83 Caroline Street

South Yarra VIC 3141

At the top of South Yarra hill, this magnificent c1860's Hawthorn brick Victorian residence's illustrious original elegance and grandeur has been emphatically enhanced with a visionary architect designed renovation and extension fully deserving of its previous House of the Year award.
Glorious high ceilings and timber floors define the majestic arched central hall and gracious sitting/rumpus or media room featuring the original wallpaper frieze, picture rail and marble fireplace. A striking gallery, glowing with light through strategically positioned light-wells, introduces a living and dining room of breathtaking scale beneath soaring curved ceilings with an elliptical skylight. Ideal for entertaining on a lavish scale, the space is served by a chef's dream kitchen boasting Zanussi commercial oven and grill, 4 commercial bar fridges, bespoke timber joinery and a butler's pantry. Ultra-high and full width expanses of glass open to the private northwest garden with a paved entertaining terrace all surrounded by high hedges. The opulently proportioned main bedroom with marble fireplace, original frieze and picture-rail, deluxe dressing room and a luxurious designer en suite, opens to its own private garden. Two additional gorgeous bedrooms both include stylish en suites and built-in robes. A versatile guest bedroom/home office or studio with en suite occupying the original freestanding coach house, also opens to its own private decked garden.
Exclusively positioned walking distance to Toorak Rd and Domain Rd shops and restaurants, Sth Yarra station, trams, the Botanic Gardens and elite schools, it is comprehensively appointed with an alarm, video intercom, hydronic heating, RC/air-conditioning, huge basement cellar or media room, powder-room, laundry, irrigation, sun-awning, garage/store-room, auto gates and 4-car circular drive. Land size: 901sqm approx.