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The Cutchogue home of author and BBC journalist Alistair Cooke is on the market for $5.2 million. The four-bedroom, 2 ½-bath contemporary house sits on 1.4 acres on the southern tip of Nassau Point, on a bluff overlooking Peconic Bay. There is also a separate guest studio with a half-bath.

British-born Cooke, who died in 2004 at age 95, is perhaps best known for his 22-year stint as host of public television’s "Masterpiece Theatre." The home is being sold by Cooke’s heirs.

The home was built for him in the 1940s by architect William Muschenheim, who also designed the Marine Transportation Building at the 1939 World’s Fair, and the exhibition space which was the precursor to Manhattan’s Guggenheim Museum.

Listing agent Nicole LaBella of The Corcoran Group says that the scenery, with 248 feet of waterfront and views of Shelter Island, is reminiscent of the south of France. “It’s a rare opportunity to find a property like this on the bay.”