Mike Kittredge plays the drums at his home in Leverett in November 2017. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS

Mike Kittredge plays the drums at his home in Leverett in November 2017 while Tim O’Brien plays the guitar. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS

Michael Kittredge plays at a fundraiser at his Leverett home for the organization Sounds of Recovery in November 2017. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO/FILE

The Leverett estate of the late Yankee Candle Co. founder Michael J. Kittredge II boasts two climate-controlled car barns with room for 60 vehicles. Surette Media Group

One of five kitchens in a sprawling Leverett estate built by late Yankee Candle Co. founder Michael J. Kittredge II is listing for $23 million. Surette Media Group

An interior image of the Leverett estate built by late Yankee Candle Co. founder Michael J. Kittredge II is listing for $23 million. Surette Media Group

An office of the Leverett estate built by late Yankee Candle Co. founder Michael J. Kittredge II is listing for $23 million. Surette Media GrouP

A dining room in the Leverett estate built by late Yankee Candle Co. founder Michael J. Kittredge II is listing for $23 million. Surette Media Group

The estate offers an arcade decked out with slots, pinball machines and carnival-style Skee-Ball — as well as a three-lane bowling alley and billiards room. Surette Media Group

The estate offers an arcade decked out with slots, pinball machines and carnival-style Skee-Ball — as well as a three-lane bowling alley and billiards room. Surette Media Group

The estate comes with an indoor water park complete with slides, waterfalls and palm trees all tucked under a ceiling painted like the natural sky — which was inspired by the Bellagio in Las Vegas. Surette Media Group

A sprawling Leverett estate built by late Yankee Candle Co. founder Michael J. Kittredge II is listing for $23 million. Surette Media Group

LEVERETT — The house that Yankee Candle built just surfaced for sale at $23 million — and it’s a doozy.

Half-theme park, half-mega-mansion, the 120,000-square-foot compound was built over the course of two decades for Michael Kittredge, the entrepreneur who grew a small homemade candle operation into one of the biggest candle manufacturers in the country, Yankee Candle.

Kittredge died at 67 in 2019, and his son Mick is handling the sale. Stunning in scope, the 60-acre estate grew parallel to Kittredge’s business over the years. It started out as a modest three-bedroom Colonial in the 1980s and evolved into a private oasis with an amenities list that puts other luxury listings to shame.

Some listings feature two islands in the kitchen. This one has five.

Some listings feature a putting green. This one comes with a nine-hole golf course.

Some listings feature a three-car garage. This one boasts two climate-controlled car barns with room for 60 vehicles.

Some listings feature a tennis court. This one has three, including two clay courts and an indoor court complete with a 25-foot oak bar and 4,000-square-foot stage at one end where bands such as Hall & Oates and the Doobie Brothers have performed.

Some listings feature a game room. This one offers an arcade decked out with slots, pinball machines and carnival-style Skee-Ball — as well as a three-lane bowling alley and billiards room.

Some listings feature an indoor pool. This one comes with an indoor water park complete with slides, waterfalls and palm trees all tucked under a ceiling painted like the natural sky — which was inspired by the Bellagio in Las Vegas.

Some listings feature a gym and spa. This one offers a 55,000-square-foot facility complete with a sauna, steam room, locker rooms, massage rooms, a 4,000-square-foot gym and full kitchen.

The house itself spans 25,000 square feet and holds five bedrooms, 8.5 bathrooms, 11 fireplaces and vast living spaces with custom millwork and towering columns. Highlights include a stone wine cellar, oval office and rounded dining nook overlooking the grounds.

Trees, lawns, ponds and pergolas fill out the 60-acre setting, surrounding additional structures such as a clubhouse, cabana and pair of guesthouses.

Johnny Hatem Jr. of the Sarkis Team at Douglas Elliman holds the listing.

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