Actor Ariel Winter Buys Secluded Tennessee House for $2.9 Million

Actor Ariel Winter has left the bustle of L.A. in favor of some quieter southern living. According to Dirt, the Modern Family star sold her modern farmhouse-style Studio City home last March and shortly thereafter paid $2.9 million (slightly over the original $2.85 million ask) for a newly built traditional-style four-bedroom and five-bathroom house in College Grove, Tennessee–an unincorporated community about 34 miles from Nashville.

“Part of the reason I always hated L.A. is because I have been followed by paparazzi for a very long portion of my life. And I really, really dislike having my space invaded,” Winter explained last May during an interview on Quitters, a podcast co-hosted by Winter’s Modern Family co-star, Julie Bowen. “I don’t like feeling watched. I’ve always just wanted to live a very, very normal life, just have a normal existence,” she continued. Presumably, the SAG award-winning actor has found the more private lifestyle that she’s after at her new dwelling, which is situated on a quiet cul-de-sac in the small, mostly rural community.

Winter’s new house, a 2020-built structure that she’s sharing with her boyfriend, fellow actor Luke Benward, has 5,284 square feet of living space featuring white oak floors, tall ceilings, and floor-to-ceiling steel-framed windows. A brick fireplace with a light stone surround and an aged wood mantel is featured in the living room area of the open-plan main level. Built-in shelving and a wet bar flank the fireplace, and a modern minimalist-style candle chandelier tops the cozy space. A dining area and a spacious eat-in kitchen with a butler’s pantry complete the great room.

Downstairs, the primary bedroom boasts access to a private patio, a massive walk-in closet-slash-dressing room, and a sprawling ensuite bathroom with dual vanities, a soaking tub, and a large rain shower with multiple gold-clad fixtures.