The Connecticut traditional of feature director J.J. Abrams is new to the market this spring. The Pacific Palisades estate comes with a substantial premium — it is priced at $21.995 million — but the 1995-built, 7,395 sq. ft. home is an extraordinarily faithful East Coast presence in the high-dollar section of the city east of Brentwood Park.

Public records indicate that Abrams purchased the serene stretch of the Riviera neighborhood in 2014. As a home base, it would suit a native New Yorker like Abrams; it’s been well documented that New Yorkers who relocate to the West Coast often pine for the lost vistas of Southern Connecticut, and have but two options for relief: a properly evocative property, or the writing of amateur poetry. One is generally not recommended.

And so this mansion, which might have been transplanted from Southern Connecticut as well. With its Vermont slate roof, its Cape and farmhouse architectural features, and its classic black trim against white exterior paint, it is a convincing conceit in sun-soaked SoCal.

The home’s interiors borrow from ‘summer cottage’ style, with plank walls and ceilings, built-in bookshelves, and dark-finished hardwood floors. A soaring two-story foyer begins the interiors with a potent expression of space, with the kitchen’s relaxed, irrepressible candor striking the perfect balance between countryside casual and urban sophistication.

A second floor terrace with a fireplace surveys the property, and the views of Pac Pal and the ocean beyond. The grounds are landscaped in a style ecologically relevant to the area, making for a meandering and pleasingly spare .6 acres to wander.

Abrams’ recent work includes writing, directing, and producing Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker; the films grossed a combined $3.1 billion at the box office. His upcoming projects—as producer—include Mission: Impossible 7 and 8, starring Tom Cruise, and Lisey’s Story, an Apple TV+ miniseries starring Julianne Moore and Clive Owen.