110 New Place Road

A Hacienda Spanish-style home on New Place Road, Hillsborough's enclave of 18 estate homes on wooded lots among the fairways of the Burlingame Country Club. Once part of the gilded-age William H. Crocker Estate, it's reached through the estate's gates and up a mile-long private road, and the Crocker mansion, now the club's clubhouse, is less than half a block away.

Custom built for its original owners and mostly on one level. The main floor holds the formal living and dining rooms, with 12-foot and 10.4-foot ceilings, the kitchen and family room, a powder room and three bedrooms, among them a primary suite that takes up a whole wing, with views on both sides, two bathrooms, two large walk-in closets and a separate dressing room. One level down, by elevator or stairs, are two more bedrooms, a bath, a wine cellar, a two-car garage and generous storage.

Antique doors, hand-forged iron balconies, handcrafted Ionic columns, solid oak plank floors and antique iron chandeliers. Every main room opens onto a private, south-facing rear yard and pool that get sun all day, and every room looks out on gardens and forest. Lower North Hillsborough, a few miles from the shops and restaurants of Burlingame and 20 miles south of San Francisco.