The "Beverly Hillbillies" Home Is Now the Most Expensive House in the U.S.
COURTESY OF ROGERS & COWAN A historic Los Angeles mansion is now the most expensive listing in the United States.
Fans of The Beverly Hillbillies will recognize the 25,000-square-foot, 10.3-acre estate in Bel Air as the residence of patriarch Jed Clampett. The late real-life billionaire Jerry Perenchio lived in the home for 30 years, beginning in 1986, when he bought it from hotelier Arnold Kirkeby (whose family had rented it out as the TV show set). Perenchio also gave it a name: "Chartwell."
The limestone house was built in 1933 by architect Sumner Spaulding, and Perenchio hired decorator Henri Samuel to redesign it (Samuel also did work for the Valentinos, Vanderbilts and Rothschilds). He also added onto the property by purchasing a Wallace Neff-designed home to use as a guest house. The main house, inspired by 18th-century French neoclassical design, includes a ballroom, "world-class" wine cellar, formal salon and period-paneled dining room, extensive gardens, tennis court, 75-foot pool and pool house and covered parking for 40 cars.
The listing is shared by Jeff Hyland, Drew Fenton and Gary Gold of Hilton & Hyland; Joyce Rey, Jade Mills and Alexandra Allen of Coldwell Banker Global Luxury; and Drew Gitlin and Susan Gitlin of Berkshire Hathaway Home Services.
This post will be updated.
Fans of The Beverly Hillbillies will recognize the 25,000-square-foot, 10.3-acre estate in Bel Air as the residence of patriarch Jed Clampett. The late real-life billionaire Jerry Perenchio lived in the home for 30 years, beginning in 1986, when he bought it from hotelier Arnold Kirkeby (whose family had rented it out as the TV show set). Perenchio also gave it a name: "Chartwell."
The limestone house was built in 1933 by architect Sumner Spaulding, and Perenchio hired decorator Henri Samuel to redesign it (Samuel also did work for the Valentinos, Vanderbilts and Rothschilds). He also added onto the property by purchasing a Wallace Neff-designed home to use as a guest house. The main house, inspired by 18th-century French neoclassical design, includes a ballroom, "world-class" wine cellar, formal salon and period-paneled dining room, extensive gardens, tennis court, 75-foot pool and pool house and covered parking for 40 cars.
The listing is shared by Jeff Hyland, Drew Fenton and Gary Gold of Hilton & Hyland; Joyce Rey, Jade Mills and Alexandra Allen of Coldwell Banker Global Luxury; and Drew Gitlin and Susan Gitlin of Berkshire Hathaway Home Services.
This post will be updated.
The house was used as a set for "The Beverly Hillbillies."
Bettmann
In this scene, Donna Douglas as Elly May and Max Baer, Jr., as Jethro Bodine are seated in an automobile. Irene Ryan, as Granny, and Buddy Ebsen, as Jed Clampett, are standing beside them.
Before his death, Perenchio also purchased Ronald Reagan's nearby estate in Bel Air.
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Perenchio, who was worth an estimated $.7 billion when he died in May, paid $$ million for the property.From: Town & Country US
By Sam Dangremond
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