Listing of the Day
Location: Los Angeles, California
Price: $12.77 million
The last house on Rising Glen Road is tucked neatly away from the street, so that upon approaching the estate, you would be forgiven for thinking there’s not much there. "You get to the top and you just see a big garage door–you’ve no idea what’s behind it," said agent Christopher Dyson of The Agency. The scale of the estate, at a total of 64,000-square-feet, or just under an acre and a half, comes as a surprise.
Its architecture is reminiscent of John Woolf’s classic 20th century Hollywood style, and the house itself is rich in history and character.
Oscar-winning film director John Schlesinger, of "Midnight Cowboy" and "Sunday Bloody Sunday" fame, was one of the home’s first owners.
Rolling Stones fans may get a kick out of one particular piece of trivia connected to the house: It was used as a location for an infamous never-released documentary chronicling the Rolling Stones’ 1972 American Tour, a film that became an underground legend. The band, who had hired photographer Robert Frank to shoot the fly-on-the-wall documentary, decided when it was finished that they didn’t want the public seeing such a stark representation of their rock-star antics.
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While the house’s Hollywood history may be a draw, the property’s scale also offers a development opportunity for Los Angeles buyers, who would be hard pressed to find another lot of this size in the coveted Bird Streets section and its adjacent areas. The estate’s prime location provides treetop-framed views of Downtown L.A.
Stats
The 4,529-square-foot home has four bedrooms and five full bathrooms.
Amenities
The home has a heated pool, a four-car garage, a cushy home theater and a sprawling garden.
Neighborhood Notes
The neighborhood, a mix of celebrities and young families, is secluded, private and peaceful, while being ideally located a stone’s throw from the Sunset Strip.
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Celebrity Cachet
In addition to Schlesinger, in the early 1980s, Cindy Crawford and Richard Gere lived in the home together (they modeled for a Herb Ritts photo shoot around their pool). According to Mr. Dyson, Sean Connery is rumored to have lived there too.
Agent: Christopher Dyson, The Agency
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