Manchester's Historic Philip Cheney Estate Put On The Market

MANCHESTER, CT — One of THE mansions in THE Manchester mansion district went on the market Monday with a price tag of more than $2 million.

It's the historic Philip Cheney estate in the heart of the Cheney Historic District. The mansion boasts nine bedrooms, nine fireplaces and measures more than 13,000 square feet.

The listing keeps the actual street address a secret, but William Raveis is the listing agency.

Here are the details from Realtor.com:

• Address: , Manchester, Connecticut
• Price: $2,450,000
• Square Feet: 13,697
• Bedrooms: 9
• Bathrooms: 5 Full and 3 Half Baths
• Built: 1860
• Features: The majestic 7 1/2-acre Philip Cheney Mansion Estate is more than a luxury property: it is a story, a moment of splendor frozen in time. It represents a dream carried from the Gilded Age to the spectacle of the 21st century. A National Historic Landmark the Mansion was designed in the Jacobean style by Stanford White; then reconstructed in 1928 by "American Renaissance" landscape designer Charles Adam Platt. This was not a restoration, it was a preservation maintaining every original detail of the estate. Painstaking effort was used to conspicuously integrate today's modern luxuries such as central air conditioning. The wall coverings are original Zuber of the Italian countryside. The hardwood floors were hand scraped in 1860 in Italy. The spectacular ceiling panels once graced a palace in Vienna. The 9 original fireplaces were imported from around the world. Custom mouldings and woodworking were hand-carved from the worlds foremost craftsman. With 13 years of effort from preservation architect Jared Edwards, the Cheney Mansion Estate was returned to its original historic charm and grandeur. There simply is no other estate from the Cheney family, or throughout CT for that matter, as breathtaking as The Philip Cheney Mansion. The current owners spent over $8,000,000. Stewardship and ownership of the property is the adventure of a lifetime, merging the day-to-day with classical, near-celestial interiors and scenery. Own a sanctuary from the fleeting and the ordinary.

This listing originally appeared on realtor.com. For more information and photos, click here.