# Manor for sale. You might even say it is...stately **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 9, 2026, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manor-for-sale-you-might-even-say-it-is-stately/1031540 "2026-07-09T15:48:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manor-for-sale-you-might-even-say-it-is-stately/1031540/21 "2026-07-09T18:41:11Z")
Me too, me too. I couldn’t be a richy-rich aristocrat. Maids and footman and yes Carson the butler watching me. Creeping around 😱 . Perhaps, they see you need to relieve yourself and wanna be helpful and point you to the nearest necessary room. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manor-for-sale-you-might-even-say-it-is-stately/1031540/22 "2026-07-09T20:05:52Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > The neighborhood is not pedestrian friendly, but the speed bumps do slow down vehicular traffic. Close enough to the freeway to get highway noise. That would have been tough on the Batmobile’s suspension. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manor-for-sale-you-might-even-say-it-is-stately/1031540/23 "2026-07-09T20:19:54Z")
I wanted to hate it. I mean, I _desperately_ wanted to hate it. But I can’t and I don’t. I think it’s an amazing property. [DavidNRockies GoFundMe coming soon ;-)] ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manor-for-sale-you-might-even-say-it-is-stately/1031540/24 "2026-07-09T20:23:47Z")
The Batmobile doesn’t drive on that street. It exits the Bat Cave via that exceptionally well-hidden tunnel which no one can see because there’s a low wooden barrier in front of it. As a kid, I always wondered why none of criminal masterminds in Gotham City didn’t just follow the Batmobile to see where it returned to. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manor-for-sale-you-might-even-say-it-is-stately/1031540/25 "2026-07-09T20:29:56Z")
So it would be past where the speed bumps are. I doubt there were speed bumps in front of the manor in 1966. ---
**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manor-for-sale-you-might-even-say-it-is-stately/1031540/26 "2026-07-09T20:36:07Z")
Those speed bumps were probably installed because of complaints about a certain fire-spewing black car with red pinstripes zooming to and fro. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manor-for-sale-you-might-even-say-it-is-stately/1031540/27 "2026-07-09T20:48:08Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I couldn’t be a richy-rich aristocrat. Maids and footman and yes Carson the butler watching me. Creeping around 😱 . Did you know he was a member of the French resistance? [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/M8XQV0PYf3c/hqdefault.jpg "Deja Vu") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8XQV0PYf3c) ---
**Author:** ![psiekier](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psiekier/32/116_2.png) [@psiekier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psiekier)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2026, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manor-for-sale-you-might-even-say-it-is-stately/1031540/28 "2026-07-10T03:44:10Z")
Huh. We were just talking about the Adam West Batman, and how the mail order advert for the Aly Morrison/Mark Copplestone era Space Marines in Mk VI armour were (mostly) named for the cast. [![](https://u.cubeupload.com/psiekier/bcfearlyspacemarinesbat.jpg) ](https://u.cubeupload.com/psiekier/bcfearlyspacemarinesbat.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2026, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manor-for-sale-you-might-even-say-it-is-stately/1031540/29 "2026-07-10T05:32:28Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > My Beloved saw the interior… Mayhaps you could suggest to said beloved that, given your lottery win and procurement of the mansion, the least she could contribute is cleaning the eleven bathrooms. With great authority comes great responsibility … just sayin’. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2026, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manor-for-sale-you-might-even-say-it-is-stately/1031540/30 "2026-07-10T15:13:21Z")
> [@markn\_1](#): > > As a kid, I always wondered why none of criminal masterminds in Gotham City didn’t just follow the Batmobile to see where it returned to. Oh they tried. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XhQmoJs6LOk/hqdefault.jpg "The Joker's Last Laugh - The Jokemobile - Batman Ep 81 1967") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhQmoJs6LOk) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2026, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manor-for-sale-you-might-even-say-it-is-stately/1031540/31 "2026-07-10T21:41:45Z")
The Secret is Out! Gotham City is Pasadena! ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2026, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manor-for-sale-you-might-even-say-it-is-stately/1031540/32 "2026-07-11T22:13:25Z")
Nice gazebo. Plantings are kind of dull. Needs a garden makeover. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2026, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manor-for-sale-you-might-even-say-it-is-stately/1031540/33 "2026-07-13T01:59:48Z")
We went to a car show this morning, the original, Adam West-era [Batmobile](https://www.autabuy.com/classifieds/98815429-1966-batmobile-batrodz) was there. I showed the owner the listing in the OP but it was a little out of his price range (& a couple of thousand miles west of us) but how cool would it to own one of those & live in that house!!! ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2026, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manor-for-sale-you-might-even-say-it-is-stately/1031540/34 "2026-07-15T12:42:12Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Not even 5 acres? Seems a bit close to neighboring riff-raff… That’s what I was going to say-- the grounds aren’t remotely large enough for fox hunting. Pass. > [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > > [@markn\_1](#): > > > > As a kid, I always wondered why none of criminal masterminds in Gotham City didn’t just follow the Batmobile to see where it returned to. > > Oh they tried. Watched the clip. So Batman may have fooled Joker for the moment, but he still led Joker to the general vicinity of the Bat Cave entrance (it must be less than a mile away, judging by how quickly B&R got to the real entrance), and let Joker off scot-free to keep looking? Brilliant 🙄 Also, IMO, Harley Quinn looked _much_ better without all that makeup she usually wears. (Kidding-- I know the Harley Quinn character came later) ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2026, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manor-for-sale-you-might-even-say-it-is-stately/1031540/35 "2026-07-15T13:04:02Z")
> [@markn\_1](#): > > The Batmobile doesn’t drive on that street. It exits the Bat Cave via that exceptionally well-hidden tunnel which no one can see because there’s a low wooden barrier in front of it. Related to that point you’re going to want to make sure you got your legal I’s dotted and T’s crossed and make sure there’s a recorded easement leading up to the retractable wooden barrier. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2026, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manor-for-sale-you-might-even-say-it-is-stately/1031540/36 "2026-07-15T13:11:08Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I’ve noticed in listings of large mansions like this that there are often more bathrooms than bedrooms. I suspect that most of the bedrooms have en suite bathrooms, so if you add a few bathrooms nearer the living areas of the house, it’s not surprising that you have more bathrooms than bedrooms. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2026, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manor-for-sale-you-might-even-say-it-is-stately/1031540/37 "2026-07-15T13:19:17Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Gotham City is Pasadena! And yet the secret entrance to the Batcave is in [Griffith Park](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronson_Canyon), a good 10 miles away. That cave system must be _really_ extensive. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2026, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manor-for-sale-you-might-even-say-it-is-stately/1031540/38 "2026-07-15T13:38:46Z")
> [@Cardigan](#): > > Related to that point you’re going to want to make sure you got your legal I’s dotted and T’s crossed and make sure there’s a recorded easement leading up to the retractable wooden barrier. You know, I’m beginning to suspect that may Batman operates _outside_ the law. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2026, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manor-for-sale-you-might-even-say-it-is-stately/1031540/39 "2026-07-15T14:25:54Z")
> [@MrAtoz](#): > > > [@Gatopescado](#): > > > > Gotham City is Pasadena! > > And yet the secret entrance to the Batcave is in [Griffith Park](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronson_Canyon), a good 10 miles away. > > That cave system must be _really_ extensive. It’s the only way to avoid traffic. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manor-for-sale-you-might-even-say-it-is-stately/1031540.md?page=1)