London’s Beauchamp Estates, a global leader in luxury property, has been appointed as the only international agent, alongside USA based The Agency, to market The Beverly House in Beverly Hills, the £90 million (US $119 million) former private palace and estate of newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst and his partner famed actress Marion Davies, to the world’s super-rich.

The Agency has been marketing The Beverly House to a North American audience and now Beauchamp Estates has been appointed as the only agent outside of the USA to work with The Agency and together promote the famous estate to an international network of ultra-high-net-worth clients in London, Moscow, Tel Aviv, the Middle East and China/Hong Kong.

Starring in movies The Godfather and The Bodyguard, and used by John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy, The Beverly House, an 18 bedroom, 25 bathroom, 28,975 sqft private palace, is located in 3.5 acres of landscaped grounds and was originally designed by Architect Gordon Kaufmann and built in 1926 for banking tycoon Milton Getz.

In 1946 The Beverly House was acquired by Hollywood actress Marion Davies (1897-1961) who bought it for her lover media mogul William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951), with the couple using the estate as their Beverly Hills residence until Hearst’s death in 1951, the property owned by the Marion Davies estate up until 1967. It was here that the couple entertained the movie and business elite of Hollywood.

In 1953 the estate served as a honeymoon destination for JFK and Jackie Kennedy and later served as Kennedy’s West Coast presidential election headquarters. Scenes from movies The Godfather and The Bodyguard were also filmed at the estate and it was used by Beyonce for filming and visuals for her album Black Is King.

Accessed by high security gates and approached via an 800-foot driveway, The Beverly House is built in striking pink terracotta stucco, with the H-shaped mega-mansion designed in classic Italian and Spanish palatial styles, with features including long colonnades, wide balconies, several grand entertaining rooms, panelled walls, intricately carved ceilings, French doors and arched floor-to-ceiling windows.

The house opens onto the magnificent gardens – designed by landscape architect Paul Thiene and inspired by the Emperor Hadrian’s villa in Tivoli – with reflection pools linked by cascading waterwalls leading to a near Olympic-sized swimming pool bordered by pillared Roman temple facades, in the style of the famous Neptune Pool at Hearst Castle.

The house has an 82 ft long entry hall with a loggia, a state room with a 22 ft high, hand-painted arched ceiling and a two-storey library with hand-carved panelling and a wraparound galleried walkway. There is also a billards room with herringbone parquet floors and an intricately designed ceiling and carved fireplace, both virtually identical to ones at Hearst Castle in San Simeon. There is also a formal dining room, breakfast room and a family room with outdoor terrace.

The lower ground floor contains an Art Deco-style nightclub a wine cellar, one of two projection/cinema rooms and a spa with gymnasium and massage room. On the second floor is a grand upper hallway, more than 102 ft long and 40 ft wide with a 9ft tall Dennis Abbe mural, alongside double principal bedroom suites, VIP guest suites and separate staff quarters.

The estate also benefits from a commercial kitchen, terraces able to accommodate 400 or more guests for a seated dinner and grounds to accommodate more than 1,000 people. Other facilities include an owner’s and staff offices, lighted tennis court, guest house above an eight-car garage and a gate lodge with its own kitchen and four bedrooms. Including all the auxiliary buildings the estate provides just over 35,000 sqft of living accommodation.

Gary Hersham, Founding Director of Beauchamp Estates says: “Beauchamp Estates is delighted to be appointed exclusively as the only agent outside of the USA to manage the international marketing of The Beverly House, one of the most magnificent private estates in California that is truly anchored in American legend. This is one of the most prestigious instructions for an American estate to be given to a London agency in many years and will appeal to our high-net-worth clients around the world.”

Mauricio Umansky, Founder & CEO of The Agency says: “Beyond its fantastic Hollywood mystique, and finishes and details steeped in its own architectural history, The Beverly House is one of the most expansive estates located in the heart of Beverly Hills with access to the best amenities and conveniences in Los Angeles.”

Jeremy Gee, Manging Director of Beauchamp Estates says: “Priced at £90 million (US $119 million) The Beverly House mega-mansion and estate in Beverly Hills is the most expensive American listing and instruction to be given to a London estate agent to market and sell in many years. Beauchamp Estates is delighted to be the only estate agent outside of the USA to be instructed on this private palace and it underlines London’s role as the hub and destination of choice for the super-rich from around the world. It is London that attracts the Chinese and Hong Kong billionaires, the Russian oligarchs, the Malaysian super-rich and the Gulf oil Royals. This unrivalled pulling power is why London is being used as a platform to market The Beverly House to the world’s super-rich. Beauchamp Estates’ international network of offices will now be used to approach our billionaire clients to showcase this spectacular private palace. There are just around 20 families around the world who have the wealth to buy this Beverly Hills mansion and use it as a holiday home, to be visited perhaps once or twice a year, or used by family members visiting or studying in California.”

Marcus O Brien, Head of Beauchamp Estates Private Office says: “The Beverly House is one of the most important estates in Beverly Hills and provides an outstanding private palace set in Versailles style landscaped grounds. This palatial American residence will appeal to a billionaire from China, Hong Kong or Middle East or to a London based business mogul.”