Wind past the iron security gate up through Hillwood’s hilly woods to find Old Hollywood glamour perched on 15 secluded acres of forest in a rare setting of timeless privacy and perspectives. Spiraling up the sylvan driveway, you’ll see Classical symmetry come into focus, as columns, sculpture niches and a covered portico recall the traditional balance of an Italian Renaissance Palladian-style villa. But the daring flair at this unique address would have been progressive in Nashville’s architectural landscape of its day. Built in 1971, this innovative aerie wraps three single-story wings around a flagstone courtyard with a saltwater swimming pool, setting a nontraditional and cinematic stage for Southern hospitality.

Open the grand double front doors to a dramatic axial view, leading straight through the house to the colonnade and pool — with a hot tub pavilion in the distance. Inside, where ceilings soar between and 10 and 16 feet, natural light from floor-to-ceiling windows illuminates updated surfaces, such as quartz countertops in the kitchen and epoxy floors in the three-car garage. Timeless original finishes include stone fireplaces, warm cherry paneling, and terrazzo, black-and-white marble tile and hardwood floors.

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The home’s longtime owners and stewards have made recent updates, including a steam shower and heated floors in one of the two owner’s suite bathrooms. A white and stainless-steel kitchen with a tumbled travertine backsplash opens into a breakfast room and then a grand dining room. The closets, including some with walk-in cedar-lined storage, could host a Hollywood wardrobe department.  

The flow and volume of this four-bedroom, 6,000-square-foot house invite active entertaining, with large rooms for gathering and ample parking on the peak. Elevated and elegant, this film-worthy setting is ready for its close-up and its next chapter of hilltop hospitality.