The luxe pool and back yard at 19 Sorrett Ave.
A grand Malvern house highlights how the late 19th century’s “Marvellous Melbourne” architecture and contemporary style can be combined to achieve spectacular results.
The five-bedroom home at 10 Sorrett Ave is on the market with $10.5m-$11.5m price expectations.
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Marshall White Stonnington partner Rae Tomlinson, who has the listing along with agency director Marcus Chiminello, describes the circa-1890s abode’s historic facade, impressive interior proportions and modern makeover as “par excellence”.
“It is just magnificent, it is just a stunning-looking Victorian,” Tomlinson says.
The home has an 1890s facade.
The modern kitchen and living room inside.
“It’s been opened up at the back but the rest of the property hasn’t been compromised at all.”
From the open-plan living and dining area, French doors lead to the leafy garden and a solar-heated pool and its diving board.
The kitchen is equipped with stone benchtops, AEG appliances and a walk-in pantry.
Visitors are welcomed by an arched hallway featuring high ceilings and Baltic pine floors before proceeding to the sitting room, formal dining room and study, all with marble fireplaces.
An ornate fireplace and grand mirror are found in the lounge room.
You’ll also find a fireplace in the dining space.
Walk up the staircase, lit by a stained-glass window, to reach the main bedroom with wardrobes, an ensuite and a north-facing balcony.
There’s also four additional bedrooms, a bathroom and large retreat where an L-shaped undercover balcony looks out to the pool.
Rounding out the package is a security intercom, ducted heating and cooling, third bathroom, powder room, laundry, wine cellar, workshop and storeroom, automatic gates and double garage.
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The house is part of Malvern’s Sorrett Ave precinct, comprising houses built between 1888 and 1892.
The living area leads out to the back yard.
Stonnington Council heritage documents state the “relatively grand scale of the houses illustrates the optimistic view of the future of the suburb and the metropolis during the late nineteenth century and is typical of the development that led to the term Marvellous Melbourne”.
Tomlinson says that aside from its historic attributes, the residence’s location is another bonus.
“It’s in a cul-de-sac so there’s no through traffic and it’s within walking distance of everything,” she says.
The house is close to High St and Glenferrie Rd’s shops and restaurants, plus retail and eateries in neighbouring Armadale, Malvern Gardens, tram lines and Malvern train station.
And being less than 2km to Toorak Rd, which provides access to South Yarra in one direction and Burwood in the other, means it’s easy to take youngsters to school.
“No matter what schools children attend, there is such great access to them all,” Tomlinson says.
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