Inside a $165,000,000 Estate Bigger Than The Taj Mahal | On The Market | Architectural Digest

Today Architectural Digest brings you inside one of Los Angeles' most legendary properties, The Manor, currently on the market for $165 million. Built in the style of a French chateau by Hollywood impresario Aaron Spelling and family, the estate boasts 14 bedrooms and 27 baths across over 4 and half verdant acres - larger than either the White House or Taj Mahal.

Listing Agent: Drew Fenton - Estates Director at Hilton & Hyland


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[ValenciaKei]

Whoever "decorated" this estate did a great job, it really made me want to move in and change everything

[austingonzalez]

I like how their library doesn't try to overdo it with the books. Or nearly any books for that matter.

[jacksonvanmatre]

I love a home that feels like an empty, high-end mall.

[kevinz]

I've had my eye on this property for quite some time. I plan on moving in right away and plan to stay for at least a year or until the new owner discovers that I am there.

[ln]

I’ve never understood why larger estates have such a random ratio of bathroom and bedrooms. Why does any house need 27 baths with 14 bedrooms

[itsodelay]

I absolutely love the quaintness and small “intimate” feeling of this little cabin in the city.

[damonblade]

I have never seen such a gigantic library with that few books in my entire life !

[markgullion]

Bless his heart. He's trying so hard to convince himself and others that this isn't completely awful.

[annickatangeraas]

Projects done on this large of a scale are rarely done tastefully and this home has failed to break that pattern

[lucyanderson]

I will never understand rich people who have the money to build huge, beautiful closets and the best they can come up with is something that looks like a shop

[onee]

Some of the house really gives off "big event" vibes. Like it's totally not intended for families to live, but instead to constantly rent it out to strangers. I mean I like how spacious this is, but it feels more like they turned large halls into a luxury places to sit and talk during big events. That's it. I can't even call it a home. It doesn't feel cozy at all. And why are there so many couches everywhere... This gives major "rich guy with zero taste who didn't know what to do with all that space"-vibes.

[reecekennedy]

Thank you Architectural Digest, as an architectural designer, I took this as a lesson in how NOT to design a large house.
It's garish and below your usual standard.

[Tagbadger]

A family home for generations…now on the market after just the one 😅

[bennyboiart]

While I don’t think I would refer to this house as ever being visually on par with genuine châteaux built in centuries past, I still find it interesting to compare how it looked originally to how it looks now as it quickly becomes apparent that the designers in charge of each version had very different visions in mind: whereas the original attempted to artificially evoke feelings of old world grandeur, wealth, and respectability, the current iteration seeks to shed the idea of belonging to a long line supported by intergenerational wealth and instead seeks to appeal to the tastes of new-moneyed celebrities and influencers.

[bithewaydands]

I love the library being described as “intimate” 😋

[zaynelumpkin]

That "library" had about eight books and two bookshelves of space

[Connor-vjvf]

Is it not weird to have a "library" with like 12 books in it?

[Hazeleyedbri]

I really HATE when they show these AMAZING properties and DON"T show the garage area. You know these people have fleets of cars and it would be great to see where they keep them

[Afronistan]

this is something if i had $500M I would still buy it. what a piece of art

[vidvidvidful]

I absolutely love AD, but I feel like more and more they are missing the mark lately. I think most of us are looking to experience beautifully curated houses, great design and inspirational homes. It seems like now they are showcasing homes with little character and featuring artists and celebrities that have no style or whatsoever.