Actor Armie Hammer purchased this splendid 1927-built Tudor in Los Angeles almost two years ago. This autumn, the home went up for sale for $5.8 million.

The home’s location is ideal—it occupies a green little cul-de-sac corner of Hancock Park, and is situated a hop, skip and jump from the Wilshire Country Club—and the façade is marvelously asymmetrical, with exposed timbers, brick and stucco walls, a shingled roof, mullioned glass, and a nearly two-story bank of windows illuminating the great/living room.

The interiors have been heavily renovated, with concessions to contemporary taste in living style, and amenities too; there’s a sauna in the master bath. One can only assume the original living style was dominated by the weight of plentiful dark wood, in keeping with the era and the architecture. The floors appear to be original narrow plank, but they’ve been refinished to a natural tone, and white paint abounds.

Original details of course remain. The dining room sports original hardwood paneling, and original Tudor arches, and dentils and other moldings, pop up frequently. In one of the bedroom suites the bath boasts original or period-style tile work, and a nifty alcove tub.

On the quarter-acre lot, landscaping is more or less aristocratic romantic, balancing lush growth with a controlled hand. In back, a lovely slate pool and lounge area is protected by a high bank of privacy hedges and mature trees.

Hammer’s films include 2018’s On the Basis of Sex. His upcoming projects include Death on the Nile, also starring Russell Brand and Gal Gadot, Dreamland, with Gary Oldman, Greg Kinnear, and Lily-Rose Depp, and Next Goal Wins, with Michael Fassbender and Elisabeth Moss.