Greystone Mansion, Tudor Revival mansion in Beverly Hills, United States
Greystone Mansion is a 55-room Tudor Revival house of about 46,000 square feet in Beverly Hills, California. Its light grey stone facade has a steeply pitched grey slate roof, two tall ribbed brick chimneys, a central gabled section with a tall multi-paned window, and a lower right wing. A stone terrace wall with a balustrade runs across the front.
Gordon Kaufmann designed the 55-room Tudor Revival house for oilman Edward "Ned" Doheny Jr., and construction was completed in 1928. Ned, his wife Lucy and their five children moved in that October; on 16 February 1929 he died in a guest bedroom in a murder-suicide with his secretary Hugh Plunkett. Lucy stayed until 1955, when she sold the estate to Paul Trousdale.
The house is regularly used for film and television productions because its stone exterior and dark wood-paneled interiors suggest a serious, almost somber mood. Many visitors recognize the rooms from well-known films before they even begin walking the grounds.
The park surrounding the house is free and open to the public, with pathways leading through the gardens and past several viewpoints. Access inside the building usually requires advance registration, as it is often booked for private events.
The circumstances surrounding Edward Doheny Jr.'s death in 1929, just after moving in, were never fully resolved and remain a topic of speculation. This dark episode in the property's past is part of what drew filmmakers to use it as a backdrop for crime and mystery stories.
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