ROCKBRIDGE OASIS
790 Rockbridge Road, Montecito
OFFERED AT $16,495,000
PROPERTY DETAILS
6 BD / 5 FULL BA / 1 HALF BA
TOTAL GROSS SQ FT 5,369 ±
2.53± ACRES
MAIN RESIDENCE
5 bd + media room / 4 full ba / 1 half ba, 4,873± sq ft
ADU
1 full ba, 496± sq ft
YEAR BUILT 1958
YEAR REMODELED 2022
REMODEL ARCHITECT Xorin Balbes, Templehome
REMODEL DESIGNER Xorin Balbes, Templehome and Shahram Bijan
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT Revive and Shahram Bijan
BUILDER Revive
SCHOOL DISTRICT Cold Spring Elementary, SB Jr., SB Sr.
POOL
SPA
OUTDOOR SHOWER
CHEFS GARDEN
FIRE PIT
FRUIT TREES
Inside the gates of Riven Rock — the 1896 McCormick estate, divided into thirty-four parcels nearly a century ago and never expanded since — sits a 2.53-acre property beneath a canopy of two-hundred-year-old oaks. Parcels of this size are essentially unavailable inside the gates.
This one will not be replicated.
The original 1958 house was taken down to the earth. What replaced it, after three years of work, is a single-level 4,873-square-foot residence and a detached 496-square-foot guest house designed to sit quietly in the land rather than command it. Vaulted shiplap ceilings, blackened steel windows, walls of glass to the oak grove. Hand-troweled Venetian plaster, Italian marble, brushed brass, white oak, board-formed concrete — materials chosen for how they age.
A great room at the center pulls the kitchen, dining, and living spaces around a single fireplace, opening through full-height sliders to the gardens. The kitchen is matte black with brass detailing and integrated appliances — built for daily use and for gathering. Five bedrooms and four-and-a-half baths line either wing, each oriented to its own piece of canopy or garden. A separate media room. A detached ADU for guests, studio, or office.
The 2.53 acres are the rest of the story. Decomposed-granite paths between the oaks lead to a natural-edge pool with stone coping, a sunken firepit beneath a hundred-year-old oak, and a chef's garden with raised beds and producing fruit trees — citrus, persimmon, apple, passion fruit. The Santa Ynez foothills form the northern horizon. Original stone bridges from the 1896 estate still mark portions of the property.
Cold Spring School District. Five minutes to the Upper Village. Ten to Butterfly Beach.
Architecture and interiors by Xorin Balbes of Templehome with Shahram Bijan. Landscape by Revive with Shahram Bijan. Builder, Revive.
