Buy Connecticut’s Rogers Island and Its Updated Tudor Mansion for $25M

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Another of the Thimble Islands is up for sale: This time it’s the 7.65-acre Rogers Island on Long Island Sound, just across the water from Branford, CT, on the market for $25 million.

Originally granted to John Rogers in 1710, the island was used as a quarry and a retreat until John Jay Phelps, a yachtsman and financier, built a giant Tudor mansion on it.

Completed in 1902, the 10-bedroom, five-bath, and five half-bath home was built by a local contractor in the dead of winter. “He used oxen to haul the materials across the frozen Sound,” according to listing agent Joseph Piscitelli.

Phelps also put in a tennis court, six-hole golf course, and 365 rose bushes. The golf course is just a putting green now, but the tennis court has been upgraded with a Har-Tru clay surface.

Aerial view

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Manicured gardens

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Dock

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The 13,100-square-foot home has been updated in bright colors and playful wallpaper. The home features a formal dining room, eat-in country kitchen with commercial-grade appliances and granite countertops, butler’s pantry, great room, drawing room, billiard room, office, and yoga room.

The massive, 1,000-square-foot master suite comes with a sitting area, balcony, and fireplace. The en suite bath has a soaking tub and separate shower.

“The current owner refurbished the home to absolute perfection,” says Piscitelli. There’s also a four-bedroom guesthouse and a detached art studio on the island.

Billiard room

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Bedroom

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Kitchen

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The rest of the island is pretty incredible, too. From the koi pond to the pool and pool house, manicured hedge row, gazebo, waterfalls, and heated greenhouse, the grounds are a gardener’s delight.

“Every fruit tree is perfectly placed,” says Piscitelli.

There are three beaches for swimming and two boat docks (boat not provided).

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