Situated between the villages of Stowe and Morrisville, Haveran Hill is an estate of approximately 140 acres with main house, three functional barns and a caretaker’s apartment. The contemporary house, built in 2004, overlooks a large spring-fed pond and has unobstructed views of Mt. Mansfield and the Sterling Mountain range and Mt. Elmore in the Worcester range.

The main house and barns are located in tree-lined open meadows and pasture. About half of the open fields are fenced for horses or livestock. The remaining 100 acres are forested with maple, beech, birch, ash, balsam, pine, spruce, hemlock and cedars.

The site takes advantage of near views of the meadows and pond, middle views of bucolic farms, and distant views of the Green Mountains. The architectural design and materials are by Deck House, Inc. of Massachusetts; it is post-and-beam construction, influenced by the Arts and Crafts movement.

Following the Japanese approach, the design is intended to blend with its surroundings, blurring the distinction between the outside and inside. Rather than a box, the house reaches out from its core. Entrances continue outdoor materials, and large floor to ceiling windows admit the changing landscape. High quality, natural materials dominate throughout the house: cedar ceilings, mahogany trim, slate and bamboo floors.

The Horse Barn is situated to provide privacy between the attached caretaker apartment and the main house. The barn has six stalls, four are 12’ x 12’, two are 12’ x 14’. There is a small room for hay storage, which could be converted into a seventh stall. Each stall has Dutch doors allowing each horse the ability to go in and out as it pleases with the option of enclosing the horses as needed. Solid foam floors are covered in a solid rubber mat, preventing urine from seeping under the flooring. This flooring cushions the horses’ legs, so very little bedding is needed. Such a system results in very quick and easy stall clean-up. Automatic waterers provide constant fresh water and are heated to prevent freezing in cold weather. Orion West lighting in each stall can be used to provide daylight quality light to prevent hair coating and help bring mares into heat cycle.

There is a large feed room/tool room, a wash stall/veterinary area with rubber walls, hose, sink and infrared heater and bright lighting. The tack room has radiant heat floors, ideal for preserving leather tack, a sink with disposal and ample cabinetry. A half bath is accessible from the tack room or barn aisle. The utility room which services the attached apartment as well as the barn contains a commercial washing machine which easily handles horse blankets.

A sacrifice paddock is located off the back of the barn. This can be divided to separate horses or open to as many horses as desired.

A separate two-bay Hay Barn was built to reduce fire hazard and introduction of hay dust to the horse barn. The hay barn is large enough to hold a year’s supply of hay for six horses, as well as bedding and some small additional equipment. The attached passive compost system, by O2Compost of Oregon, eliminates the need for a manure pile, and easily produces high-quality compost.

The 80' x 140' Riding Ring was professionally designed and built. It has extensive drainage both around and under the ring itself, so it dries quickly after a rain. The base is limestone developed by Shelburne Lime specifically for this purpose. The sand is of high quality and minimal dust.

The four-bay Equipment Barn includes an 864 sf insulated, heated workshop. All bays have commercial grade doors and openers. The concrete floors in each bay have individual water drainage.