Hot Property: The Wolf’s Lair Castle is listed for $7.5 million

One of Los Angeles’ true trophy properties is for sale: The so-called Wolf’s Lair is a castle that sits atop a hill overlooking downtown, Griffith Park, the Hollywood sign and, on a clear day, Santa Catalina Island. Asking price: $7.5 million, but that includes the 1920s Speakeasy and all the history that comes with it.

The owners are former “View” co-host Debbie Matenopoulos and her husband, Lionsgate Entertainment’s Jay Faires.

But the real celebrity here is the house. It sits on 3 walled and gated acres. There are eight bedrooms, six bathrooms and a heart-shaped, black-bottom pool. The guesthouse was designed by architect John Lautner.

Wolf’s Lair was built by Hollywoodland developer L. Milton Wolf. One story connected to the house is that Wolf, said to be a womanizer of young starlets, built a secret apartment under the gatehouse in which to do his entertaining while his unsuspecting wife slept in the castle a few hundred feet away.

The exterior of the gatehouse still looks like a Norman-style castle; the interiors have been reworked.

Matenopoulos did a brief stint hosting “Good Day Live,” a nationally syndicated show. She was one of three hosts on E! Entertainment’s weeknight celebrity gossip series “The Daily 10.”

Faires is president of music at Lionsgate Entertainment and founder of Mammoth Records.

The listing agent is Brian V. Moore of Keller Williams Realty, Los Feliz.