30 Quarry Street

Ipswich QLD 4305

DISTINGUISHED INNER CITY LIVING LIKE NO OTHER!
ENCAPSULATING A BYGONE ERA IN ALL ITS GLORY, THIS ROMANTIC COTTAGE IN THE HEART OF IPSWICH IS ONE OF THE MOST ENCHANTING AND UNIQUE PROPERTIES YOU WILL FIND ANYWHERE IN THE CITY. ORIGINALLY DATING BACK TO 1863 'TORONTO' IS BRIMMING WITH THE CHARM OF AN ARISTOCRATIC ENGLISH COTTAGE, WITH A MODERN RENOVATION SYMPATHETIC TO THE ORIGINAL HERITAGE AND GOTHIC INSPIRED ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN OF THE HOME. A TOUR OF THIS ENTHRALLING HOME UNCOVERS UNIQUE CHAPTERS IN ITS HISTORY, LIKE 'HIDEY' HOLES IN THE FLOORBOARDS WHERE TREASURES OF THE GENERATIONS PAST WERE ONCE STOWED. GRAND AND DISTINCTIVE, IT'S WITHSTOOD THE TESTS OF TIME AND IT IS LIKE NO OTHER. INSIDE THE REAL APPEAL OF THIS HOME CAPTIVATES TO THE CORE, WARM, SPACIOUS AND INVITING YOU'LL INSTANTLY FEEL AT HOME, WITH ITS ORIGINAL WIDE POLISHED FLOORBOARDS EXTENDING THROUGHOUT THE LOWER LEVEL, WITH HIGH CEILINGS, VJ WALLS, AND CEDAR DOORS, FRENCH DOORS AND WINDOWS. OFF EITHER SIDE OF THE ENTRY HALL IS TWO SPACIOUS BEDROOMS OVERLOOKING THE QUAINT LANDSCAPED GARDENS AND FRONT VERANDA, WHILST THE OTHER SIDE IS HOME TO THE STUNNING PRIVATE LOUNGE OOZING SOPHISTICATION AND CLASS WITH ITS GLITTERING CRYSTAL CHANDELIERS, ORNATE FIREPLACE, DECORATIVE CEILING WORK AND LARGE LIGHT FILLED WINDOWS. THERE IS ALSO AN ADJOINING GRANDIOSE PRIVATE DINING ROOM PERFECT FOR INTIMATE FAMILY GATHERINGS OR LARGE DINNER PARTIES BY THE FIREPLACE. THE HALL THEN EXTENDS INTO AN ENCLOSED SITTING ROOM OVERLOOKING THE GENEROUS BACK YARD, WITH MATURE CUSTARD APPLE AND POINCIANA TREE AND CUBBY HOUSE FOR THE KIDS. THERE IS ALSO A TRADITIONAL BATHROOM, AND COUNTRY STYLE EAT- IN KITCHEN COMPLETE WITH ORIGINAL HARTLAND GAS STOVE, WITH SIX HOB COOKTOP, GRANITE BENCHTOPS, HUGE PANTRY, WINE FRIDGE AND AMPLE STORAGE SPACE. UPSTAIRS THE ATTIC HAS BEEN CONVERTED INTO THREE SEPARATE ROOMS THAT BLEND SUPERBLY INTO THE UNIQUE PITCH OF THE ROOF. ONE OF THE ROOMS HAS CONVENIENT ACCESS TO PLUMBING AND THE POTENTIAL TO BE PARTIALLY CONVERTED INTO A SECOND BATHROOM OR HOME OFFICE. IT IS THE PERFECT SPACE FOR TEENAGERS OR A PARENTS RETREAT, WITH THE OPTION OF USING ONE OF THE ROOMS AS AN IDYLLIC SECOND LOUNGE ROOM WITH ITS OWN JULIETTE BALCONY WITH SWEEPING VIEWS ACROSS IPSWICH. THE OLD WORLDLY APPEAL CONTINUES OUTSIDE WITH THE GARAGE ONCE THE HOMES ORIGINAL STABLES, WHILE A LANDSCAPED COURTYARD IS PERFECT FOR ENTERTAINING AND ENJOYING THE 1239SQM OF PEACEFUL SURROUNDS.