For Sale · Montecito
The Olive Court
5 bd · 6 ba · 6,200 sf · $12,400,000
For Sale · Montecito, CA
100 Quiet Oak Lane
A 1928 Spanish Revival estate on three acres of terraced gardens, restored with unusual restraint.
Villa Serena was designed in 1928 and has had only three owners. The current restoration — four years, overseen by a conservation architect — kept the original tile, ironwork and plaster wherever it survived, and replaced only what could not be saved.
The main house holds six bedrooms around a central courtyard. Beyond it, the grounds descend in terraces: an olive allée, a walled rose garden, a reflecting pool on axis with the loggia, and a guest house at the edge of the oaks.