Ronald Colman once called this house home, and it would fit the bill.

The property—which recently sold for about $10.4 million—is a Tudor Revival in Beverly Hills. It measures a little over 7,500 square feet, and contains eight bedrooms and seven baths.

The home’s beautiful craftsmanship has survived almost unscathed; today, the house appears antiquated, but in the most charming manner. The exterior is blue-accented stucco and whitewashed brick, in a somewhat eccentric layout: a little bit Tudorbethan.

1920’s ornament drenches the interiors: detailed moldings, carved wood, leaded glass windows, mahogany paneling, marble or limestone fireplace surrounds, and carved mantels. The den alone represents an overload of details for the eyes.

The home incorporates a full wet bar, in the English pub style, as well as a dining room which serves as a pretty strong departure in style from the rest of the house. Throughout, though, you have to hunt for the recessed light fixtures, and that alone is refreshing, even if the house does look a little neglected generally.

Not ‘Sunset Boulevard’ neglected but, yes, neglected. The grounds are thirsty, the brick entrance pilasters need repair, and the tennis court needs a facelift. Truly, a unique fixer-upper. And, the one-time home of Ronald Colman.

Colman was a fixture on stage, screen and radio sets throughout the 1920’s, 30’s, and 40’s. His reading of tragically vulnerable Sidney Carton, in Jack Conway’s 1935 adaptation of ‘A Tale of Two Cities,’ is still regarded as seminal.