Once a Potter’s Cottage, This 101-Year-Old Cutie in Connecticut Is Listed for $1.5M

“Cottagecore” isn’t just a hot design trend that elevates all things cozy. It will also soon be the reality for one lucky buyer who snags this historic potter’s cottage at 299 Great Hollow Rd., listed in late April for $1,595,000.

Outfitted with a modern kitchen, four spacious bedrooms, 3.5 baths, and two Juliet balconies, the five-acre property has seen many changes over its 101-year-long history.

With nearly 3,000 square feet, the home was originally built as a potter’s building—known as a pottery—for the nearby Cornwall Castle.

In 1922, the Italian sculptor Vincenzo Rondinone built the property, dubbed “The Narrow Valley Pottery,” and later worked as its potter.

“Mrs. Martin, the owner of the Cornwall Castle, hired him as her full-time potter to create unique vases, bowls, and pots to be used at the house and to be given as gifts to visitors and friends,” says listing agent Patti Guarantano.

But Mrs. Martin, whose full name was Charlotte Bronson Winthrop Martin, left more behind than the stonework and pots she commissioned.

“She also was responsible for the creation of one of New York City’s hottest neighborhoods: The Turtle Bay Gardens Historic District, which is on the National Register of Historic Places,” Guarantano says, referring to an East Side enclave of rare row houses.

Pottery’s history

The Narrow Valley Pottery was later converted into a home by Rondinone’s son.

“In the late 1990s, the son of the potter, Nicholas Rondinone, purchased the property and began a massive, whole-house renovation,” Guarantano says.

An accomplished architect, Nicholas turned the pottery into a proper house and added details such as custom, vintage doors and decorative wood panels, rescued from an old New York theater, truly making it a one-of-a-kind home.

The woodsy grounds and a waterfall add to spread’s serenity. And the home’s location is tough to top, too. Set in the foothills of the Berkshire Mountains, Cornwall fuses upscale culture and laid-back New England living.

The area even has a claim to fame.

“The Narrow Valley Pottery is located in rural Litchfield County, renowned as the ‘Home of the Covered Bridge,’ a popular tourist destination and among the most photographed locations in the state,” Guarantano says.

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