48 Sackville Street
Kew

One of the illustrious original homes of the prestigious Sackville Ward, this magnificent c1880's Victorian residence set within an expansive 3413sqm (approx.) allotment represents a rare and significant opportunity.

Substantially extended for use as a residential aged care home with 45 bedrooms (many with en-suites), "Yarralee" offers enormous potential for a myriad of educational, medical, hospitality or residential uses (STCA).

Set behind a deep garden planted with Canary Island Date Palms, the heritage listed original residence retains its majestic elegance, grandeur and floorplan. A wide reception hall introduces three glorious reception rooms beneath soaring ornate ceilings and featuring intricate leadlight windows. Accessed by a stately staircase, the two levels of the original residence accommodate a variety of offices, meeting rooms, a commercial kitchen and laundry, residential rooms and assorted utility areas.

The vast recently refurbished extension, built over two levels and connected by a lift, comprises multiple bedrooms with en-suites designed around central lounges and ground level courtyards and second level balconies.

In a prime leafy residential location close to a range of schools, the popular retail and restaurant precincts on Auburn, Glenferrie and Burke Roads and trams, "Yarralee's" evocative and expansive dimensions are easily adapted to any number of uses. Whether as a luxurious landmark family domain, boutique hotel, medical centre, private hospital, school campus, aged care facility, reception centre or a potential development site this spectacular historic property provides a once in a generation opportunity (STCA).