From the Los Angeles Times, July 16:
In L.A.’s jam-packed real estate market, an acre is huge. Five acres is a dream. But 100-plus acres is historic.
The Robert Taylor Ranch, a massive equestrian estate sprawled in the hills of Brentwood, is hitting the market for $70 million.
At 112 acres, it’s the largest residential estate to hit the market in the city of L.A. since at least the 1980s, when the Multiple Listing Service started tracking home sales. For reference, the property single-handedly makes up more than 1% of Brentwood, which spans just over 15 square miles.
There are a handful of larger residential properties around L.A. — including the Mountain, a prized 157-acre undeveloped parcel in Beverly Crest that once listed for $1 billion — but none with homes on them that have officially hit the market.
The ranch has roughly 20,000 square feet of living space spread across four structures. There’s a 12,000-square-foot main house with seven bedrooms, a dog spa, art studio and massage room, as well as a guesthouse, barn and workshop.
“It’s a once-in-a-lifetime estate,” said Rochelle Maize of Nourmand & Associates, who’s handling the listing.
Designed in 1950 by architect Robert Byrd, the ranch was built for oil baron Waite Phillips and later owned by actors Robert Taylor and Barbara Stanwyck, who hosted parties at the residence. In its Old Hollywood heyday, it once featured a secret casino accessed by hidden doors; the casino has since been removed, but the hidden door and hallway, found through a rotating bookcase, remain....
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