Frank Lloyd Wright inspired this circular Florida farmhouse

Via Realtor.com

When you think of a ‘country farmhouse,’ rustic beams, stone walls, and raw materials spring to mind, but this Florida farmstead kicks that aesthetic to the curb and features a round house inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright’s Arizona designs.

The Ocala farmhouse is located at 3707 NW 110th Avenue and was built in 1981 for the Waldreps, a prominent dairy farming family. Family patriarch Wiley Waldrep – known as ‘Broward County’s last real cowboy’ – founded the independent dairy farm in 1928. It was sold by his grandkids in 2003, according to the local blog Creative Loafing Tampa Bay, with some of the land redeveloped as the 1900-property Monterra housing community.

Still, the Waldrep estate runs to 195 acres, with the house spanning a colossal 11,520 sq ft. It’s said to be inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright’s circular sun house, aka the Norman Lykes House—his last residential design.

The Florida property features a round floor plan, with a central glass-roofed volume as the ‘pupil’, enclosed by curving brick volumes that form an ‘iris’. It contains five bedrooms and seven bathrooms, a home theatre, curving swimming pool, spa, an outdoor kitchen, and an indoor racquetball court and fitness centre, per the listing.

The 80-acre estate features multiple buildings, including four brick horse barns with 32 stalls, offices, and labs, three additional barns with 96 stalls, three employee homes, a six-unit dormitory, and an eight-car garage.

The Ocala property has been on and off the market and was first listed for $12m. After failing to find a buyer, it’s now listed for $8.5m via Linda Doyle from Royal Shell Real Estate.

[Source: Orlando Weekly]