The $51.9 million,
11-acre Lasata property in East Hampton, N.Y., counts quite the celebrity pedigree among its long list of amenities: It’s where Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis spent her childhood summers.
flooring to give the home a vintage feel.
In the living room, walls had been clad in ornate wooden paneling. Yet after some renovation work, oak paneling was discovered underneath, which was eventually restored and preserved.
Despite efforts to retain its period look, contemporary touches run throughout the home.
The ground floor features a modern eat-in kitchen and breakfast nook.
A rare 1970s John Dickinson mirror hangs over a seating area in the living room that includes an 18thcentury Jacob Freres marquise chair and Queen Anne wing chairs. The entire living room is outfitted with gray stone tiling.
In the dining room, antique Tiffany light fixtures hang above a midcentury Samuel Marx table with Lucite legs.
“All of the first floor’s decorative lighting is vintage Tiffany,” says Eileen Oneill, one of the listing agents on the property.
Outside of the main residence the extensive grounds are formal but with a clean, contemporary aesthetic.
Southampton-based landscape architect Perry Guillot, who is known for his work on most prominent Hamptons estates, designed the grounds.
The front of the home is surrounded by tall, neatly groomed 100-year old linden and cedar trees. The formal gardens include a sculpture by Jean Arp, which gives the setting the air of a stylish retreat. Longneglected plantings were brought back to life, including cedar, linden and rhododendron.
Despite its history and opulence, selling a home at the very top of the Hamptons market is proving to be a challenge. After years of sharp growth, sales are slowing, with the upper end of the Hamptons market particularly sluggish. This has forced brokers for Lasata to get creative.
The property is being listed as three separate parcels: $51.9 million buys the main house, swimming pool and guesthouse on 7.15 acres, which includes the tennis court; $38.9 million buys a 7.15-acre parcel with the main house but without the tennis court; and a roughly 4-acre adjacent parcel (without the residence) containing the sunken grass tennis court is listed for $12.9 million.