extreme post and beam construction capturing the eye in every direction.The kitchen was recognized nationally as an a award-winning "best small kitchen" in 2005 and the dining room has seated up to 16 people. The floor to ceiling fireplace chimney is spectacular and seamlessly joins wide wood floors, huge beams and bright new windows together to incredible heights. This home has two primary suites both with full bathroom access and one with a huge walk-in closet changing room and the other has a balcony. There is a fun lazy sleeper loft for lounging too. French doors open to a beautiful back patio area and the front yard is absolutely huge. Some upgrades in this three story home include, new Anderson windows installed 2023, new Central Air 2022, new EV charger 2024. A new reliable Vermont Castings Wood Stove. A Buderus boiler, double walled Roth oil tank and Hybrid cycle water heater are newer and easily within their life cycle span. Zoning for this property which is surrounded by multi million dollar homes allows for huge expansion possibilities.