Inside the Historic $16.8M Vancouver Mansion Where Hollywood’s Biggest Stars Once Came to Play

Located in Vancouver’s ritzy Shaughnessy neighbourhood, this 7,000-square-foot heritage home was originally constructed in 1929.

As the listing points out, the home – which was once owned by famous newspaper magnates – is an “urban oasis,” located in the heart of the city, but conveniently located on a huge 25,000-square-foot lot.

While “a bit of a touch up” is needed to bring the home back to its glory days, original heritage features remain intact, including wood panelling, large arched doorways and high ceilings in this grand entry foyer.

Over the home’s long history, Hollywood celebrities have been known to visit, ranging from Yul Brynner and Katharine Hepburn to Mel Gibson, who reportedly stayed here when filming a movie in Vancouver.

The modern kitchen is next to a sunken family room that opens to the south-facing backyard pool deck, while skylight windows flood the room with natural light.

The home is made for entertaining: the expansive and well-lit dining room can easily accommodate large dinner parties. The chandelier and lavish draperies add to the elegance.

This enclosed solarium offers a casual blend of indoor/outdoor living, with a massively long table set up to handle large numbers of diners for al fresco meals in a less formal setting than the dining room.
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Sliding glass doors in the solarium access the pool deck.

One of the home’s bedrooms, seen here, is large enough to accommodate a desk and seating area with plush leather chairs.

Mirrors are the order of the day in this expansive bathroom, one of five located throughout the home, with the mirrored wall accented by mirrored cabinets and drawers beneath the dual vanities.

Another of the home’s seven bedrooms, this one features a hand-painted ceiling mural of clouds floating within a blue sky.

This bedroom, located on the top storey of the four-level home, features a large window with a view of the tall treetops outside.

The large swimming pool is the focus of the large yard, which also includes an expansive deck area and glass greenhouse.
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As the floor plan demonstrates, there’s plenty of room to roam in the expansive four-level home, which also includes a home theatre, hobby room and several living rooms.