An Edwardian-era “time capsule” Richmond house where the owners watched horseracing from a handmade roof platform is on the market for the first time in about a century.
Set on a large 709sq m block, the three-bedroom weatherboard home at 5 Westbank Tce is for sale via expressions of interest with a $3.45m asking price.
Jellis Craig Richmond director Elliot Gill said the property had been handed down through generations of one family and was being sold as part of a deceased estate.
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The woman who previously lived at the house died aged in her nineties.
“It’s probably the first time it has been sold in over 100 years,” Mr Gill said.
“Every single room is clad in pressed metal which is quite rare, certainly in Richmond.
“It is literally a time capsule.”
Photos and objects from the former owner’s life.
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The home is set on a 709sq m site.
Pressed metal ceilings and walls feature in several rooms.
Mr Gill said the house was located near the former Richmond Racecourse established about 1892 and bounded by Bridge Rd, Westbank Tce and Stawell St.
“One of the interesting parts of the house’s history is that a staircase used to go to a viewing platform on the roof to watch the racing at Richmond Racecourse,” Mr Gill said.
The platform was removed from the home at some point in its past although the property is still full of retro furniture and objects belonging to the former owner.
The property from the outside.
The house also boasts hallways adorned with ornate period fretwork, a formal lounge, galley kitchen and nursery.
The abode is located behind the ninth Australian Prime Minister James Scullin’s former home at 6 Park Ave.
“It is out the back of the ex-Prime Minister’s house that I sold a couple of years ago for $1.7m,” Mr Gill said.
A gorgeous vintage hallway.
A large established garden.
Purple reigns in one of three bedrooms.
Mr Gill said the Westbank Tce house, which had no heritage overlay, would likely be sold to a developer or family who wanted to build a large new home on the site pending council approval.
“Lots of locals would likely like to see it preserved but it will most likely sell to a developer, it is certainly worth more as a development site,” he said.
“The size of the block is quite rare for Richmond.”
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