Set directly opposite the prestigious Hunter River, this commanding turn of the Century 1907 residence awaits new ownership with lucky new owners able to rekindle this homes’ wonderful charm of yesteryear and combine that with the inclusion of modern conveniences. Many original features and decorative aspects remain including ten foot ceilings, timber floorboards, leadlight windows, picture rails and a return verandah. Such features simply not readily available in modern homes!
The home itself comprises three large bedrooms, a huge lounge room and an eat-in kitchen with generous adjoining dining. Although the three bedroom plan does work quite well, there is most definitely enough of a footprint to look to convert the existing home to four bedrooms.
A block size of approximately 700sqm is home to the sizable dwelling, storage and workshop space, plenty of yard plus there’s a double carport that may facilitate outdoor entertaining. For those that are wanting expansive open plan living options, there is more than enough space to extend whilst undertaking your renovation.
Lorn is trendy, quaint and has a village type atmosphere. It is home to some beautiful Real Estate, with Federation and Late Victorian property all prevalent and within walking distance to The Hunter River and adjoining parkland. Such cafes such as The Icky Sticky Patisserie, amongst others, are regular weekend haunts for locals and weekend destinations for out-of-towners. There’s the local Lorn Park Bowls Sport and Recreation Club with the neighboring Maitland, East Maitland and Rutherford all having pub options. Maitland and all it’s conveniences are minutes away and historic Morpeth only 5km’s. Newcastle is a reachable 45 minutes and the vineyards approximately 20 minutes.
The property presents a tremendous opportunity for those that appreciate old world charm and have an eye and desire to make a little price of history their own.
