The Connecticut country home of the late billionaire Edgar Bronfman Sr.. is asking $7.995 million, according to listing agent Todd Gibbons of William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty. Located about 60 miles outside New York City in the Fairfield County town of Westport, the roughly 9,000-square-foot house has six bedrooms. The core of the house is a 19th century barn which was renovated and expanded in 2000, Mr. Gibbons said. A great room with ceilings around 20 feet high has a large stone fireplace. The house also has two wine cellars, a gym and a game room, Mr. Gibbons said.
The property, which has about 750 feet of frontage on the Aspetuck River, includes a swimming pool, a pool house and a tennis court. The 13-acre property is the largest parcel on the market in Westport, where many homes sit on 1-acre lots, Mr. Gibbons said. Mr. Bronfman, who died in 2013 at age 84, was chairman of liquor giant Seagram and president of the World Jewish Congress. His widow, artist Jan Aronson, said the couple lived primarily in Manhattan but bought the Westport property in 2010 as a country home. Ms. Aronson said she spends virtually every weekend in Westport with her dog, who loves swimming in the river. With Mr. Bronfman gone, however, she said she is selling because “it’s a very large property. It’s too much for me.” She said she’ll look for “something much more modest.” Shortly after Mr. Bronfman’s death, the family listed his Fifth Avenue penthouse. It sold in 2014 after a bidding war for $70 million, which at the time was a record for the highest-priced co-op sale in New York City. Write to Candace Taylor at Candace.Taylor@wsj.com This article originally appeared on The Wall Street Journal.