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House Of The Week: Home Of Former Paramount Executive Lists Custom Bridgehampton Estate for $19.95 Million
Designed from the ground up, the 12,500-square-foot estate known as Skyfall blends timeless architecture, resort-style amenities and one of Bridgehampton’s most coveted private settings.
On a quiet stretch of Two Trees Lane in Bridgehampton, past rolling polo fields and the last dregs of horse-farm grandeur, a house called Skyfall wants to rewrite what you expect from a Hamptons home. For $19.95 million, you get more than another shingle-swathed, flavorless McMansion. Skyfall is a whole narrative — a place with echoes of James Bond, Scottish castles, and the improbable dream of two New Yorkers searching for something just left of the standard-issue East End fantasy.
David Lawenda, who spent decades climbing the ranks at Paramount Global, and his husband, Kevin Menard, didn’t want the usual Hamptons production when they started looking out east. Modern farmhouse was the goal, but you know how that goes: everything on offer was either too cookie-cutter or not quite “the one.” So, in 2016, the pair snapped up a 1.84-acre plot on what used to be the gilded turf of Two Trees Stables — for $3.3 million, the kind of number that barely raises an eyebrow around here — and brought in architect Martin Sosa to draft their dream, builder Tom O’Donoghue to pound it into wood and stone, and designer Robert Stilin to keep it from sliding into preciousness.
By 2018, the house was real: around 12,500 square feet with a look borrowed from both the Scottish Highlands and the mythos of Bond. Two stories, six bedrooms, and 11 bathrooms give everyone plenty of space to sprawl. The double-height entrance, all custom millwork and sweeping staircases, feels at once cinematic and relaxed—a flourish for the Instagram era that still manages to be inviting. The living room is anchored by a fireplace and opens onto a kitchen that’s equally suited to lazy breakfasts or full-scale entertaining. There’s a formal dining room, a clubby office with plenty of wood paneling, and, naturally, a media lounge with a fully kitted-out bar.
Upstairs, the primary suite claims its own wing, complete with sitting room, marble spa bath, two private terraces—one for morning, one for late-night—and a fireplace for those who like their luxury with a little Old World flair. If you’d rather stay closer to the action, there’s a second primary suite down on the first floor, ideal for guests or multi-gen setups, with its own fireplace and a covered patio you could stage an entire summer on.
Beyond the basics (and, let’s face it, how basic is a 1,500-bottle wine cellar really?), the house throws in a gym big enough to skip your Hamptons club membership, a billiards room, an elevator, and essentially everything you’d hope for in a modern high-end retreat.
But the magic happens outside. Landscape architect Chris LaGuardia shaped it more like a boutique resort than a suburban backyard, with a 70-foot gunite pool, a garden for herbs and inspired cocktails, and a pool house that has its own fireplace, kitchenette, and room to primp. You can rinse off under the open sky in the outdoor shower or watch horses canter in the distance — the house is flanked by reserve land, with 65 protected acres behind and those iconic fields in front, so privacy isn’t just a promise, it’s a guarantee.
Skyfall comes with a backstory, too. Lawenda, freshly retired in 2024 from Paramount after a run as Chief Digital Advertising Officer, and Menard have slid from corporate America into the wellness world — co-founding Elemental Wellness and running Dragon Hemp Apothecary, a Sag Harbor boutique. Now they’re ready to hand over the keys.
Noble Black, Jon Vaccari, and Maxwell Labadie at Corcoran are holding the listing —because in the Hamptons, there’s always a secret agent working the phones.
