10th annual event, a fundraiser for Escondido History Center, provides rare look at five historically significant mud-brick properties in Escondido and Poway
Peter and Raydene St. Clair had no intention of moving from their modern Spanish-style Mission Hills home. In early 2020, they were helping their daughter and son-in-law, who were expecting their first child, find a house with enough land to add an additional unit where they could stay while helping care for their new grandchild.
Among the features they most appreciated was Weir’s focus on locating his designs to capture the site’s best natural views, typical of both Jack and his brother Larry Weir’s work. From the living room’s main arched picture window, there’s an expansive view to the southwest over the San Pasqual Valley. The rear terrace offers northeast views toward the mountains and Cuyamaca Peak.
But Peter had an ace in the hole: his brother-in-law, Scott Irving, an architect and builder in Santa Fe, N.M., where adobes are still built, had worked on a number of historic and contemporary adobes and was extremely helpful in sharing advice and practical tips on the dos and don’ts of caring for adobes. Unfortunately, because of COVID, he had to offer his advice remotely.
Guests enter the home through a foyer, which branches off to the left to the longer wing containing the dining room, kitchen, family room and three children’s or guest bedrooms. Turning to the right, guests can go immediately right again to the sunken living room with its dramatic view over the valley or continue via a corridor to the master suite. Walking directly across the foyer leads to French doors opening onto the Saltillo-tiled terrace, wide lawn and fountain.
Outside, the couple wanted to expand the tiled terrace beyond the breezeway and relocate the original fountain from the lawn’s center to its outer edge, to create a playground for their grandchildren. With the contractors’ go-ahead, they completed the adobe’s purchase in July 2020 and set up a temporary kitchen while their new one was constructed.San Diego Adobe Heritage Association’s community resources page
An Ott and Weir adobe home built in Poway in 1973 by Larry Weir is a part of the Adobe Home Tour. Pictured is the entry courtyard. In addition to many arches, the house is known for its “nichos,” small bookshelves housed in adobe niches, and wrought-iron ornamentation, including a wrought-iron-adorned round window in the breezeway.
Both St. Clairs have taken with gusto to a less urban lifestyle, enjoying the outdoors and gardening while planting trees, native plants and succulents around their property, embracing the hacienda heritage of their adobe.
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