The Manor, the one-time estate of producer Aaron Spelling and, until Nile Niami’s The One emerged as an ill-fated contender, the mansion that best represented the extreme possibilities of the Los Angeles ego, is back on the market this winter priced at $165 million.
Spelling Manor saw a long run on the open market in the last decade. At the time, it was owned by Formula One heiress Petra Ecclestone, who initially listed it for a sanguine for $200 million. The price was whittled down to $175 million, then $160 million; Ecclestone eventually passed the property on to a new buyer in 2019 after about eight years of ownership. That buyer, formerly believed to be well-heeled Canadian Daryl Katz but now rumored to be a Saudi national, paid $120 million for it.
The mansion was completed in 1990. To call the house palatial is not to luxuriate in hyperbole; its interior living spaces span 57,000 sq. ft., and it contains fourteen bedrooms and twenty-two baths in all.
The list of specialty rooms in The Manor is somewhat lengthy. Some of the more extraordinary spaces: a barbershop, separate barbershop and beauty salon, a Cineplex-sized theater with a projection booth, a bowling alley, a night club. The house contains a dedicated wing for staff, and one floor of one wing is populated by closets.
The grounds supporting The Manor are similarly impressive. Large swaths of lawn, an orchard, a formal garden, a tennis court, a koi pond, and a pool with a summer kitchen and bar adorn the outdoor living style of this Holmby Hills legend.