NEWTOWN, CT — A cut stone manor above the Aspetuck River, with six fireplaces, an elevator and six garages, is Newtown's most expensive home for sale. It leads a list on Zillow.com that also includes a French Norman estate with a 95-foot pool and two houses waiting to be built on Nicolina Way.
No. 1 on the list is 7 Equestrian Ridge Road, listed at $6,872,000 after a $380,000 price cut on Oct. 6. Built in 2002 on 16 acres, the 9,605-square-foot stone house has four bedrooms, six full bathrooms and two half bathrooms, and it looks out over a 40-acre horse farm. Inside are a great room facing an outdoor waterfall, a kitchen with a double Viking range plus a separate caterer's kitchen, a library, a river-view sunroom, cherry floors and doors, a wine room, a media room with stadium seating and a caretaker or au pair apartment. It has been on Zillow for 157 days.
Just behind it is Hermitswood at 148 Taunton Hill Road, a French Norman country estate on 8.13 acres, at $3,495,000. The house dates to 1900, and the listing says it was renovated by architect Theo Muller and later reimagined by Charles Hilton Architects. It has 6,321 square feet, six bedrooms, five full bathrooms and four half bathrooms, and a kitchen with Lacanche and Sub-Zero appliances. Outside are a chemical-free pool 30 by 95 feet, award-winning gardens and a lily pond. It has been on Zillow for 74 days.
Rounding out the top three is a custom home to be built by CORBO at 9 Nicolina Way, listed at $2,750,000. The planned 6,600-square-foot house on 3.24 acres has five bedrooms, three full bathrooms and two half bathrooms. It has been on Zillow for 29 days.
No. 4 is a builder's own house: 164 Taunton Hill Road, a custom Dutch colonial built in 2010 and listed at $2,650,000. The 5,687-square-foot home has four bedrooms, three full bathrooms and one half bathroom on 2 acres, with Hardie Board siding, copper gutters, an open staircase with hand-turned mahogany railings and wide-plank walnut floors. It has been on Zillow for 25 days.
Closing out the top five is another new home planned on Nicolina Way, at Lot 7B Nicolina Way in Oak Ridge Estates, at $2,490,000. The 5,200-square-foot plan on 4.85 acres has four bedrooms and four bathrooms. It has been on Zillow for 160 days.
Prices, listing status and days on market are from each property's Zillow.com listing as of Oct. 26, 2026, and may change. Only homes marked "For sale" or offered as new construction were included; pending, coming-soon, land-only and multifamily listings were left out.
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