“The one factor higher than a home with an atrium is a home with an atrium with bedrooms that each one have entry to it so everybody can “retire to their quarters” on the finish of the night time and guess what? This Sharon residence has simply that. Are we shifting to Sharon now?? Hey??? Will Sharon be there??,” reads the outline of the home posted on Zillow Gone Wild.
The Nice Elm Drive home, which hit the market in Might, is presently listed for $3.999 million. The house was beforehand listed last year for $5.5 million, however taken off the market. It’s now listed with agent Pels Matthews of William Raveis Existence Realty, who stated he is gotten inquiries about the home from as far-off as Europe.
“Litchfield County as a vacation spot is getting loads of consideration within the press in kind of larger finish and really discerning corners of the world,” Matthews stated.
This Sharon property was the previous childhood residence of William F. Buckley Jr., the founding father of conservative journal National Review, which he launched in 1955. A Yale College graduate, Buckley penned “God and Man at Yale” together with greater than 50 different books throughout his lifetime. The home has been within the Buckley household for greater than 100 years, and is now being supplied to the general public.
Initially in-built 1812, the 8,072 square-foot Georgian Colonial boasts eight bedrooms, seven full bogs, two half-bathrooms and sits on 6.34 acres of land, in response to the listing. The home is in its personal affiliation, which features a shared 70-foot heated pool, tennis and separate paddle tennis and pickleball courts.
Two wings of the home are joined underneath a three-story glass ceiling in a New Orleans-style atrium that has year-round use. The atrium is highlighted by its “wrought iron banisters, stenciled beams, romantic tile fountain and vintage lanterns,” in response to the itemizing. Vegetation in the atrium, which have been in the home for many years, can be included within the sale of the home.
“The individuality of this central gathering atrium with all of the bedrooms strolling out to it’s fairly particular,” Matthews stated.
Handmade tiles and lighting fixtures, which adorn areas of the home, have been introduced up through prepare from Mexico within the Nineteen Twenties, Matthews confirmed.
“It is kind of the anti-white, gray, cookie-cutter-type property, and there is a motion, which we kind of confer with as maximalism, that appears to be coming again the place folks like stuff and coloration and texture, and this home actually speaks to that,” Matthews stated.
The property was expanded over time and was transformed to 5 condominiums within the Nineteen Eighties, three of which have been occupied by Buckley’s siblings till their demise, in response to Mansion Global. Buckley’s grandson, Cameron Smith, instructed Mansion International that he joined two of the items to type the present providing in 2013. Matthews clarified that there are a complete of 17 items within the affiliation.
Actual property monitoring agency Redfin listed median prices for the house’s 06069 ZIP code at $855,000 in August 2025. Redfin notes common homes within the space usually promote for two% beneath the checklist value and are off the market in about 84 days, whereas the most popular homes promote for 3% above the asking value and are solely available on the market for about 32 days.
The home at 1 Nice Elm Drive is listed by William Raveis Existence Realty. Itemizing agent Alison Leigh might be reached at 203-671-5432.
