The lavish Los Angeles Mediterranean-style estate of boxing champ Sugar Ray Leonard is available for sale this fall. The property makes its latest pass in the upper-echelon L.A.-area listings with a price snip that takes its asking price from $46.5 million to $45 million on the nose. Leonard initially had the place marketed at $52 million.
The estate dates to 1952, and unfolds over 1.32 acres. The spacious grounds have plenty of room for full expression of individual elements, with a large lawn for a backyard transitioning to a step-down pool and sun lounge, and a sunken tennis court positioned on the other side of the property. Walking paths connect the various outdoor amenities and diversions.
Lit up atmospherically for a crepuscular shoot, the house looks suitably fairy tale, SoCal style. The rambling villa’s interiors begin with a splendid foyer: a dramatically groin-vaulted ceiling with stenciled ornament and a lantern pendant, and a stone fountain. Beamed ceilings—the timber lushly peppered with the patina of age-related cracking—arcades, stone tile and hardwood floors, fireplaces, arched windows and French doors are among the details.
The kitchen’s a beaut, and deserves a paragraph to its lonesome. Rustic coffering finishes the unusually high ceiling, there’s enough storage for a commercial enterprise, and the atmosphere is of a Tuscan country house with a bit of stainless.
A two-level guest house with a terrace for tennis-watching brings the property’s accommodations count to eight bedrooms and fifteen baths across 16,773 sq. ft. of interiors.
The estate dates to 1952, and unfolds over 1.32 acres. The spacious grounds have plenty of room for full expression of individual elements, with a large lawn for a backyard transitioning to a step-down pool and sun lounge, and a sunken tennis court positioned on the other side of the property. Walking paths connect the various outdoor amenities and diversions.
Lit up atmospherically for a crepuscular shoot, the house looks suitably fairy tale, SoCal style. The rambling villa’s interiors begin with a splendid foyer: a dramatically groin-vaulted ceiling with stenciled ornament and a lantern pendant, and a stone fountain. Beamed ceilings—the timber lushly peppered with the patina of age-related cracking—arcades, stone tile and hardwood floors, fireplaces, arched windows and French doors are among the details.
The kitchen’s a beaut, and deserves a paragraph to its lonesome. Rustic coffering finishes the unusually high ceiling, there’s enough storage for a commercial enterprise, and the atmosphere is of a Tuscan country house with a bit of stainless.
A two-level guest house with a terrace for tennis-watching brings the property’s accommodations count to eight bedrooms and fifteen baths across 16,773 sq. ft. of interiors.
