Three adjacent homes on Newport Bay list for total of $56M

Three side-by-side homes on Newport Beach’s China Cove waterfront are listed for a combined $56.3 million.

The three separate listings include a $24 million home at 2701 Shell Street, a $16.8 million home at 2717 Shell Street and a $15.5 million home at 2719 Shell Street in Corona del Mar, the Orange County Register reported.

They offer “a rare and maybe the only chance to buy” all three for a combined $56.3 million, one of the listings states.

Two of the homes are on the former site of China House, a pagoda-style landmark built by department store magnate William Lindsay in 1929 that gave China Cove its name. China House was bulldozed in 1987.

The homes offer a pelican’s eye view of Newport Harbor.

The priciest of the triptych, at $23.995 million, has 5,300 square feet and sits on a point next to a beach. The five-bedroom, six-bathroom house, built in 1956, has been in the same family for 60 years.

In the 1970s, the family bought the house next door and combined the two homes, with skylights running down the middle. A glass section built into the living room floor offers a view of the shore below. 

Other highlights include wraparound patios and a rock breakwater built in the early 1980s after storms took out the dock and direct access to the sand. 

Brokers Adrienne Brandes and Jim Weisenbach of Surterre Properties hold the listing.

The second-most expensive home, at $16.8 million, has 3,400 square feet. The two-story, Mediterranean-style house, built in 1989, is made of French limestone, Italian marble and wrought iron.

The four-bedroom, four-bathroom home has an open floorplan that includes a gourmet kitchen, breakfast nook and a living area that extends onto a terrace with bayfront views. A master suite, fronted by a waterfront terrace, connects to a bathroom with a large tub.

It comes with approved plans for a contemporary beach house design by McClean Design, established by Paul McClean. The Orange-based architecture firm designed the troubled $141 million megamansion in Bel-Air known as The One.

Brokers Billy Long and Niousha Nasootifard of Balboa Real Estate hold the listing.

The final home, at $15.5 million, has 4,000 square feet. The four-bedroom, five-bathroom house, built in 1990, was designed by architect Brion Jeanette.

The Cape Cod-style house has French doors leading to a waterfront stone terrace. A kitchen features a center island with counter seating. It has a wood-paneled library and dining room. A curved staircase leads to the second floor,  where a large bay window opens off the master suite. There’s an underground garage.

Broker Tara McNabb of Compass holds the listing.

— Dana Bartholomew

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