Wynstone
North Barrington, Lake County, Illinois · Chicago North Shore golf market
- HOA fee
- $6,555.52 / quarterly
- Gated
- Yes
- Housing
- Estate homes, Village and country homes
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Wynstone is a 750-acre, guard-gated luxury community in North Barrington built on the former country estate of Chicago philanthropist W. Clement Stone. Its 437 homesites span several housing types -- larger estate homes, village and country homes, and a smaller Golf Villas product -- developed since the community's 1989 founding. Every homeowner pays a mandatory Property Owners' Association fee (published at $6,555.52 for 2026, billed quarterly, plus metered water), which funds the gated community's security and common-area upkeep. The Club at Wynstone, with its Jack Nicklaus-designed course, sits at the community's physical center but operates as a legally and financially separate entity -- membership there (capped at 250, privately owned by nine resident families since 2017) is not included in the POA fee and is not required of homeowners.
Golf Access
Does buying a home here include club membership?
Wynstone's own POA materials are explicit that club membership is a separate relationship from homeownership -- paying the mandatory POA fee secures gated-community living and common-area amenities, not golf access. Prospective buyers who want guaranteed golf access should confirm current club membership availability directly with The Club at Wynstone before purchasing.
Living in Wynstone
The community is governed by its own Property Owners' Association, distinct from the club. It has operated as a guard-gated, 24-hour-secured neighborhood since its 1989 founding, with several housing sub-types built out over more than three decades.
Location & Surrounding Area
North Barrington sits in Lake County roughly 40 miles northwest of downtown Chicago, in the Barrington-area cluster of large-lot, low-density North Shore villages alongside Biltmore and Lake Barrington Shores.
Costs & Fees
Figures below are labeled Current only when the source itself frames them as presently accurate. Everything else is labeled Historical — a source checked today does not make an old figure a current one.
HOA / association fee
Current$6,555.52
Annual Property Owners' Association fee, billed quarterly, published on Wynstone's own 'Explanation of Fees' page as the 2026 schedule. Separate metered water charges and some sub-association fees also apply.
Metered water plant charges apply separately from the POA fee (2026 reserve-fund and base-rate components published on wynstone.org); some sub-sections carry additional sub-association fees not itemized in sources reviewed this session.
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What Buyers Should Verify
- Confirm current home price ranges directly with a local agent -- not found in sources reviewed this session.
- Confirm the current POA fee and any sub-association fees directly with the POA before purchase.
- Confirm separately with The Club at Wynstone whether current membership is available and what it costs -- it is not included in the POA fee.
Notable
- Wynstone occupies the former country estate of Chicago philanthropist W. Clement Stone.
- The Wynstone Property Owners' Association's mandatory 2026 annual fee is $6,555.52, published directly on the community's own website.
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