Your stay will be in a portion of a 1795 home accessed from a private parking space by a walkway to the three stairs that leads to its historic entrance doorway beyond which is an entrance hall with kitchen, and door into the 400 square foot Library living room with a thousand books, queen-size bed, 55" Roku TV, desk, two seat dining table and a newly installed small bathroom with waterfall shower.
Cool fresh air in the summer and warm in the winter, is provided from a duct with operable damper.
You will have access to two acres of lawns and gardens on the property with fire pit, gazebo, and Loo building, surrounded by trees with a backdrop of a towering forested hill, that is climbable to the stone wall marking the boundary of the property where in the fall and winter one can obtain an overview of the Village below and the farmland beyond.
You will be living in at the center of the Historic Village of South Britain, first settled in 1686 with at present has 22 pre-1800 homes, an 1836 Congregational Church across the road, one of a dozen mill buildings along the river waterway, and buildings that served as the Town of Southbury's first town hall and library. Nearby is the Village Delicatessen with sandwiches and groceries, and the Audubon Sanctuary with 700 acres of paths along the river and up into the hills.
A mile away from your rental home, along a dirt road through farm land, is the center of the Town of Southbury's Main Street business district with shopping centers at both ends. It can also be reached by main roads that take a longer time to get to the center.
A mile away in another direction is the Audubon Sanctuary with bird observation balcony and hiking trails throughout the 700 acres along its river and up into its hills.