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Villa, Lausanne, Switzerland, SFr19mn ($21mn)
What Audrey Hepburn’s home for 30 years, this blue-shuttered 18th-century villa has 12 bedrooms, more than four acres of land and views of the mountains. Fully renovated in 2001, it has terracotta floors, five fireplaces and a lift.
Where The quiet village of Tolochenaz, set back from Lake Geneva in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It’s five minutes’ drive to Morges and 15 to Lausanne.
Why Known as La Paisible (meaning peaceful), the house is surrounded by gardens and parkland, with a heated outdoor swimming pool.
Who Knight Frank
Apartment, Marylebone, London, UK, £7mn
What A 3,200 sq ft, Grade II-listed apartment with five bedrooms occupying the corner of an early Edwardian mansion block whose previous residents include Dame Joan Collins and Sir Mick Jagger.
Where Marylebone Road, a couple of minutes’ walk from Regent’s Park and Marylebone High Street.
Why The building has 24/7 uniformed security, a porter and concierge service, and a secure driveway with electronic gates.
Estate, Beverly Hills, California, US, $16.495mn
What A 30,000 sq ft plot with a six-bedroom house, landscaped gardens, pool and guest house. It was leased by Gloria Vanderbilt and subsequently owned by MGM starlet Noreen Nash.
Where On a wide street in The Flats neighbourhood of Beverly Hills, just south of West Sunset Boulevard.
Why The property, which is on the market for the first time in 70 years, has space to entertain 400 guests and has played host to Elvis Presley, Warren Beatty, film producer Bob Evans and novelist Henry Miller.
Who Compass
Manor house, Somerset, UK, £12.5mn
What A Grade I-listed manor that was once home to actor Jane Seymour who, among many other roles, played Solitaire in the James Bond film, Live and Let Die. In addition to the main house there’s a 15th-century tithe barn, lodge house, cottage and Grade II*-listed gardens.
Where In a secluded valley to the north-east of Bath. The village of Batheaston on the river Avon is less than two miles away.
Why Admired by horticulturist Gertrude Jekyll, the gardens include a long Jacobean bowling green, an avenue of ancient yews and lawns and terraces connected with stone stairways.
Who Savills
House, Beverly Hills, California, US, $5.595mn
What A modern, open-plan house that’s home to actor Rob Lowe, with four bedrooms and sleek, monochrome interiors.
Where Near Franklin Canyon Park, less than 15 minutes’ drive from Rodeo Drive and the Sunset Strip. Los Angeles international airport is around 45 minutes by car, depending on traffic.
Why The lower level has a cinema room and gym that open on to landscaped gardens with a swimming pool, spa and putting green.
Who Compass
This article has been amended since original publication to correct the acreage attached to the Lausanne property.
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