Dating from when the greens of Royal Melbourne Golf Course were at the front door, and the bay lapped at the back fence, Fernhill c.1920 remains one of the area’s most original and gracious Edwardian estates. Built in the style of revered architect, Harold Desbrowe-Annear and thoughtfully extended over the years, this significant four bedroom plus home-office, two bathroom home works beautifully for modern life with grand formal lounge and dining rooms retained in all their glory, a sun-bathed north-westerly family zone elevated above the sea-breeze rear gardens, and a lofty lounge centred on a bay-glimpse first-floor children’s level. A showpiece home of its time graced with a monumental tiled and timber-mantled fireplace to warm the lounge, and curvaceous ‘floating’ bow-bay windows reaching out to the gardens, the home’s panelled walls, strapped ceilings and sparkling leadlight provide the backdrop to a respectful renovation. Styled with a benchmark Baltic Pine and Smeg appliance kitchen and timeless bathrooms including an elegant artisan-tiled ensuite, this centrally-heated downstairs , reverse-cycle air-conditioned upstairs, alarmed home even offers today’s work/life balance with an enchanting French-doored home-office; perfect as consulting suite.Wrapped by verandas in majestic auto-irrigated gardens with a ‘secret’ cellar at lower-garden level, the 760sqm estate retains grand old plantings including a widespread magnolia, a north-facing courtyard, a fresh new vegetable patch and gated parking. Beautifully beachside within 250 steps of the bay and half a dozen blocks of the village and station, this landmark period home is located for a grand family life with the Royal Park tennis centre within a bounce, BGS and Firbank’s Sandringham House Junior School around the corner, and the central Brighton schools just down the line. For more information about this exceptional Edwardian contact Scott Hamilton at Buxton Sandringham
