
This $50 Million Sydney Harbourside Estate Comes With Its Own Private Sea Pool
Tresco is a breathtaking slice of early Victorian Italianate architecture and it’s on the market.
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It’s rare to find a property this spacious on the market in Sydney. With the average standalone house sits at 233m2, Tresco, on Elizabeth Bay Road, Sydney, is 14 times the size at a goliath 3326 square metres.
Designed in 1868 by one of Australia’s leading architects of the Victorian era, Thomas Rowe, the property is as rich in history as it is in luxe grandeur. Until early this century, the property was the home of the Naval Officer-In-Command for the Royal Australian Navy. It is now the one of the most illustrious properties in Sydney with thanks to not only the considerable amount of land it occupies but also the $50 million price tag.
A substantial $20 million more than the penthouse in Melbourne’s St Moritz development. The traditional sandstone exterior compliments it’s natural surrounds while retaining its architectural integrity. Boasting expansive proportions, the residence features eight bedrooms, including a private master wing, and two studies or dressing rooms.
There is also a self-contained two-bedroom live-in caretakers flat and former stables transformed into home offices with a custom wine cellar. Grand formal and casual entertaining rooms, soaring ceilings, glass-embraced sunroom and two chef’s kitchens.
The open expanse of land cascades toward the waterfront facilities including a private sea pool, a jetty as well as a boat house. Take in the open waters at the classically built gazebo that overlooks panoramic northern Sydney harbour views to the Manly skyline, otherwise there’s plenty of space under the shade of an enormous heritage-listed Moreton Bay fig tree.
The house itself hosts classic details that have been preserved to honour it’s binds to history with soaring ceilings, bay windows, turned timber staircase and original marble fireplaces to escape the winter chill. It’s one of the few Sydney properties left to essentially act as a provincial time capsule, with fine details encompassing the meaning of alluring luxury that goes beyond a lifestyle and into the realm of living beautifully.
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