Morley Safer's Former Connecticut House Listed For Sale

CHESTER, CT — The long-time former Connecticut home of Morley Safer, a famous news journalist, has just been listed for $1.45 million, according to the listing on Realtor.com and real estate news site the Dirt.

Safer died in 2016 at the age of 84 and was a long-time contributor to the historic CBS news program, 60 Minutes. He earned numerous awards including 12 Emmys. He spent nearly 50 years working at 60 Minutes.

In a 2016 Hartford Courant article it says that Safer loved living in Chester and was a regular at restaurants and art galleries. Safer's wife, Jane Fearer, grew up in West Hartford. (Read the full Courant story here.)

• Address: 260 Middlesex Ave, Chester, Connecticut
• Price: $1,450,000
• Square Feet: 3876
• Bedrooms: 3
• Bathrooms: 5 Baths
• Built: 1908
• Features: This remarkable country home becomes available for the first time in over 30 years. Until recently the rural retreat of a renowned journalist, it is located in the charming small town of Chester, Connecticut. New York City and Boston are just over two hours by car or train. Spread over 7 private park-like acres, the landscape is filled with such diverse decorative elements as a Bermudian moon gate, an Italian garden grotto, and prides of terracotta and stone lions.
• The center of the house is the original early 20th C eclectic cottage with its multiple architectural styles ranging from Medieval to Arts and Crafts. Surrounding the original cottage, a totally reconceived home now has a large stone patio, a spacious family room/kitchen, 2 fireplaces, 4 full baths, a classic English greenhouse, and a first-floor master suite with beamed cathedral ceiling and a huge closet/dressing room/storage area. Separated from the main house, an ample writer's studio, with wood-burning fireplace, a fifth full bath with steam shower, and a covered porch overlooks a heated swimming pool and gazebo. The 19th C. barn incorporates a new four-car garage.
• All this is just a mile from downtown Chester, home to artists and writers, a theater, some of Connecticut's finest restaurants and a celebrated Sunday Farmers Market in the town center from May through October. And when it's time to leave, your full house generator, security system and irrigation system will keep watch until you return.

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