Home of the Week: Museum-like estate in Pacific Palisades

This museum-like estate in Pacific Palisades, with views of Santa Monica Canyon and the ocean, is designed for entertaining. Interior space includes 26-foot-high ceilings, galleries with 8-foot-wide hallways, floor-to-ceiling windows, glass pocket doors and a Venetian-inspired wine cellar.

Location: 652 Chautauqua Blvd., Pacific Palisades 90272

Asking price: $19.8 million

Year built: 2010

House size: Five bedrooms, 7.5 bathrooms, 14,645 square feet

Lot size: 1.36 acres

Features: Formal entry, four fireplaces, guest/maid’s quarters, office, gym, wine-tasting room, 10,000-bottle storage cellar, fountains, lanai, lap pool, spa, expansive lawn, parking for 12 cars

About the area: In the first quarter, 170 single-family homes sold in the 90272 ZIP Code at a median price of $2.268 million, according to DataQuick. That was a 26% price increase from the first quarter last year.

Agent: Joyce Rey, Coldwell Banker’s Beverly Hills South office, (310) 285-7529

—Lauren Beale

To submit a candidate for Home of the Week, send high-resolution color photos on a CD, written permission from the photographer to publish the images and a description of the house to Lauren Beale, Business, Los Angeles Times, 202 W. 1st St., Los Angeles, CA 90012. Send questions to [email protected].