Texas native Tommy Lee Jones moved to New York Metropolis to pursue an performing profession again in 1969, however he knew he had discovered actual success when he realized he may head again to the Lone Star State.
“There was a time once I grew to become conscious that I may stay wherever I wish to,” “The Fugitive” star informed The New York Occasions in a profile. “So, in my knowledge, I went dwelling.”
Today, “dwelling” for the 80-year-old actor is a sprawling ranch in San Saba, TX. Jones resides on the 6,000-square-foot property along with his spouse, Daybreak Laurel-Jones, 62, who’s from San Antonio.
Along with a two-story limestone residence that was constructed as a fort in 1856, the large plot of land is a full-fledged retreat. There’s not one, however two polo fields, and an array of animals from horses to canines to feral pigs.
The property is a completely operable ranch, and in 2006, Jones informed Texas Month-to-month all about what a typical day is like.
“Within the summers, we’ll work cattle, after which at about 7 o’clock at evening, we’ll begin enjoying polo,” he mentioned. “We’ll play till about 9, after which after we’re carried out, we put the meat on the fireplace and watch the darkish come. It is a good life. Everyone seems to be joyful.”
Though Jones is famously personal and has not shared imagery of the house, he did share a quote that piques curiosity.
“I didn’t need any fences round the home,” he mentioned whereas telling the Occasions of the feral hogs that dig up his yard. “As you possibly can see, the home has an architectural assertion to make.”
Inside, the abode is simply as fascinating. The publication reported that the lounge is furnished with two Frank Lloyd Wright slate-top tables and a Gustav Stickley couch that’s greater than a century outdated.
Antiques and picked up artwork items might be discovered all through the house, in addition to different finds from the property itself, comparable to flint arrowheads, shed antlers, and small animal skulls.
Jones has ridden horses for many of his life and took an curiosity in polo within the Nineteen Seventies. He often hosts polo matches at his ranch, which is dwelling to 25 horses.
In response to Social Life Journal, Jones has been increasing his cattle ranch for many years after first buying it within the Nineteen Eighties. He has constructed onto the property with further parcels of working ranchland over time.
The couple’s ardour for polo has made an impression on multiple of their properties. In 2019, Jones offloaded his Florida equestrian property for $11.5 million. The 55-acre property, often called “San Saba,” the identical title as his hometown, is 72 miles north of Miami in a city known as Wellington.
Whereas that residence was significantly smaller than the Texas ranch he lives in at present, its polo services are exceptional.
Bradley A. Scherer, the itemizing agent who dealt with the sale, informed Mansion World that the property was “one of many solely, if not the one, property listed throughout 2019 that was a real, full-service polo facility with current polo fields.”
Jones had bought the Florida property in 2002 for $2.95 million, then acquired a secondary parcel for $550,000 in 2012. With an extra third parcel, the land was all offered in a single transaction, after it lingered in the marketplace for eight years.
The authentic asking worth was $26.75 million.
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