2-4 Hanby Street

Brighton VIC 3186

An estate of international standing facing north to one of Brightons loveliest parks, this unparalleled property offers an authentic Hamptons-inspired home designed by Stephen Akehurst, set on 2,007 sqm of land with formal gardens by Paul Bangay.
Constructed on a grand scale with six-plus bedrooms and six-plus bathrooms over three levels, the home opens to a vast reception lobby wrapped by a sweeping timber stair, and reaches out to the north with wisteria-draped terraces around a tiled pool. Formal spaces comprise extravagantly proportioned lounge and dining rooms plus an immense library (with room to work, play and lounge in the afternoon sun), while expansive family living-dining is supplemented by a rear playroom. Wrapping the pool with east and west wings, two more al fresco-focused spaces include a sun-filled 'garden room' soaring to a second-storey cuppola, and a conservatory-style loggia opening to hedged gardens through walls of bi-fold windows.
Flexibly accommodating with an exquisitely appointed first-floor park-view master-wing (comprising bedroom, generous dressing-room and 5 star ensuite), the home steps back to rear childrens quarters (accessed from a secondary stair) with dual suites, a kids' lounge doubling as yet another bedroom. Providing self-contained guest or au-pair accommodation at basement level, a separate-entry 'apartment' of two bedrooms (or bedroom and living) and kitchenette-dining is accessed via its own sunken walled-garden, while impeccably detailed bathrooms include multiple ensuites, several powder-rooms and sauna facilities.