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'BENACRE' CIRCA 1870 BLUESTONE ITALIANETTE VICTORIAN MANSION
FOR SALE BY TENDER CLOSING: THURSDAY 23RD FEBRUARY 12NOON INSPECTION BY APPOINTMENT ONLY ON RARE OCCASIONS A TRUE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN ICONIC PROPERTY BECOMES AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE. BENACRE, A MANSION IN ADELAIDE'S PRESTIGIOUS EASTERN SUBURB OF GLEN OSMOND, IS ONE SUCH PROPERTY. METICULOUSLY RESTORED, BENACRE WILL UNDOUBTEDLY MEET THE NEEDS OF THE MOST DISCERNING MODERN BUYER. BENACRE IS WITHOUT A QUALM ONE OF THE FINEST HOMES TO GRACE SOUTH AUSTRALIA. THIS TWO STOREY BLUESTONE ITALIANETTE VICTORIAN MANSION, WITH ITS SWEEPING VERANDAHS, CORINTHIAN PORCH, HEAVY PARAPET AND ELABORATE URNS, IS HERITAGE LISTED AS MUCH FOR ITS HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE TO THE STATE AS FOR THE BEAUTIFUL BUILDING ITSELF. BUILT C1870, THIS HISTORIC RESIDENCE BOASTS APPROXIMATELY 1,000 SQ. METRES OF LUXURIOUS LIVING AND IS SET ON A LARGE ESTATE OF 6,670 SQ. METRES, INCLUDING AN IMPRESSIVE FIVE CAR GARAGE AND THE ORIGINAL WORKERS' QUARTERS. ITS ORIGINAL HIGH VICTORIAN FEATURES HAVE BEEN LOVINGLY AND AUTHENTICALLY RESTORED RESULTING IN IMPECCABLE AND MAGNIFICENT GRAND FORMAL ROOMS SEAMLESSLY INTEGRATED WITH A LIGHT FILLED EXTENSION PROVIDING A MODERN LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT AREA. THIS, AND THE ADJACENT GOURMET KITCHEN LOOK ONTO A STUNNING SALT WATER HEATED POOL, PAVILIONS AND OUTDOOR ENTERTAINMENT AREA. A BEAUTIFULLY PROPORTIONED ENTRANCE HALL WITH PARQUETRY FLOORS, HAND PAINTED FRIEZES, GLORIOUS GILT CORNICES, AND AN IMPOSING IRON AND MAHOGANY STAIRCASE BETWEEN TALL CORINTHIAN COLUMNS LEADING UP TO THE LANDING WITH CENTRAL ARCHED ETCHED GLASS WINDOW PROVIDE A GRAND ENTRY TO BENACRE. THE CHANDELIER HANGS FROM A CEILING ROSE BELIEVED TO BE CAST FROM PLANTS FROM THE ORIGINAL FARM. BREATHTAKING ORIGINAL FEATURES CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE OPULENT DINING ROOM AND BREAKFAST ROOM TO THE LEFT OF THE ENTRY. HERE THE CEILINGS REACH TO 4.5M IN HEIGHT, THIS HUGE AREA CAN BE DIVIDED BY LARGE SLIDING DOORS WITH ORIGINAL HAND GRAINED WOODWORK. OF EQUAL PROPORTIONS, TO THE RIGHT OF THE ENTRY, THE DRAWING AND SITTING ROOMS FEATURE A BAY WINDOW WITH PELMET FINISHED WITH GOLD LEAF. OF NOTE IS THE BEAUTIFUL MARBLE AND A HAND PAINTED TILE FIREPLACE, ONE OF THE MANY OUTSTANDING EXAMPLES OF GRANITE AND MARBLE FIREPLACES WHICH FEATURE THROUGHOUT THE HOME, ONE BEING FROM A PIECE OF FOSSILISED STONE. THE HOME FEATURES A LIBRARY AND FULLY FITTED BILLIARD ROOM WHERE OLD AND NEW ARE INTEGRATED FOR OPTIMUM LEISURE AND ENTERTAINMENT. UPSTAIRS BEDROOMS ARE SYMMETRICALLY BALANCED AND ALSO HAVE ATTACHED BATHROOMS/ENSUITE. THE MASTER BEDROOM SUITE IS CONFIGURED AS A PRIVATE WING WITH ENSUITE AND DRESSING ROOM. PASSIONATELY RENOVATED WITH NO EXPENSE SPARED, BENACRE IS A UNIQUE GENERATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR THE MOST DISCERNING BUYER TO SECURE NOT ONLY A SOUTH AUSTRALIAN HERITAGE ICON, BUT ALSO ONE OF THE FINEST PROPERTIES ON OFFER IN THE STATE. RLA 2048 FOR FLOORPLANS, MORE INFO AND NAVIGATION, VISIT WWW.6BENACRE.TOOP.COM.AU