Dreiser Estate Lodge & Stables | Bedford, New York | description

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Adirondack-style mountain lodge with stone chimney and timber siding, set in a woodland meadow garden as part of an architect-led retreat master plan.
Double-height great room with exposed timber trusses, a large fieldstone fireplace, and lounge seating beneath warm lantern lighting.
Warm timber-lined guest suite with built-in twin beds, arched opening, loft lattice, and seating area in a rustic lodge interior.
Warm galley kitchen with custom painted cabinetry, large black range hood, farmhouse sink, and pendant lighting leading to a dining nook.
Primary bedroom with a tall fieldstone fireplace, exposed timber beams, paneled walls, and a seating nook beside the hearth.
Round stone tower with shingled roof beside a timber barn complex, part of an architect-designed woodland estate master plan with handcrafted materials.
Round stone tower with a shingled roof rising behind flowering garden beds in a wooded estate setting.
Fieldstone cottage with ivy-covered walls and a wildflower border along a stone path, part of an architect-led woodland estate master plan.
Cluster of restored stone barns with shingle roofs and garden walls surrounded by summer flowers on a wooded estate.
Rendered master plan site plan for a 51-acre woodland estate near the Croton Reservoir showing lodge, barns, paddocks, gardens, and service buildings by Andrew B. Ballard Architect.

The master plan for a historic 51-acre woodland site along the Croton Reservoir and comprehensive architectural and interior design services for a collection of stone and timber barns, service buildings and a wooded aviary. The refined Adirondack-style Mountain lodge, set among the trees on a steep slope providing panoramic views over the wildflower meadows below, is reminiscent of the early 19th century great summer camps along New York State’s Finger Lakes region. Strung together by a collection of paddocks, alpine forests, fruit tree orchids, maple and stone sculpture gardens, the assortment of both exotic animals and plantings are interlaced by the foundation of stone structures supporting a living collection to create a bucolic and luxurious year-round weekend family retreat.

  • Architecture : Andrew B. Ballard
  • Interior Design: B Five Studio
  • Photography: Scott Frances