561 Bunker Rd, Putney, VT 05346

This elegant Federal Colonial has a commanding presence & offers spacious, light-filled rooms with plaster walls, fireplaces, built in bookcases & many tasteful & recent updates to the period house. Sited to enjoy privacy & pastoral views over fields & woodland, the house sits well back from the quiet country road & is located in a neighborhood with several large, conserved parcels. The original 1773 house was a cape, built by the Laughton family. In 1812 they added a two story colonial addition. 1n 1930, the property was sold out of the family for the first time, to Ellsworth Bunker, for whom the road is named. He added the 2 story addition of 4 rooms, that created the hip-roofed colonial. Also on the property are a beautiful, recently renovated 2 bedroom guest house, a barn,a utility shed & pond. The land a mix of well-maintained fields & managed woodland is enrolled in the State of Vt. Current Use Program & protected by conservation easements held by The Vermont Land Trust.