Hearthstone Shelburne - ?

I'm in ct too. My Shelburne heats our 1200 sqft single story ranch just fine. If I load it up around 11-12pm and its turned down , I'll have lots of hot coals left in the morning.It will start right back up from them quickly. Let me know if you have any questions.

Great stove, too bad i had to leave it when i moved.
Only issues i had were sticking primary air lever and glass clips not holding glass tight enough for a good seal.
I recommend the rear heat shield even if not needed as it lets air pass through from bottom to top helping it throw more heat out into the room.
I was heating 1800sq', oak would last 9hrs and still have coals for relight.
Only in single digit temps did i have problems heating whole house.

I now have an insert for new house and the thing i like better is its a n/s loader (front to back). So if you can fit a deeper stove i would look for one of those instead, its just that much better when loading!
Good luck!

I have a Shelburne but haven't used it much (secondary stove installed for 2 winters) until I replaced it with pellet burner last year. Just sitting in the corner now until I decide what I want to do with it. With my 14+ hours door-door time at work it just couldn't cut it, 8 hours was a bit of a stretch. Worked well, best I could tell. My chimney wasn't ideal and neither was my wood at the time so hard to say just how good it could have been. My unit still looks brand new, basil porcelain enamel, so easy to clean and looks great, just got to be careful about scratches.

I have the brown majolica in my 900 sq ft cabin in WV. The cabin walls are just 4" thick wood, no other insulation. The Shelburne keeps it nice and cozy, unless the temps go down and the wind blows. It'll do an 8-10 hour burn, with coals left at the end. I was there one night with a strong wind and 9 below zero (F)...it couldn't keep up, so I had to use the propane gas log stove as backup. No complaints about the stove...it looks great. I don't know if it could handle a 1500 sq ft cape with poor insulation, though.

I remember your posts on the Shelburne, Dan. Beautiful setup you got there. Is that 900 sqft just the main floor? If so it's probably pretty close to a 1500sqft cape cod just missing the floor where yours is open to the ceiling. Depends how your counting those sqft too, sometimes the upper level of the cape is only counted at 50% of its total footprint. But I'd agree it might be a stretch for a poorly insulated house that size. My original house (and where the Shelburne was located) is a cape code style, 24'x32' footprint (768sqft) first floor, 1152 sqft total on the county auditors site (upper floor counted at 50%), poorly insulated and drafty. Half of the upstairs had no insulation whatsoever and the other half was mostly just R-11 squeezed in between plaster and metal roof (no sheathing even) in the narrow 3" cavity. It couldn't keep up on the really cold/windy days. But it is unfair since my house was just really poor. I'm sure it'd have no problem if it was tighter and better insulated but it sounds like you may be in the same situation as me, Sage.

Cabin is 20' x 30', so 600 sq ft on ground floor, with a loft over half of the ground floor, so 600+300=900 sq ft.

I heat about 1000 square feet in NH with my Shelburne. House has decent insulation, on the shady side of the hill, and a solid constant 10 degrees colder than most of CT. I've got a good set up, somewhat open floor plan, and a decent chimney, it does good down to zero, if it gets below zero with wind, I can keep the house warm, but I've gotta run it pretty hard, so at that point I just hit the button for the forced hot air heat.
Overall, I've been very happy with the stove for three years now. Like mentioned above, glass clips loosen up (but no air leaks noticed) and the air lever got a little sticky, but seems to have come back out of it now.
I can get a re-light on coals after a solid 10 hours, although when I'm home I usually go 4-6 hours on a full load. Comfortably keeps main living area in the 70's and upper level (bed rooms) in the 60's. The stove delivers a steady constant heat, takes a bit to warm up, but continues to heat for a while after the flames die out.
Given a similar needs to what I have now, I wouldn't hesitate to buy another one. If I were to go bigger I would look for a N/S loading option or something with a side door, like our Oslo has, which by the way, is another great stove, may be more aptly sized for your home as well, depending on location, they're not good for a corner install, but the Shelburne has very low clearances so it's great in a corner.