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Actress and model Lily Collins has sold her stunning Beverly Hills estate for $13.5 million after getting engaged to actor Charlie McDowell. The "Emily in Paris" star purchased the four-bedroom, five-bathroom mansion for $12.5 million in 2016. The compound is guarded by a red brick privacy wall and iron gates. Removed from the street by a brick driveway, the 5,066-square-foot house sits north of Sunset Boulevard, away from prying eyes. The immaculate courtyard has a herringbone brick motor court surrounded by stucco walls on three sides and topped with timeless copper roofing. An octagonal green copper roof overhangs the huge, recessed, arched doors. Inside, the palace is filled with wood crown moulding, metal lantern sconces, high ceilings, elliptical wood-framed windows and Roman columns. A circular foyer opens into a living room with a gold-gilded ceiling-height fireplace, a library and a bar/lounge with a huge round skylight. Outside the lounge, a stone lion's head peers out of a brick frame in a garden wall, spitting into a pool filled with small stones. The home also has a formal dining room, a kitchen and a breakfast room, which was added in 1985. The master bedroom suite has a walk-in closet, a large bathroom and a dressing area. Outside, the 0.7-acre estate has a pool, a hot tub and a cabana with a dressing room. A sunken back garden has a lighted tennis court with audience seating for six. The tennis court and a greenhouse were added in 1985. The house was designed by architect John Elgin Woolf, father of the Hollywood Regency style and designer for Cary Grant, Bob Hope and John Wayne. Lily is the daughter of long-divorced Jill Tavelman and British musician Phil Collins.