936 Dove Island Road, Newton, NJ 07860

You cannot see Dove Island from the road. You may have already seen it in print. Forty two private acres in Sussex County, published in Great Houses and Gardens of New Jersey, held by one family since 1968, on land first farmed by the Westbrook family among the earliest pioneers of this frontier. The 1890 farmhouse grew into a roughly 10,000 square foot residence, redesigned by a Sag Harbor firm known for Hamptons estates. Stone, hand forged iron, and deep wood run through the rooms. The two story great room rises around a monumental stone fireplace under a library that wraps the full second floor, and the kitchen is anchored by a cast iron British Aga. Down a gallery hall of lit museum cases sits a 19th century walnut paneled boardroom, dismantled on Wall Street and rebuilt here piece by piece. The primary suite holds dual dressing rooms, a fireplace sitting room, and a spiral iron stair to a hidden solarium above the treetops. Beyond, a heated gunite pool and stone patios, a full...