![]() Jefferys and Osborne wanted a vacation home of their own, but with their busy schedules and their now-teenage boys playing baseball and traveling to games, they decided to look for a place with their family friends’ son - Jefferys’ lifelong friend - who continues to visit Cornwall with his own family, but lives full-time in Delhi, India. “My parents used to live in India, and we’d visit Cornwall with their dear friends - the wife is Indian, and the husband is American with a sister who lived in Cornwall.” “I remembered Cornwall from visiting as a child, and thinking, ‘What a quaint place,’ ” says Jefferys, who grew up in England, adding that the area resembles the English countryside with its rolling hills and stone walls. Feeling as if transported to another universe with Mohawk Mountain Ski Area and a lake for ice skating nearby, they fell in love with the Litchfield Hills’ bucolic setting and its magical change of pace. Over the course of about five winters, with their three young, rambunctious boys in tow, architects Sarah Jefferys and Stewart Osborne would leave their Brooklyn, N.Y., home for Cornwall, Conn., renting a weekend getaway. ![]() ![]() The result is a property with distinct living spaces for two families, plus a communal area in the middle. Perhaps only an architect would see the potential to join a weathered stone cottage with a new, ultra-modern addition. ![]()
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