Amanda’s House from “The Holiday”

IMG_0522

I thought I’d mix it up a bit today by forgoing blogging about one of the many Pacific Northwest locations that I stalked while in Vancouver and Seattle two weeks ago, in order to write about a residence that can be found right here in the San Gabriel Valley – the mansion which belonged to Amanda (aka Cameron Diaz) in the 2006 romantic comedy The Holiday.  I found this location thanks to fellow stalker Nick, who had done some research on the subject and had managed to discern that the home featured in the movie was located somewhere in San Marino and had been designed in 1928 by legendary Los Angeles architect Wallace Neff.  According to Nick, Neff, along with his family, had even lived in the property at one point during the 1930’s.  So, I immediately headed over to my friend, and fellow stalker, E.J.’s website – The Movieland Directory – which has an entire page dedicated to Wallace Neff-designed homes in the L.A. area.  The Movieland Directory listed a total of three San Marino residences that the famed architect had once called home.  Because I had never seen The Holiday, I sent all three addresses to Nick to see if one of them was the mansion featured in the movie and, sure enough, one was!  YAY!  So, I immediately ran right out to stalk it and, then yesterday, finally sat down to watch The Holiday for the first time.  And I have to say that I absolutely LOVED it!!!  I have NO idea how I missed it when it first came out four years ago.  But I digress.

[ad]

IMG_0523 IMG_0524

In person, The Holiday mansion is absolutely beautiful and absolutely humongous!  The Tuscan-style villa boasts 9 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, and a whopping 10,324 square feet of living space!

ScreenShot4724 ScreenShot4722

IMG_0529 IMG_0528

The residence pops up quite a few times in The Holiday, especially the front entrance and second story balcony areas.

ScreenShot4725 IMG_0521

And while, for the most part, the mansion looks much the same as it did in the movie, there have been quite a few changes, including the front gate, which is now wrought-iron instead of wood . . .

ScreenShot4730 IMG_0523

. . . the front door which is now recessed . . .

ScreenShot4726 IMG_0525

. . . and the driveway area, to which a fountain had since been added.

ScreenShot4727 ScreenShot4728

And while I was fairly certain that the real life interior of the mansion had been used in the filming, according to IMDB’s trivia page for The Holiday, all of the interiors of the house were actually just sets that had been built on a soundstage and had cost a whopping $1 million to construct!

ScreenShot4731

ScreenShot4720 ScreenShot4729

But as you can see in the above screen captures and aerial view, the home’s real life backyard and pool were actually used in the flick.

ScreenShot4732

On a side note – Sadly, the picturesque English cottage which belonged to Iris (aka Kate Winslet) in The Holiday does not actually exist in real life.  Both the interiors and the exteriors of the adorable little home were built solely for the filming of the movie.  You can see photographs of the construction of Iris’ cottage on fave website Hooked on Houses here.

Big THANK YOU to Nick for finding this location!  🙂

Until next time, Happy Stalking!  🙂

Stalk It: Cameron Diaz’s mansion from The Holiday is located at 1883 Orlando Road in San Marino.

16 Replies to “Amanda’s House from “The Holiday””

  1. Random but does anyone know what type of tree that is on each side of the house? The tall ones not the potted orange trees.

  2. I was thinking of what NYE movie to watch tonight before my dinner party, and this movie immediately came to mind. GREAT movie. So glad you found this house… definitely on my stalking list for next year!

  3. I have tried so hard to find out where I can look at pictures of the interiors of Amandas mansion in the moovie the Holiday. I have come across your blog where I excitedly found pics of the exterior!! Thank you!!
    Can you find out who do the interios for the movie and if there are any visuals??
    I have watched the movie so many times in order to capture the int eriors of the house!!

    Many thanks
    Yvonne
    johannesburg South Africa

  4. Glad you LOVED! THE HOLIDAY! So the best rom-com to come out in the last 10 years, in my opinion.

    But so sad to hear that the English cottage doesn’t exist! BOO!!

  5. My god, I can’t believe about the irish cottage! is it possible that they didn’t found at least a real and bulit house to custom it as an irish cottage? was really necessary built EVERYTHING since the very first “stone”??? Sometimes I think that this hollywood people go nuts… :p

    Thank for the post, I note this movie for watching next weeks 😉

  6. I just watched this movie about a week ago. We order some of the premium channels (HBO, STARZ etc) for the summer since TV is repeats, and Melissa is hooked on True Blood.

Leave a Reply to Rachel Cancel reply