Rich Cribs: Literary View

The view from this Noyac home, listed for $4.995 million, has a story: The buyer will get a glimpse of the glass writing studio of John Steinbeck named “Joyous Gard,” built to replicate King Arthur’s round table and where he wrote “Winter of our Discontent." Available for the first time in 60 years, it is located at the end of a graceful drive through two acres on the water with 150 feet of bulkhead and existing dock, just outside the historic village of Sag Harbor Village. “This is a house for a passionate visionary, with a 24/7 relationship with the water,” says Traci Robinson of Corcoran, who is listing the home. The property has a Certificate of Occupancy for five buildings with more than 4,000 square feet. There are seven bedrooms and five baths in cottage dwellings, a bath and boat house with a concrete ramp to the water and a detached garage. The dock can support a motorcraft up to 30 feet.