Built in 1925 and drawn from the Andalusian haciendas of southern Spain, 549 Hot Springs Road is a single-level compound on an acre in Montecito's Golden Quadrangle, minutes from the upper village.

The plan reads as a village rather than a house. Carved wooden doors open off the motor court into a sequence of courtyards and gardens. The three-bedroom main residence runs on one level and opens to the lawn, while a two-bedroom pool cabana and two detached studios sit apart for guests, for work, or for quiet. Together they come to 4,975 square feet.

The grounds are the point. A stone fountain sits in a gravel court under the bougainvillea, an oval pool is screened by palms and banana, a long table runs under the trees beneath strung lights, and the lawn opens out below a single old oak.