Cher Lists Malibu Mansion for $85,000,000
The singer and actress is selling her longtime home in Malibu, California after 20 years.
Set on 1.7 acres high above the Pacific Ocean, the Italian Renaissance-style estate took 5 years to build with a design inspired by Venetian palazzos, the great Renaissance villas of Europe, and the Moorish influences of the Alhambra palace.
The 13,200 sq ft mansion offers spectacular ocean views framed by huge picture windows throughout, offering 7 bedrooms, in addition to a 1-bedroom gatehouse.
The interiors were designed by AD100 designer Martyn Lawrence Bullard and reflect the superstar’s unique tastes and a penchant for the theatrical. High-end finishes, stone and hardware, as well as custom-made furnishings and museum-quality art have been artfully combined to create a zen sanctuary for the pop icon.
Luxury amenities include an infinity pool, an indoor-outdoor gym, s screening room, as well as a climate-controlled wig room which can hold up to 100 hairpieces, according to the 2002 book “The Cher Scrapbook”.
The Malibu mansion has a spectacular courtyard with a Moorish-style fountain, set at the end of a driveway lined by 40 palm trees. Located on Pacific Coast Highway, it would be impossible to build an estate of this scale today due to Malibu’s new building restrictions.
“This house has been one of the greatest passions of my life,” the superstar stated in the Architectural Digest feature on her Malibu home (September, 2022) “I have enjoyed every moment of its creation and evolution, but now it’s time to pass this magic on to others.”
Cher has recently revealed she’s working on new music.
The pop icon first rose to fame in the 1960s as half of the husband-wife duo Sonny & Cher and has built an iconic career as a Grammy Award-winning singer, a renowned Broadway star, and an Academy Award-winning actress.
Photographer: DOUGLAS FRIEDMAN