$8.3 million for an estate in King with a hobbit door inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright

Location: Rural King Size: 5,000 square feet plus a 3,500-square-foot coach house Price: $8,290,000 Bedrooms: 6+4 Bathrooms: 7+7 Real estate agents: Sarah Kavoosi, RE/MAX Hallmark York Group Realty; Keyah Kavoosi, North 2 South Realty

The Place

Built in 1961, this six-bedroom, seven-bathroom home in Rural King sits on the southeast side of a lush 32-acre lot. It includes a lake that’s part of the Happy Valley Forest nature reserve, which surrounds the property. The reserve is home to at least 30 species identified as endangered in Canada.

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The Tour

The home was designed by Toronto-born architect Grant Whatmough, known for his modernist style and love of Frank Lloyd Wright. The structure comes with a fieldstone façade and is built right into the earth.

How about that front door? Formally named the Moongate but colloquially known as the hobbit door, it was added in 1963 and designed by another Canadian architect, Gardiner Cowan.

Various owners made cosmetic adjustments over the years, but the architecture is still true to Whatmough’s original vision. Note the emphasis on horizontal lines and natural materials.

Here’s a look at the Moongate door from the foyer, which was also added in 1963.

The house has no designated first or second floor. Instead, many of its spaces exist on quasi-levels of their own, separated by a few steps.

Just off the foyer, residents will find the main suite, with a lounge and an office. The fieldstone here is the same as the exterior.

There’s also a meditation room here, with floor-to-ceiling windows and a balcony overlooking the forest.

A quick detour outside showcases the balcony’s garden environs.

This is the ensuite bathroom, equipped with gold-veined quartz countertops.

Moving along reveals the kitchen. Warm vertical-grain wood soars overhead, accented by thick timber beams. An eat-in island—surrounded by storage galore—seats four people.

Next is the living room, with plenty more fieldstone and an old-timey wood-stove fireplace.

See that miniature door at the opposite end of the living room? It’s a wood sled, which uses a conveyor belt to bring firewood indoors—considered cutting-edge tech back in the ’60s.

The main house includes six bedrooms, all lined with floor-to-ceiling windows for views of nature.

But it’s the wrap-around terrace’s seemingly endless views that steal the show.

This is the spot to enjoy an epic sunset.

Here’s a peek at the unique triangular fireplace, which mimics the home’s angular roof.

Now for the coach house, which was built in the ’80s and designed to echo the main house.

Inside, guests will find an aesthetic that’s more midtown than country. The house sleeps four and has 20-foot ceilings and a dog-wash station out back.

This professional-grade yoga studio is fitted with anti-gravity bands and can accommodate about 30 people.

A home literally built into the landscape: a textbook example of Prairie-style architecture.

Don’t forget the outdoor showers.

A cabana and cedar cabin with a sauna and cold plunge stand past the tree brush near the lake.

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