William A. Wellman’s former home in Brentwood is listed at $10 million
A Connecticut farmhouse-style home designed by Roland Coate for Academy Award-winning director William A. Wellman has come on the market in Brentwood at $10 million.
Reached by a long driveway instead of a country lane, the two-story house sits on 3 acres of meadows and woods with a swimming pool, a pool house, a putting green, a horse corral, an expansive lawn and walking paths. Wellman created the compound in 1942 for his large family. The pool house, with a soda fountain and room for a billiard table, was the scene of many parties and family gatherings.
Recalling life during Hollywood’s Golden Age, the main house has a living room with a beamed ceiling, a curved window seat and a stone fireplace; formal and junior dining rooms; a paneled library and office with a fireplace; a family room; a sewing room; a guest suite, and two staff rooms. Seven bedrooms and 9 1/2 bathrooms lie in 6,295 square feet.
Wellman, drawing on his experience as a World War I pilot, directed the silent film “Wings” (1927), which won the first best picture Oscar. He won a best original story Oscar for “A Star is Born” (1937). He died in 1975 at age 79.
Mary Lu Tuthill of Coldwell Banker, Brentwood, is the listing agent.
