Katharine Hepburn's beloved mansion

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

The home Katharine Hepburn called Paradise: Beloved mansion film icon lived in until she died aged 96 goes on the market for £8.8million

The beachfront home of Katharine Hepburn - that in the latter part of her life often referred to as 'paradise' - is on the market in the Fenwick borough of Old Saybrook in Connecticut's posh Middlesex County, and its current owners are asking a bargain $14.8 million for the 8,300-square-foot home. The newly renovated property had been in Hepburn's family for decades, and was the famed actress' home until her death in 2003. New York construction magnate Frank Sciame bought the estate in 2004 for $6 million and is in the process of selling it off as three separate properties