The Los Angeles-area period Tuscan-style listed late last year by actress Alexandra Daddario has gone to a new owner. The property closed at an above-ask $7.7 million; it appeared on the open market in November with an asking price of $7.595 million.

The house occupies a .3-acre chunk of Hancock Park; the lot is sylvan and private, with hedgerows and lawns dominating the landscaping. One of the more unusual exterior features is a sheltered, cushioned reading nook, which has been carved into an exterior staircase wall and looks just the ticket for a bit of literary solitude overlooking the pool and shady patio.

The house is a 4,910 square-footer which contains five bedrooms and six baths in a two-level layout. Interiors begin with an elegantly simple stone-bordered arched front door. Shared spaces are relaxed and oriented toward a prewar European countryside design style, with the kitchen’s pale blue board cabinetry and multi-pane glass cabinet doors enhanced by a newer farmhouse sink, and the enhanced wood tone of the exposed beams in the master bedroom ceiling adding just enough refinement to the rusticity.

Other details at work in the home: the occasional stone fireplace, French doors, oak and stone tile floors, an outdoor deck, a balcony or two, arched doorways, a skylight or two, plentiful built-in bookshelves, and newer steel-framed multi-pane windows and doors.

Daddario’s upcoming projects include I Wish You All the Best, with Cole Sprouse.