These are the five highest-priced home sales reported in Shoreline & Lower River Valley, Connecticut for the week ending November 8, 2026, and together they totaled $8.08 million. The group runs from homes on the beaches of Long Island Sound to country properties with ponds, meadows and stone walls, and the five span more than two centuries of building, from the 18th century to the late 1990s.
No. 1 — $3,618,000 · 14 Ozone Road, Branford, Connecticut
The week’s top sale was 14 Ozone Road, a shingled Colonial on the water in Branford’s Pine Orchard neighborhood, which sold for $3.618 million. Built in 1900, the home looks out across the Thimble Islands and the shoreline, with Long Island visible in the distance. The property has water frontage and beach access, with association membership required.
A curved wraparound porch, with its wisteria tree, is the place to take in the view, and French doors lead out to it from the living room. The dining room flows into the living room. Throughout the main rooms are high ceilings, hardwood floors and plenty of windows, and the home has three fireplaces along with window seats, built-ins and nooks. The eat-in kitchen has inset cabinetry and a built-in refrigerator.
Upstairs, the primary suite overlooks the water and has a large walk-in closet, a dressing area, a whirlpool tub and a separate shower. Next to it, an office opens onto a balcony with more water views. Two more bedrooms and a hall bathroom are on the same floor. The third level has room for a gym and a play space in the cupola, as well as the fourth bedroom and a full bath. In all, the home has four bedrooms, four bathrooms and 4,190 square feet, the largest living area of the five, on 0.43 acres. A detached two-car garage sits apart from the home, and the Pine Orchard Yacht & Country Club can be reached by a short golf cart ride. The property last sold for $860,000 in 1991.
The home sold $418,000 above its asking price of $3.2 million. Stephanie Donegan Dietz of William Raveis Real Estate was the listing agent with Kd Kling, also of William Raveis Real Estate, and Laura Roselinsky of Compass Connecticut, LLC represented the buyer.
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No. 2 — $1,453,736 · 1 Honey Hill Lane, Lyme, Connecticut
Known as the Seth Ely House, 1 Honey Hill Lane in the Mount Archer area of Lyme dates to 1796 and overlooks the Eightmile River and its millpond. A waterfall and established gardens greet arrivals. The Colonial, finished in shingle and clapboard, sold for $1.45 million.
Updates have brought modern comforts to the 18th-century home. From the entry, a living room with a fireplace opens off the hall, and hardwood floors run through the main rooms. The dining room sits beside a classic butler’s pantry and the kitchen, which has marble countertops and Bertazzoni appliances. A few steps down is a sunken great room with coffered ceilings and the home’s second fireplace, where walls of windows lead out to a patio, the gardens and views of the river. All three bedrooms are upstairs, each with its own bath, and a half bath is on the first floor.
At the back of the property is a studio guest cottage with a full bathroom and a loft. The detached garage has a studio apartment above it, with a kitchen and a large private deck. The main home has 3,111 square feet on 1.48 acres, and the property last sold for $605,000 in 2020.
The home went under contract seven days after it was listed and sold above its $1.395 million asking price. Dana Ramsey Maxwell of William Pitt Sotheby’s Int’l was the listing agent, and Teri Lewis of William Pitt Sotheby’s Int’l represented the buyer. It was one of two William Pitt Sotheby’s Int’l listings in this week’s Top 5.
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No. 3 — $1,075,000 · 14 Cutler Road, Old Lyme, Connecticut
At 14 Cutler Road in Old Lyme, the setting is Edge Lea, a private, year-round beach association with two sandy beaches on Long Island Sound and an association tennis court. The property belongs to both the Edge Lea Association and the Orchard Association. The home, an architecturally designed, custom-built Colonial from 1998, is the newest of the five, and it sold for $1.075 million.
A recent update added a new kitchen with stainless steel appliances, two dishwashers and a large island for working space. The primary suite is on the first floor and has water views, along with a newly designed marble bath that includes a soaking tub, a glass-enclosed shower, a vaulted ceiling and a skylight. The layout is open, with a sunken living room whose double-sided fireplace is shared with the formal dining room. Downstairs, the lower level serves as a great room with a kitchenette and a half bath.
Outside, tiered mahogany decking has views of the water, and the association beaches are a short walk away. The home has three bedrooms, four bathrooms and 3,584 square feet on 1.90 acres, with a new mud room and an attached two-car garage. The property last sold for $724,900 in 2018.
Colette Harron of William Pitt Sotheby’s Int’l was the listing agent, giving the firm its second listing in this week’s Top 5.
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No. 4 — $1,005,000 · 141 Cedar Swamp Road, Deep River, Connecticut
The largest property in the group is 141 Cedar Swamp Road in the Winthrop area of Deep River, where a Colonial built in 1767, the oldest home of the five, sits on 5.83 secluded, landscaped acres. It sold for $1.005 million.
The grounds are the draw. A professionally engineered pond is used for swimming and fishing in the warmer months and for skating in winter. Stone patios and walls surround a fenced saltwater pool and its pool house. The property also has a substantial barn and a second barn that doubles as a two-car garage.
Inside, a foyer floored in brick leads to rooms with wide-board floors, exposed beams and detailed millwork, and the home has four fireplaces. In the kitchen, an oversized fireplace with a gas insert covers nearly a whole wall, and a large center island gives the room a gathering place. The great room has soaring ceilings, custom windows, built-ins and its own fireplace, and French doors open from it to a covered rear porch that looks over the grounds. The primary suite takes up the entire third floor. The home has four bedrooms, four bathrooms and 4,043 square feet. The property last sold for $650,000 in 2015.
The home sold above its asking price. Kelly Puorro of Puorro Realty Group was the listing agent with Brandon Puorro, also of Puorro Realty Group, and Melissa DiPiazza of RE/MAX One represented the buyer.
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No. 5 — $925,000 · 6 Lord Hill Lane, Lyme, Connecticut
The two acres at 6 Lord Hill Lane in Lyme are open meadow and woodland set behind centuries-old stone walls, and the home on them is a clapboard Colonial built in 1990. Its wraparound porch overlooks the meadow and Lord Creek Farm, and it connects to a bluestone patio. The home has three bedrooms and three bathrooms in 1,862 square feet, with an attached one-car garage. The rooms are bright, with high ceilings. The primary bedroom is on the main level, and upstairs are two large bedrooms, one of them with its own bath.
Membership in the Lord Creek Trails Association comes with the home, giving access to miles of walking trails through the community. Saybrook Station and the conveniences of Old Lyme are a short drive away.
The home sold for $925,000. It went under contract 13 days after it was listed and sold $30,000 above its asking price of $895,000. Nancy Mesham of Coldwell Banker Realty was the listing agent, and Adam C. Clemens of Century 21 Clemens Group represented the buyer.
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RealtyWire selected these transactions from publicly reported residential sales identified for the calendar week ending Sunday, November 8, 2026. The report may exclude private, off-market, delayed or nondisclosed transactions. Prices, property details and professional representation are reported as available at publication and may be updated following confirmation from transaction participants.
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