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Description Introducing The Spicewood Sanctuary at Lick Creek Ranch A Watson Original Above the Pedernales showcases Hill Country Modernism at Its Highest ExpressionArchitecturally pedigreed estates of this caliber rarely come to market in Texas — and almost never with 29.74 unbroken acres beneath them. Perched on a bluff above the Pedernales River just 40 minutes west of Austin, the Spicewood Sanctuary at Lick Creek Ranch was designed by John Covert Watson, who trained directly under Frank Lloyd Wright and carried that lineage into one of the most distinctive private residences in the state. With just over 14,000 square feet between the main house and the detached guest quarters, the compound delivers scale rarely paired with this level of architectural pedigree. The architecture announces itself as you approach the house: a sweeping hyperbolic parabola roof — its angled planes folding skyward like geometry caught mid-motion — defines the silhouette and seeds a semi-circular unique design that reoccurs throughout, from the rotunda entry to the curving wall of glass that frames the great room. An Entry Rotunda That Holds a SecretHonest Materials, Sculptural Spaces Step through the doors and the rotunda greets you as a sculptural foyer with its own intimate seating area — and behind the architecture itself, a private art collection and dedicated movie screening room reveal themselves to those who know where to look. From there, the interiors unfold in materials drawn directly from the region: locally milled cedar timber, hand-laid desert masonry quarried nearby, warm cork flooring, and bespoke oak and maple cabinetry — paired with the crisper counterpoint of glass, concrete, and steel. At the heart of the home, oversized living spaces gather around a dramatic floor-to-ceiling limestone fireplace, arranged in multiple seating zones that allow for both separation and connection. A built-in banquette tucked beside an oversized picture window invites slow conversations a