Perfectly located on lovely, tree-lined Pine Avenue in Manhattan Beach is a home steeped in both East Coast sophistication and relaxed West Coast style.
In a city boasting an abundance of celebrities, producers, tech moguls and athletes, it stands to reason that luxury homes would be all about glitz, glam and over-the-top amenities.
The five-bedroom, approximately 5,500-square-foot home was envisioned as an elegant beachfront haven for holidays and family gatherings by the northern California couple who commissioned it in the 2000s.
Artemesia is one of the largest Craftsman residences in the U.S., and has been lovingly restored during the past 25 years by former advertising and marketing executive Lenny Fenton—complete with surprising touches, such as the second-largest residential pipe organ in the country, six massive Batchelder tile fireplaces, and an upstairs sleeping porch with five Murphy beds—and now is available to purchase. “You will never find another property like Artemesia,” says Sally Forster Jones of John Aaroe Group, who is listing the property (along with an adjacent buildable parcel) for $11.75 million.
