A waterfront mansion in Connecticut once owned by Marlo Thomas and Phil Donahue has returned to market seeking a whopping $27.5 million. Back in 2007, the entertainment industry veterans built their dream home on the shore of Long Island Sound, designed by local Westport architect Roger Ferris + Partners.
The television icons, who married back in 1980, later offloaded their sprawling Beachside Avenue property in 2013 to its current owner Andrew Bentley. At the time, the local property magnate shelled out a cool $20 million for the shingle-style colonial, Mansion Global reported . Bentley also snagged several parcels nearby, including two that formerly belonged to disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein.
The Gold Coast home, currently Westport’s most expensive listing , was briefly on the market in 2020 for $28 million. Now that the spread is back up for sale—albeit with a slight discount—it stands to set a record for the area if it fetches anywhere near its whopping $27.5 million asking price.
RELATED: A Former Grey Goose Exec Re-lists a Sprawling Connecticut Home for $28.5 Million Measuring 11,450 square feet in size, the rambling residence occupies a generous 6.6-acre plot with 400 feet of private waterfrontage, along with a cobblestone courtyard and manicured gardens.
Altogether, the home features five bedrooms and five full bathrooms, plus a powder room, and throughout are striking coastal views in every direction thanks to walls of windows and French doors that open to broad terraces bordered by plush lawns. Other notable highlights include a south-facing patio that can be reached via the main living room, sunroom, and kitchen. Plus, the primary suite has been decked out with rustic barn wood ceilings, a recently redesigned sitting area, and a sleek spa-like bath and dressing room.
The property also features a guest wing with its own separate entrance, a full-size tennis pavilion, a home gym, and four garages. “There are no other properties with the expanse of land, amount of waterfront and level of luxury home available for purchase,” Compass agent Leslie Clarke, who’s representing the listing , told Mansion Global. “Beachside Avenue is a coveted address and it’s rare for properties to come on the market.
” RELATED: A $25 Million Private Island in Connecticut That’s Just 40 Minutes From Manhattan Funnily enough, the standing record in Westport for the town most expensive home was set in 2006 when Donahue and Thomas offloaded another waterfront home on Beachside Avenue that they owned to financier Herbert M. Allison, Jr. for $25 million.
Since sold again, the current owners of the property, Peggy and Gary Reiner, have built a huge new house closer to the water’s edge and, as of last year, planned to demolish the original Tudor-style home. Click here to see more photos of Thomas and Donahue’s former Connecticut home. Abigail Montanez is a staff writer at Robb Report.
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