This beautiful, 6-bedroom, 3-bath, 1930s-era Spanish mission-style home is rumored to be the former home of Hollywood star Mary Pickford. It sits on what some say is one of the lushest and largest front yards in North Redlands — a double-sized lot, towered over by three decades-old, 100-foot-high pine trees.
The home itself is leased as a single home to one household or group. Thoughtful landscape design creates a natural, organic separation from two small cottages elsewhere on the large property, each rented separately to long-term, quiet tenants — giving the main house its own sense of privacy within a beautifully maintained, established setting.
The grounds themselves are a quiet showpiece: dozens of succulents, agave, and rows of Indian laurel ficus create order, privacy, and beauty throughout, while twenty-year-old magenta-flowering bougainvillea lines nearly 100 yards along the front, east, and west walls of the home. Stuccoed pony walls, in keeping with the home's mission-style character, add further insulation and privacy.
The primary suite is unusually large for the area, with its own private entrance, private bathroom, walk-in closet, and direct access to a private deck, the pool, and hot tub — effectively a home within the home.
The home is a forty-five second walk to the University of Redlands, and from the front lawn you can see the Memorial Chapel and can at times hear chorale and classical music drifting from it.
Entering the home, you find a 1930s-era, mission-style, 14-foot vaulted ceiling, a fireplace with colorful Spanish tile, and a chandelier over a beautifully scaled living room with a nine-foot-high, arched window looking out to the front lawn.
From there, you wander into the formal dining room, which connects to a very large kitchen with apricot-toned cabinetry and modern stainless steel appliances. The kitchen connects to a family room, sunlight filling both rooms through a phalanx of seventeen period French windows. Through those windows: a sparkling pool in the backyard, and on the east side of the home, a courtyard with a mini-grove of nine mature olive trees, lantana, and agave.
All six bedrooms and three full baths have been newly painted. Beyond the primary suite, the additional bedrooms offer flexible space for a family, roommates, or a live-work household.
The home has central air conditioning and heat, professional landscaping, and is completely enclosed by a block wall for privacy and security.
Enjoy lunches under three towering pines and dinner under the stars on the sprawling, manicured front lawn, with the pool close at hand when temperatures rise.
As for the location, it would be hard to find a more desirable spot in the Inland Empire — a private oasis walking distance to jogging trails, theater, and the Redlands Memorial Chapel, home of the Redlands Symphony.
