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The Chartwell Mansion is a Chateauesque mansion in Bel-Air, California. Built in 1933, it is best known for its role as the Clampett family home in the 1960s television sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies. [1] It was the most expensive home for sale in the United States in 2018. [2]
Arnold Sigurd Kirkeby (June 12, 1901 – March 1, 1962) was an American hotelier, art collector, and real estate investor. He is now best known for owning Chartwell Mansion in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Bel Air which was the exterior set for the CBS television show The Beverly Hillbillies.
In 1986 Perenchio purchased the 42-room former Arnold Kirkeby estate in Bel Air known as Chartwell, [22] famed as the Clampett family mansion in the 1960s The Beverly Hillbillies TV series. He remodeled the home to more closely resemble the original design of an authentic 18th-century French chateau.
Chartwell, the Bel Air compound long considered one of L.A.’s most epic estates, has transferred for an unprecedented $150 million, easily enough to rank as the most expensive California home ...
The house was originally built in 1927 and redesigned in 1984 by businessman Mark Slotkin. The property boasts a pool and private tennis court, alongside a two-story guesthouse and two-car garage.
Chartwell is a country house near Westerham, Kent, in South East England. For over forty years it was the home of Sir Winston Churchill . He bought the property in September 1922 and lived there until shortly before his death in January 1965.
The exterior shots of the mansion are those of Chartwell Mansion in Bel Air, which would later be used in The Beverly Hillbillies. The film's budget has been estimated at approximately $3,000,000, which was very high for a Lewis film. [4] Box-office returns were $4,700,000.
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