What could be better than being among Harry Connick Jr.’s neighbor? Perhaps being among Paul Simon’s? If either scenario intrigues you, then Le Beau Chateau in New Canaan might be the estate for you. That is, if the $17 million asking price doesn’t make you flinch.

It is one of Fairfield County’s last great estate properties and its sprawling 52 acres of open meadows and gentle streams once belonged to the late copper heiress Huguette M. Clark.

Secluded behind gates and a pine forest, and unoccupied for more than 60 years, the estate sports a grand manor house: Le Beau Château. It is a French château–style residence reminiscent of the mansions in the Loire Valley of France. Built in 1937 by the New York architectural firm Voorhees, Gmelin and Walker, designers of the Art Deco–styled Times Square Building and One Wall Street, this 9-bedroom, six full- and three ... Read More