Thistlebery Hill
Thistlebery Hill is the lakeside core of Old Sherwood, a cluster of older lanes on the south shore of Lake Sherwood. It and the neighboring Plompton Tract are the oldest platted parts of the Sherwood estates. The county recorded both maps on May 19, 1923, for landowner F. W. Matthiessen Jr.
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Thistlebery Hill quick facts
| Also called | Thistleberry Hill (county index spelling), Thistlebery, Old Sherwood, Old Sherwood-Thistlebery |
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| Neighborhood | Sherwood Country Club Estates, Lake Sherwood & Hidden Valley |
| Builder | Lots subdivided in 1923-24 for landowner F. W. Matthiessen Jr. and surveyed by Gerald C. FitzGerald. Homes were built one at a time over the decades. Sherwood Development Company built some newer ones, including 158 Upper Lake Road. |
| Built | Lots recorded 1923-1924: the original map on May 19, 1923, and additions on July 16, 1923 and Feb. 6, 1924. Rebuilding continues; a lakefront house on Lower Lake Road was listed as 2026 construction. |
| Homes | About 95 houses (Ventura County assessor parcels with improvements inside the three Thistlebery maps) |
| Home types | Single-family homes on small lakeside lots. County assessor floor areas are mostly about 1,200-5,100 sq ft (median about 3,000). Newer builds run larger, up to a 15,000 sq ft lakefront house listed as 2026 construction. |
| Lot sizes | Mostly about 0.25-0.4 acre (median about 0.3 acre), with a few lakeside properties of an acre or more |
| Streets | Upper Lake Road, Lower Lake Road, Thorsby Road, Giles Road, Dirt Road, Stafford Road (2300-2400 block, south shore) |
| Tract map | Thistlebery Hill Tract, 8 MR 81-82 (recorded May 19, 1923; lots 1-118), Thistlebery Hill Tract Addition No. 1, 11 MR 6 (recorded July 16, 1923; lots 119-168), Thistlebery Hill Tract Addition No. 2, 11 MR 53-54 (recorded February 6, 1924; lots 169-335) |
| Gates | Gated |
| HOA | The lanes are inside the Sherwood gates. A recent listing on Lower Lake Road showed dues of about $819 a month but did not name the association. |
Approximate location, not a tract boundary.
About Thistlebery Hill
Two additions followed in July 1923 and February 1924. Lots are small by Sherwood standards, mostly a quarter to a third of an acre, and the assessor lists about 95 houses, most of them 1,200 to 5,100 square feet. The developer describes the lanes as having old-fashioned charm, and new houses keep arriving: a lakefront home of about 15,000 square feet on Lower Lake Road was listed as 2026 construction. Residents come in through the Sherwood gates off Potrero Road, the Stafford Gate among them.
Schools for Thistlebery Hill
School attendance areas
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Sherwood Country Club Estates, Lake Sherwood & Hidden Valley
Sherwood Country Club Estates is the guard-gated community on the south and west sides of Lake Sherwood, in unincorporated Ventura County. Its oldest lakeside lanes were mapped in 1923. The estate tracts around Jack Nicklaus's 1989 golf course followed from 1990, subdivided by LSR Limited Partnership, later renamed Sherwood Development Company. County assessor records list about 450 homes.
The Sherwood Country Club Estates guide: HOA, schools nearby, services →
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Homes for sale near Thistlebery Hill
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Where these facts come from
- Ventura County recorded map 8 MR 81: Thistlebery Hill Tract (1923) — maps.ventura.org
- Ventura County GIS: recorded maps index (Thistleberry Hill Tract and Additions 1 and 2, recording dates) — maps.ventura.org
- Ventura County Surveyor record maps layer — maps.ventura.org
- Ventura County GIS: assessor parcels — maps.ventura.org
- Ventura County GIS master address points — maps.ventura.org
- Sherwood Development Company: 158 Upper Lake Road (Old Sherwood-Thistlebery, reached through the Stafford Gate) — sherwoodrealestate.com (not on Properkey)
- Ventura County Planning Director staff report, June 2023 (includes the GPA-9803 initial study naming the Thistleberry and Plompton tracts) — rma.venturacounty.gov
- Properkey property record — 500 Lower Lake Rd. (2026 construction, lakefront) — properkey.us
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