Most acting legends of Hepburn’s time lived inLa La Land, but Hepburn called Old Saybrook home.
Her beloved family estate was Hepburn’s homestead for the majority of her life until herdeath in 2003.
Here’s an in-depth inside look at Katharine Hepburn’s lifelong Connecticut estate.
(viaOpen House TV).
According toThe Observer, Hepburn’s parents bought the property sometime around 1913 to use as a summer retreat.
“It’s an accurate enough description today, too,” the publication revealed.
It was there that she learned how to play tennis and golf, according toThe Boston Globe.
She also got into the habit of takinga daily swim in the soundwhile staying at the home.
And when Hepburn retired, she took tolivingin the homefull time.
In September 1938, a hurricane destroyed the original home, according toSmithsonianmagazine.
It, along with nearly 9,000 other homes in New England, had been swept into the ocean.
From the living room, french doors swing open straight onto the back patio with its sweeping ocean views.
From the living room, the open plan flows straight into the kitchen.
Apparently, Moore always had Hepburn’s favorite brownies on standby for the star.
Upon opening the french doors off the living room, you are greeted with sweeping, expansive waterfront.
Not only are the views from this patio absolutely to die for, they’re also totally private.
According to6sqft, the back of the house looks out onto 220 feet of private Long Island Sound beachfront.
In this peaceful setting, it’s easy to see why Katharine Hepburn described the area asparadise.
As Sciame explained, they left the brick exposed to get to illustrate how the home once was.
It’s clear that a lot has changed since her time in the house.
According toIdeal Homeeach of the six bedrooms have their own en-suite bathrooms.
One bedroom features pale blue walls, a small gas fireplace, and charming retro wooden furnishings.
Another room boasts a long, wall-to-wall window with a panoramic view of the waterfront below.
Additionally,Howard Hughes, aviator and one-time admirer of Hepburn, was also a guest at the home.
According toHartford Courant News, some of these porches were completely new additions.
Apparently, Sciame even added elegant pillars to the wrap-around ground level patio.
Although she loved golfing and playing tennis, she may have loved swimming even more.
As revealed in thereal estate listing, the property sits on 3.4 acres.
After her death, this is exactly what happened.
Ethel Davis, president of the organization, revealed, “The whole Hepburn family loved that land.
They spent hours at a time on it.”
In it, she wrote, “From my bed I see the sun rise.
Between the inner and outer lighthouses.
Across a field of marsh grass.”
The house sits in the small community ofFenwick in Old Saybrook, Connecticut.
Fenwick is a charming, tiny community that features plenty of amenities for its residents.
When it came to the people of Fenwick, Hepburn felt right at home with her neighbors.
We absolutely love how this megastar lived such a quiet, mundane lifestyle in this charming little community!
However, she didn’t live in the house alone.
She went on to say, “He was a support for Katharine as she was for him.”
Katharine explained their living situation in her memoir,Me: Stories of My Life(viaHartford Courant).
“Her brother lived on the second floor and he had his own entrance.”
There was certainly room for the two of them.
He went on to completely remodel the home in an extensive 2005 renovation (viaForbes).
According toForbes, the house was initially listed for $18 million.
Later, in 2014, the price was lowered to $14.8 million.
Then, in 2017, the price was reduced by an additional three million bucks.
The beautiful home was finally sold in August 2017 for $11.5 million (viaNew York Post).
Sciame then purchased another Old Saybrook mansion that offers direct views of one of the Long Island Sound lighthouses.
