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Portola Valley, CA 94028
| Beds: | 4 |
|---|---|
| Baths: | 5 |
| Sqft: | 7,500 |
| Lot: | -- |
| Type: | Single Family |
| Year built: | 1991 |
| Parking: | -- |
| Cooling: | -- |
| Heating: | -- |
| Fireplace: | -- |
| On Zillow: | 173 days |
| MLS #: | 81113005 |
| Listing website: | Today Sotheby's Inte... |
"The Knole at Lauriston" is an amazing, secluded Irish Georgian inspired retreat perched on eight oak studded acres high above Silicon Valley. Gracious marble entry hall draws you in, a perfect home for art & music. Light filled living, library & formal dining rooms warmed by their own fireplaces keep your family and friends in comfort & cheer, Versatile kitchen, butlers pantry & family Room.Adjacent to the home are a guest cottage, gatehouse featuring caretakers quarters and two horse barn, and a spacious four garage with a large playroom above. All the structures including the home are arranged around a fountain accented circular drive. Below the garage area is a Koi pond with Gazebo and walking paths.Irish Georgian style dominates the exterior of all of the estate's buildings. Beautifully crafted stonework surrounds each, providing character and an unmatched timelessness. The effect is stunning as you come up the drive and enter through the portal of the gatehouse.There are a small handful of estates sharing the road, the most notable being "The Villa at Lauriston". The Villa was commissioned in the early 1920s by Herbert Edward Law, who's design passion included importing the finest building material and art from Italy. This estate, one of the nations finest, is also on the market (listed with our colleague Olivia Hsu Decker at Decker Bullock Sotheby's International Realty).Two coded gates, one at Alpine Road and one at the home supplemented by a perimeter fence, securely guard the estate. Well and spring water serve the home and grounds supported by multiple storage tanks. A sizable basement is an empty canvas for one to build out a wine cellar, recording studio, artist's retreat, craftsman's workshop, media room.or all of the above.The entire estate as well as those adjacent are an enclave inside Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District lands, specifically the Windy Hill Preserve. This MROSD land is 1,312 acres of open space in perpetuity featuring hiking, biking and equestrian trails near and adjacent to the estates. Corte Madera creek, a year round joy to hike along, graces the Alpine Road entry to "The Knole". "The Knole at Lauriston" is in the Santa Cruz Mountains convenient to the dramatic beauty of coastal California, major Bay Area business centers and International airports. The Santa Cruz Mountains feature soaring Redwoods, a scenic rugged coastline and some of the finest wine country in the world. Silicon Valley, Sand Hill Road (a global capitol of capital) and San Francisco are relatively short drives. San Francisco International and San Jose International airports are similarly short ventures from the estate.Fine dining, shopping, education and medical options are also a short distance away. Stanford Mall and the vibrant downtowns of Palo Alto and Menlo Park offer a full range of retailers. Restaurants across the spectrum of style and ethnicity thrive in Woodside, Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Los Altos and San Carlos. Stanford University, Menlo School, Woodside Priory and many other fine schools dot the Peninsula. Lastly, world class medical services are available, most notably at Stanford Hospital and the Palo Alto Medical Foundation. "The Knole at Lauriston" is a truly special getaway, a retreat to inspire and calm the senses. The drama of the architecture and surrounding Redwood forest makes going home getting away.…More Less