If you have followed Tarrant County Tuesday over the past eight years — yes eight years — you certainly know how we love to feature a variety of architectural styles and influences.
We have featured English Tudor, Midcentury Modern, French, Spanish, Mediterranean, Craftsman, McMansion, Modern, and many more styles. I don’t think we’ve ever touched upon a Mansard-influenced home — and I’m not too upset about that. We’ve featured plenty of homes that we have no clue what styles they are trying to replicate.
It’s been a while since we have focused on a home built with hacienda influences, so when Deborah Bailey of Williams Trew Real Estate contacted us to highlight one of her listings, we gladly accepted.
What is Hacienda Style?
The word hacienda actually is “an estate property,” usually referring to large working properties or ranches with a large homestead. Many Spaniards brought the style to America when the Spanish colonized the continent in the 1500s. Many homes in a similar vein to hacienda-style homes also have African and Mediterranean influences.
One factor in creating a hacienda-style home is the most prominent feature — the roof. If the home doesn’t have a clay barrel tile roof, it won’t get a hacienda seal of approval. Even a concrete barrel tile roof looks phony on homes trying to be authentic to this design.
Another factor is that the design of the home is oriented around a water feature and courtyard. Many homes will have a water fountain or a pool with plenty of vegetation and color around it.
Access to the courtyard and a water feature should be found in just about every room in the home. When this style was first brought to America there was no central air conditioning or heat. Therefore, the home needed to have plenty of doors and windows to catch breezes.
The courtyard is important to the hacienda style not only for pleasure but for cooking as well. When there was no cool air coming through the vents, no one felt like cooking inside the home. Today’s hacienda-influenced homes might have air conditioning, but outdoor cooking is still a key component.
Inside a Hudson Oaks Hacienda
Like traditional hacienda homes, today’s featured home at 167 Kortney Drive in the Oak View Estates neighborhood of Hudson Oaks has exposed wooden beams throughout the interior.
The five-bedroom, five-and-one-half-bathroom home of over 6,500 square feet has exposed beams for decoration. Originally, heavy beams were used not for decoration but to give structure and stability to the home.
Throughout this home the true tongue-in-groove hardwood floor and molding — stained a rich and warm brown — provide a classic contrast against the bright white walls, except in the media room where it gets nice and dark for movie night.
The primary suite is not only spacious but has a private covered patio to enjoy morning coffee, evening beverages, or simply alone time to read a book or take an afternoon siesta.
Certainly, everyone wants to see the primary bathroom. You won’t be disappointed in this room designed like a Roman bath spa with a barrel-vaulted ceiling, elaborate fixtures, and stained glass.
There is so much to love and enjoy about 167 Kortney Drive. The location is secluded and backs to a lush forest of trees, and yet minutes from Interstate 20 as well as our favorite H-E-B and other stores in the Aledo/Willow Park/Weatherford area.
Deborah Bailey of Williams Trew Real Estate listed 167 Kortney Drive for $1.795 million.
