Own Your Own Historic Thimble Island For $1.5 Million

BRANFORD, CT -- This historic Thimble Island property is currently on the market for $1.5 million, according to Realtor.com.

• Address: Belden Is, Branford, Connecticut
• Price: $1,500,000
• Square Feet: 2038
• Bedrooms: 4
• Bathrooms: 2 Baths
• Built: 1912
• Features: OWN YOUR OWN PRIVATE ISLAND, 75 minutes from NYC off Idyllic CT coast! One of the Thimble Islands, one acre Belden Island offers a charming story book 4 bedroom cottage, fully furnished and ready to be enjoyed. This sanctuary summer home overlooks a rolling green lawn with irrigation, sandy beach and private dock. The wrap-a-round covered porches give stunning 360 degree waterviews and the interior offers classic vintage wood floors and wainscotted walls & ceilings. Two stone fireplaces, Country kitchen with a gas stove with griddle, two refrigerators. Generator and propane, city water. Sale includes 2 acres of deeded adjacent shellfish beds. Nearby Branford station offers Amtrak and other rail service. The island is reached from the charming village of seaside Stony Creek, home to restaurants and other attractions.

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