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Long regarded as one of Camberwell's most pre-eminent properties, Villa Marie, c1892 is a magnificent landmark home that combines original Victorian features with elegant living rooms, contemporary spaces and a rich history.<br/><br/>Offering an appealing family lifestyle on park-like grounds of 2,206sqm (approx.) with a north-south tennis court, the home offers immediate livability in its current form, while also providing amazing scope for further modernisation and the creation of a generational family home (STCA) in this blue-ribbon location.<br/><br/>Beyond a sweeping return driveway and classical Victorian façade with lace-trimmed verandah, Villa Marie's captivating interiors offer luxurious formal rooms with soaring ceilings, high skirtings, elaborate cornices and original marble fireplaces. It is a true generational home of vast proportions. The centerpiece is the formal dining room where an elaborately carved vaulted timber ceiling is the legacy of its first owner, a Norwegian-born timber merchant and sawmill owner who called Villa Marie home until well into the 20th century.<br/><br/>Sympathetic updates have added to the home's sense of refinement and created abundant living spaces while preserving its heritage details and quality craftsmanship. This alluring home has five bedrooms, the main with an ensuite, grand dining room, skylit family room and north-facing kitchen, meals and living room with garden vistas.<br/><br/>Includes a cellar, hydronic heating, air conditioning, self-contained garden studio and double carport. In this prime Prospect Hill location this home is close to the Camberwell Junction, train stations and tramlines. It also offers easy access to leading schools such as Genazzano, Xavier, MLC, Trinity, Carey Grammar, Camberwell Boys' Grammar, Camberwell Girls' Grammar, Camberwell High School and Camberwell Primary School.
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