With a substantial mid-Century home, around 1538.40sqm of land and a sparkling city skyline view, Abinger c.1955 is a rare Bayside estate with a unique pedigree. Built as a showpiece home, named after...
With a substantial mid-Century home, around 1538.40sqm of land and a sparkling city skyline view, Abinger c.1955 is a rare Bayside estate with a unique pedigree. Built as a showpiece home, named after Henry Dendy's birthplace and set on land from the original Dendy sub-division, this expansive home is a landmark of the area ... ready to make history again.
Offered for the first time in 60 years, this impeccably maintained property's expansive1950s home remains in time-capsule condition with vastly-proportioned 4 bedroom, 2.5 bathroom accommodation, an indoor-pool complex (with super-sized super-deep (8.6') solar-heated pool, BBQ area and "children's cabana"), change-rooms with 3rd bathroom area and an immense four-car garage...complete with gardener's WC.
Impossible to replicate in today's environment with substantial solid brick construction over two storeys, the home places a breath-taking chandelier-lit lobby encircled by a sweeping wrought-iron stair at the heart of a surprisingly modern triple zone floorplan. Flowing from a curvaceous formal lounge (big enough to fit a baby-grand piano), to a gracious dining-room (with sophisticated entertainers' bar), to a relaxed open-plan kitchen-family zone, the home steps up to a city-view first-floor lounge (sized for a billiard table) ...and out to crazy-paved patios at garden level and to immense first-floor terraces up above.
Designed for parental privacy with a grand ground-floor master-suite (with ensuite and dual robes), the home features first-floor children's quarters linked by a central 2-way ensuite, and a fourth bedroom fitted as home-office by renowned mid-Century craftsman Dario Zoureff. A showcase of the finest architectural elements of the era with cantilevered overhead cabinetry for the kitchen and bar, glamorous bathrooms (including a Hollywood-style padded powder-room) and stone and timber fireplace mantles (even upstairs), the home features seamless curved glass windows on both levels, "ocean-liner" balustrading and bespoke cabinetry in almost every room.
Ready to welcome a modern family with reverse-cycle air-conditioner, a ducted vacuum system and racked cellaring, the home is set in auto-gated brick-walled grounds rich with original plantings and hard-landscaping. A walk to St Finbars Primary School and the bus to the central Brighton private schools, this exceptional estate has Henry Dendy's other great namesake, Dendy Park, within 450m, and Bay St and Church St cafe society within minutes.
Representing a unique opportunity to indulge a passion for great contemporary architecture, the home requires only a good eye and a light touch to return to its rightful place in history. Alternatively, write a new page and start afresh with multiple homes on this spectacular parcel of land (subject to Council Approval).
