About the Building
Country Club Manor stands at 316 North Rossmore Avenue on the eastern edge of Hancock Park, directly across the street from the Wilshire Country Club. Completed in 1926 to a design by architect Leland A. Bryant, the six-story building brings the steep rooflines and romantic massing of the French Normandy style to a corridor known for grand pre-war apartment houses. Originally built as rental apartments and later converted to condominiums, it holds roughly forty-two homes behind a staffed lobby, and it remains one of the older condominium addresses in this part of Los Angeles.
Leland A. Bryant is best remembered for Sunset Tower on the Sunset Strip, and Country Club Manor is an earlier work from the same busy decade. Photographs from 1927, shared by the neighborhood publication Larchmont Buzz, show the building essentially as it appears today. It went up during the same era that produced the El Royale and the Mauretania a few blocks north, when Rossmore Avenue became the accepted place for apartment living beside a neighborhood of single-family estates. Little of the exterior has changed, which is a large part of the building's appeal.
The setting is the defining feature. The Wilshire Country Club, a private club founded in 1919, occupies the land directly west across Rossmore, so front-facing units look over its grounds rather than at another building. Beverly Boulevard is a short block south, and the Larchmont Village shopping street, with its groceries, coffee houses and weekly farmers market, is roughly a ten to fifteen minute walk southeast. The surrounding blocks of Hancock Park are covered by the city's Historic Preservation Overlay Zone, though the multi-family lots along Rossmore itself were excluded when the district was drawn.
Inside, listing services describe one, two and three bedroom homes running from roughly six hundred to seventeen hundred square feet, with high ceilings, crown moldings, decorative ceiling work and period built-ins in many units. Service staffing is unusual for a building of this size: listings consistently mention a twenty-four hour doorman and valet parking, and dues reflect that level of service. As with any conversion of a 1920s apartment house, finishes and floor plans vary considerably from one home to the next, so each unit deserves to be judged on its own condition rather than on the building's reputation.
Buyers should approach Country Club Manor the way they would any pre-war building: charmed but methodical. The 1926 construction predates modern seismic codes, and the replacement history of plumbing, electrical and elevator systems varies by era and by board decisions, none of which is comprehensively documented in public sources. The homeowners association can supply reserve studies, retrofit records and conversion documents. The building does not appear on the city's list of Historic-Cultural Monuments in readily available records, so Mills Act property tax relief would first require a designation effort, an open question rather than an established benefit.
Amenities & Services
The Residences
Listing services describe floor plans from under six hundred square feet to about seventeen hundred, so the building serves both pied-a-terre buyers and owners wanting a full-sized pre-war home. Verify measurements independently.
High ceilings, crown moldings, decorative plasterwork and original built-ins survive in many units, though renovation levels vary widely after decades of individual ownership. Condition is unit-specific rather than building-wide.
West-facing homes look across Rossmore Avenue to the Wilshire Country Club grounds, an outlook protected by the club's private ownership since 1919. Rear and side units face quieter residential streets and courtyard space.
Listings consistently describe a twenty-four hour doorman and valet parking arrangements, a rarity in a building of about forty-two homes. Confirm current staffing hours and how parking rights attach to each unit.
Expect gracious formal rooms, real separation between spaces and thick walls, alongside period constraints: closets, kitchens and laundry arrangements differ by unit and by renovation. In-unit laundry should be confirmed home by home.
The building began as rental apartments and was later converted to condominiums. With roughly forty-two owners sharing a staffed, elevator-served building, dues, reserves and house rules carry real weight in ownership.
Due Diligence
City planning documents show the Hancock Park overlay zone excluded multi-family zoned lots along Rossmore Avenue, so the building appears to sit outside the district. Confirm the parcel's status on the city's ZIMAS map.
Country Club Manor is not documented as a Historic-Cultural Monument or National Register property in readily available public records. Mills Act tax relief generally requires such a designation first, so treat it as unavailable today.
Original 1926 plumbing, wiring and heating have typically been altered piecemeal over a century. Ask the association for records on supply lines, waste stacks, panels and elevator modernization, and inspect the unit thoroughly.
The building predates California's earliest seismic codes. Ask what construction type it is, whether any retrofit has been performed, and whether it falls under any of Los Angeles's mandatory retrofit programs.
The conversion from apartments to condominiums is established, but its date and terms are not well documented publicly. Request the CC&Rs, condominium plan and any conversion-era disclosures through escrow or a title search.
A doorman, valet and grounds staff make this a service-heavy association for its size. Understand exactly what monthly dues cover, how they have moved over time, and the current reserve funding level.
Valet operation is described by listing services, but how spaces are assigned, deeded or licensed varies in older conversions. Confirm the parking rights that convey with the specific unit in writing.
Ask for the master policy summary, including earthquake coverage or its absence, deductibles and any loss history. Buildings of this era can carry distinctive insurance terms that affect lenders and closing timelines.
Everything above is drawn from public records, city permit data and published sources. The association’s statutory disclosure package is the only authoritative answer on dues, rules, reserves, insurance and litigation — Ben will request it and read it with you before you remove contingencies.
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