Executive mansion

This is the French Country home in Santa Barbara County where then-President-elect Bill Clinton and his wife, Hillary, spent Thanksgiving with TV producers Harry Thomason and Linda Bloodworth-Thomason in 1992.

That was the first of nearly a dozen years that the Thomasons, longtime Arkansas friends of the Clintons, leased the Carpinteria estate owned by Larry Brown, a Bakersfield man who makes parts for race cars and whose family is in the oil business. Brown, in his mid-40s, also races cars and motorcycles.

About this house: Brown had the home built in 1987. By the time it was finished, his needs had changed. He never lived there and put the property on the market. In 1992, the Thomasons signed a lease with an option to buy. They never exercised the option but leased the home for more than a decade.

Designed by Tom Meaney, the oceanfront estate has an unusual southeastern view down the Carpinteria coast.

Asking price: $24 million

Size: The house, on 4.37 acres, has four bedrooms in about 6,000 square feet. It also has three full bathrooms and three powder rooms.

Features: The two gated parcels have a spa and a guest apartment, which is above the garage. A 17-foot-high Philippine mahogany front door leads into the main house, with its panoramic ocean views. The home also has a breakfast nook, artist’s garret and a master suite with an adjoining nursery. The guest apartment has a vaulted and beamed ceiling, ocean views and separate security.

Where: Carpinteria, 12 miles from Santa Barbara and 80 miles from Los Angeles.

Listing agent: Harry Kolb, Sotheby’s International Realty, Montecito, (805) 565-8633.

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