Elite Cranbrook School’s ‘$25m home buy’ despite ban

Add as a preferred source on GoogleWirian, the longtime Bellevue Hill home of the late pop-art legend Martin Sharp, has been sold. No reveal on the buyer, but in all likelihood the neighbouring Cranbrook School was always going to be the keenest, as they’d hoped to secure the mansion as accommodation for girl boarders. The school transitioned to co-education at the start of 2026. MORE: Nathan Cleary’s $5.5m move amid Fowler uncertainty Wirian, the Bellevue Hill home of the late artist Martin Sharp, has been sold. The Victoria Rd time warp was listed with $30m hopes, with recent negotiations apparently around $25m through Pauline Goodyer and Michael Pallier, of Sydney Sotheby’s International. The 10-bedroom property, which backs onto New South Head Rd, was Sharp’s residence from the late 1970s until his 2013 death, when the home on 1883sq m was valued at $8m. Sharp willed Wirian, to the Street of Dreams Martin Sharp Trust, as his goal was to retain the art collection in situ and to create a permanent residency for artists. But those aims did not come to be. MORE: Dubai flight hijack Aussie victims just paid out $75m Artist Martin Sharp. It now remains to be seen if Sharp’s explicit ...