Cher’s Original Mansion!
Beyond her unique contralto vocals and risque stage costumes, Cher?s less heralded but equal talent is her exquisite taste in creating elegant homes with plush rusticity. For years these homes have graced the pages of the architectural and decor authority Architectural Digest with her style of pristine white furniture against antique wood beams and textured stucco with a touch of Moroccan influence, which catapulted into the look so replicated today. This, her first serious home after her divorce from Sonny Bono, which she designed and built-in Beverly Hills in 1980, was a testament to her new-found success as a single performer and where she could wholeheartedly apply her vision. It is now back on the market with the new price of $68 million – $17 million below its original ask.
Cher built her mansion on the four acres she originally purchased. As her career and personal life advanced, she eventually sold the property to comedian-actor Eddie Murphy in the late 1980s. He held on to it until 1994 when new owners took over and began accumulating additional parcels of land. Over the years they turned the property into the five parcel, 14-acre premier equestrian estate that it is today – the last compound of its size in Beverly Hills.
Privately hidden from view behind massive entry gates and mature landscaping is the 20,000-square-foot unfinished main residence, in the first stage of an interior remodeling, with its 11 bedrooms, 17 b...
Source:
Upscale Living Magazine
URL:
http://www.upscalelivingmag.com
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