Newly built Colonial mixes tradition with modern flair

Sophisticated functionality is the hallmark of the newly constructed Colonial house at 30 Long Lots Lane, at the corner of Long Lots Road in Westport.

This six-bedroom house has edgy and transitional finishes, which incorporate the best aspects of a traditional colonial house with a contemporary flair for more modern living. Contained within its 4,658 square feet of living space are contrasting dark oak floors and white millwork and details.

Built this year by SIR Development on a 0.4-acre lot, this house has a thoughtful design that flows from room to room, and it has over-sized windows that bring abundant natural light into the structure.

Although it sits on a corner property with one of the bordering roads a well-traveled one, Long Lots Lane itself is a quiet semi-circular street where children safely play and ride their bicycles. The property is enclosed with fencing and there is room for an in-ground pool.

Retail stores and restaurants are a short distance away and local public schools are also nearby, making this an ideal location.

The front of the property along Long Lots Road has a stone wall topped with a tall privacy fence. A bluestone walkway leads from the driveway, which is accessed from Long Lots Lane, to the front door, which faces Long Lots Road.

The house has three finished levels and the unfinished walk-up attic could easily be finished to add a fourth. The front door has multiple paned sidelights and a transom adding to the natural light that the over-sized windows invite inside.

Detailed millwork and trim were created on site by a team of carpenters. The living room has a fireplace with a decorative white wood mantle and French doors to the family room, which has a stone fireplace flanked by built-in bookshelves topped with a four-paned window.

Decorating the lower walls of the formal dining room is recessed paneled Wainscoting.

The gourmet kitchen has Carrera marble counters and a center island as well as high-end appliances including a GE Monogram refrigerator, Viking Professional six-burner range top, Bosch dishwasher and Electrolux wall-mounted ovens.

Between the kitchen and dining room is a butler's pantry with white glass-front cabinets.

There is a pantry closet in the kitchen, and both the kitchen and butler's pantry have Carrera marble subway tile backsplashes.

Off the kitchen is a mudroom, which has a honed slate tile floor, a closet, storage cubbies, a door to the side door and access to the two-car attached, under house garage.

On the second floor there are five bedrooms. The sixth bedroom is on the lower level, which also has a full bath and a fieldstone, wood-burning fireplace with a red brick firebox. The raised stone hearth is topped in slate. The bath has two entrance doors, one from the bedroom and one from the hallway.

The master bedroom has a tray ceiling. Its bath features a Carrera marble double vanity and the same marble floor, a water closet, large shower, a large walk-in closet and a smaller utility closet.

The second floor laundry room has a ceramic tile floor that gives the appearance of stone. Four spacious bedrooms round out the second floor. They are arranged as two sets of Jack and Jill bedrooms with a shared bath for each pair.