March 28, 2017 at 10:00 am

Frank Lloyd Wright’s One-of-a-Kind Hemicycle House Goes on Sale

by twistedsifter

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Photograph and Listing by HOULIHAN LAWRENCE

 

Built in 1955, Frank Lloyd Wright’s classic hemicycle house, TIRRANNA, has just been listed for sale by Houlihan Lawrence for a cool US$8 million. Located in New Canaan, Connecticut, “Tirranna” (an Aboriginal word meaning (‘running waters’), sits above a waterfall surrounded by 15 acres of natural beauty.

 

frank lloyd wright tirranna rayward shepherd house houlihan lawrence 18 Frank Lloyd Wrights One of a Kind Hemicycle House Goes on Sale

Photograph and Listing by HOULIHAN LAWRENCE

 

frank lloyd wright tirranna rayward shepherd house houlihan lawrence 1 Frank Lloyd Wrights One of a Kind Hemicycle House Goes on Sale

Photograph and Listing by HOULIHAN LAWRENCE

 

frank lloyd wright tirranna rayward shepherd house houlihan lawrence 21 Frank Lloyd Wrights One of a Kind Hemicycle House Goes on Sale

Photograph and Listing by HOULIHAN LAWRENCE

 

Just shy of 7,000 sq ft, the 7 bedroom, 8.5 bathroom home has double master baths, a rooftop observatory with telescope, an interior courtyard, caretakers suite, guest studio, pool, tennis court, large barn and sculpture paths through the woods leading down to the river.

 

frank lloyd wright tirranna rayward shepherd house houlihan lawrence 2 Frank Lloyd Wrights One of a Kind Hemicycle House Goes on Sale

Photograph and Listing by HOULIHAN LAWRENCE

 

frank lloyd wright tirranna rayward shepherd house houlihan lawrence 3 Frank Lloyd Wrights One of a Kind Hemicycle House Goes on Sale

Photograph and Listing by HOULIHAN LAWRENCE

 

frank lloyd wright tirranna rayward shepherd house houlihan lawrence 4 Frank Lloyd Wrights One of a Kind Hemicycle House Goes on Sale

Photograph and Listing by HOULIHAN LAWRENCE

 

frank lloyd wright tirranna rayward shepherd house houlihan lawrence 5 Frank Lloyd Wrights One of a Kind Hemicycle House Goes on Sale

Photograph and Listing by HOULIHAN LAWRENCE

 

frank lloyd wright tirranna rayward shepherd house houlihan lawrence 14 Frank Lloyd Wrights One of a Kind Hemicycle House Goes on Sale

Photograph and Listing by HOULIHAN LAWRENCE

 

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Photograph and Listing by HOULIHAN LAWRENCE

 

Original gardens and plantings around the property were designed by Frank Okamura and Charles Middeleer. Okamura was also the landscape architect for the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

 

frank lloyd wright tirranna rayward shepherd house houlihan lawrence 6 Frank Lloyd Wrights One of a Kind Hemicycle House Goes on Sale

Photograph and Listing by HOULIHAN LAWRENCE

 

frank lloyd wright tirranna rayward shepherd house houlihan lawrence 7 Frank Lloyd Wrights One of a Kind Hemicycle House Goes on Sale

Photograph and Listing by HOULIHAN LAWRENCE

 

frank lloyd wright tirranna rayward shepherd house houlihan lawrence 8 Frank Lloyd Wrights One of a Kind Hemicycle House Goes on Sale

Photograph and Listing by HOULIHAN LAWRENCE

 

frank lloyd wright tirranna rayward shepherd house houlihan lawrence 9 Frank Lloyd Wrights One of a Kind Hemicycle House Goes on Sale

Photograph and Listing by HOULIHAN LAWRENCE

 

frank lloyd wright tirranna rayward shepherd house houlihan lawrence 10 Frank Lloyd Wrights One of a Kind Hemicycle House Goes on Sale

Photograph and Listing by HOULIHAN LAWRENCE

 

frank lloyd wright tirranna rayward shepherd house houlihan lawrence 11 Frank Lloyd Wrights One of a Kind Hemicycle House Goes on Sale

Photograph and Listing by HOULIHAN LAWRENCE

 

frank lloyd wright tirranna rayward shepherd house houlihan lawrence 12 Frank Lloyd Wrights One of a Kind Hemicycle House Goes on Sale

Photograph and Listing by HOULIHAN LAWRENCE

 

frank lloyd wright tirranna rayward shepherd house houlihan lawrence 13 Frank Lloyd Wrights One of a Kind Hemicycle House Goes on Sale

Photograph and Listing by HOULIHAN LAWRENCE

 

According to Architect Magazine, the property was purchased about 20 years ago by philanthropist Ted Stanley and his wife Vada as their primary home. After Vada died in 2013 and Ted in 2016, their son Jonathan listed the property for sale with all the proceeds from the home sale to be donated to charity. [source]
 
For listing information and inquiries contact Houlihan Lawrence.

 

frank lloyd wright tirranna rayward shepherd house houlihan lawrence 23 Frank Lloyd Wrights One of a Kind Hemicycle House Goes on Sale

Photograph and Listing by HOULIHAN LAWRENCE

 

frank lloyd wright tirranna rayward shepherd house houlihan lawrence 16 Frank Lloyd Wrights One of a Kind Hemicycle House Goes on Sale

Photograph and Listing by HOULIHAN LAWRENCE

 

frank lloyd wright tirranna rayward shepherd house houlihan lawrence 20 Frank Lloyd Wrights One of a Kind Hemicycle House Goes on Sale

Photograph and Listing by HOULIHAN LAWRENCE

 

frank lloyd wright tirranna rayward shepherd house houlihan lawrence 17 Frank Lloyd Wrights One of a Kind Hemicycle House Goes on Sale

Photograph and Listing by HOULIHAN LAWRENCE

 

frank lloyd wright tirranna rayward shepherd house houlihan lawrence 19 Frank Lloyd Wrights One of a Kind Hemicycle House Goes on Sale

Photograph and Listing by HOULIHAN LAWRENCE