Winvian Farm

Fifteen architects, one extraordinary farm

Somewhere in the Litchfield Hills of Connecticut, tucked behind a long drive and 113 acres of woods and meadows, sits one of the strangest and most wonderful properties in American hospitality. Fifteen architects were each given a brief and a plot at Winvian Farm — the resulting nineteen accommodations (eighteen cottages and The Hadley Suite) share nothing except their quality. The Helicopter cottage repurposes an actual helicopter cabin. The Treehouse does exactly what it promises. The Greenhouse is glass and garden. The Secret Society rewards curiosity. Each is a world unto itself, and together they make Winvian Farm almost impossible to categorise.

Weddings at Winvian are built around this sense of theatrical delight — the same spirit that guides the cottages carries into the Event Barn (which seats up to 220), the Meadow (which holds 500 or more beneath an open sky), and the celebrated Restaurant at Winvian, where seasonal ingredients arrive from the property's own gardens and greenhouses. A Relais & Châteaux member, the farm has earned every accolade through substance: genuine culinary excellence, an in-residence wedding planner included as standard, and a setting that makes guests feel they have stumbled into something private and rare.