A 76-Acre Napa Valley Ranch Hits the Market With a "Cowboy Shack"

4553 Chiles Pope Valley Highway in St. Helena, California, is at present listed at $4,500,000 by Hillary Ryan at Sotheby’s Worldwide Realty – St. Helena Brokerage.

Durham Ranch is Ken Fulk’s treasured Napa Valley retreat, shared with household and shut buddies for many years. Set on roughly 76 personal acres simply outdoors the famend city of St. Helena, the property provides a uncommon steadiness of seclusion and entry, the place open land, historical oaks, and seasonal streams create a profound sense of escape whereas Napa Valley’s celebrated eating places, wineries, wellness locations, and cultural life nonetheless inside straightforward attain.

Initially a modest cattle ranch courting to the Nineteen Forties, the property was thoughtfully restored and reimagined by Fulk as a spot to assemble, rejoice, and disconnect from metropolis life. The guiding inspiration was easy: honor the spirit of the traditional California ranch whereas introducing a contemporary design sensibility. Durham Ranch embodies easy residing, impressed design, and robust provenance in a bucolic setting. 

On the coronary heart of the compound is the restored ranch cottage, roughly 1,250 sq. toes with two bedrooms and one and a half baths. Bluestone flooring, board-and-batten partitions, and open-rafter ceilings create a timeless ranch aesthetic, whereas reclaimed supplies—together with historic fence boards used for cabinetry, salvaged tractor springs transformed to barstools, and Twenties Parisian lighting—join the interiors to a deeply rooted historical past. A big screened porch overlooks the pool and surrounding panorama.

Close by, the dramatic 4,500-square-foot metal barn serves because the ranch’s social centerpiece. With hovering 33-foot ceilings and a cathedral-like presence, the area accommodates gatherings and celebrations for as much as 200 friends, with plans by George Bevan providing future potential for residential conversion.

Visitor experiences prolong throughout the property with two safari-style tent cabins perched on a wooded hilltop overlooking the valley and the whimsical Cowboy Shack, now serving as a playful hideaway or night bar. Outside residing unfolds throughout a sequence of areas related by Ipe boardwalks. 

A forty five-by-16-foot heated pool anchors the entertaining space, complemented by bocce, terraces, and lawns shaded by magnificent oak bushes. Durham Ranch additionally provides distinctive entry to outside recreation and wellness, together with mountain climbing alongside the Bay Ridge Path, biking via Chiles Valley, close by Lake Hennessey, and proximity to Meadowood, Auberge du Soleil, and the famend scorching springs of Calistoga. Not often does a Napa Valley property mix such design provenance, pure magnificence, and internet hosting potential. Durham Ranch represents a singular alternative to steward an genuine California retreat.

Itemizing Particulars  

Bedrooms: 2  

Baths: 1 full, 1 partial

Sq. Toes: 1,250  

Plot Measurement: 76.33 acres