A Hancock Park stronghold, hold the moat
This Normandy-style home in Hancock Park has many of the trappings of a storybook castle.
Adorned with a coat of arms, it has a “Juliet” balcony overlooking the living room, a Baroque-style fireplace, a lookout tower and a gatehouse.
A drawbridge leads to a guesthouse.
Earl Le Moine constructed the manse for his wife in 1926, and now the third set of owners has put the estate on the market.
The home has been owned by the same family for 51 years, but it still is called Chateau Le Moine, and it looks much as it did when Le Moine completed it.
About this house: There are five bedrooms and 41/4 bathrooms in an estimated 4,000 square feet, including the guest quarters, gatehouse and a lookout tower.
Asking price: $4 million
Lot size: It’s on less than half an acre of park-like grounds and sits beside a stream.
Other features: A two-story living room with beamed ceilings, hardwood floors, a stone entry and a basement.
Where: Hancock Park
Listing agent: Diana Knox, (323) 640-5473, and Betsy Malloy, (323) 806-0203, Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, Hancock Park North.
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