Three rooms overlook the pebble beach with its lobster pots and upturned fishing boats (two of them have a sea-view conservatory; the third, a child-friendly twin, shares a bathroom); all share a fresh and vaguely New England look (patchwork quilts, striped cottons, lighthouse motifs).
Ms. Pinover Schiff had gone to a building on Fifth Avenue in the East 70s with a view of the Conservatory Water, where model boaters sail their prides and joys.
An exhibition of 16 of his photographs, "The Earth and Other Sacred Places," will be on view in the conservatory's Stadther Recital Hall from Wednesday through Nov. 25.
The windows throughout the house would be elongated to take advantage of the view; a large conservatory dining room would be located off the deck, opening onto it; two bedrooms and bathrooms would go in downstairs; and the spiral staircase would be replaced by a simple narrow stair leading to a small loft bedroom and bathroom.
Although she says she was invited back, Payton had chafed at the counseling that many conservatories view as practical in the cutthroat professional world.
More than $1.2 million Peapack $1.675 million133 Sheephill Drive Number of bedrooms: 5 Number of full bathrooms: 4 Number of half bathrooms: 2 Weeks on market: 2 months New colonial; countryside views, beamed ceilings, conservatory, sunroom, exercise room, finished full basement, 3-car attached garage, 2.87-acre lot; taxes $9,095; listed at $1,799,990.
A bonsai exhibition is on view in the Haupt Conservatory through Oct. 29.
You can eat in the conservatory with views to Scolt Head Island, or have a drink in the open-plan bar with the locals.
The West Suite has a carved four-poster, a "hidden" bathroom (the loo is housed in a closet, and you lift a lid from the tub) and a private conservatory with views over peaceful farmland.
The conservatory has meadow views.
Other common areas include a conservatory with water views, a sunroom and outdoors, a wooden deck "perfect for sipping champagne," said Lady Helen Long, the owner of the house.
