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On an unassuming side street in Long Island’s Old Brookville, a 1,000-foot long driveway flanked by an allée of pear saplings leads to a 120-room, 17th century-style château bedecked with elaborate limestone carvings. Atop its slate roof, a copper ridge decorated with rosettes shines in the early summer sun. Above the front door, the initials “RY” are flanked by horn-blowing cherubs.
Though it is a brand-new building in suburban Long Island, the roughly 23,000-square-foot structure looks for all the world like it…