Nicolas Cage's Colcord up for sale

For more insight into Nicolas Cage's Bel-Air home, just relisted for $29,999,000 and featured in this week's Hot Property, turn to the pages of the Bret Parsons' just-published book "Colcord Home" (Angel City Press).

The landmark was designed by famed architect Gerard R. Colcord, who is credited with hundreds of Southern California estates in a variety of styles.

The 1940 Harris House was commissioned by Mrs. John Wesley Harris, the widow of a wealthy land developer. It was the biggest and most detailed home Colcord ever built.

The English Tudor, imposing today, was "somewhat out of step with the architectural taste of the time," according to Parsons.  Quite grand, it does bring to mind a college or institution of higher learning.   

-- Lauren Beale

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Photos: Maynard L. Parker