A few common denominators tie the best real estate in Sydney together. Typically, they’ll include spectacular waterfront views, a building design that is either historically significant or architecturally cutting-edge, plus more bedrooms than you’re likely to ever need. As an example of the top 1% of the top 1% homes in the Harbour City, 83 Fitzwilliam Road, Vaucluse, features all of these elements, occupying an entire peninsula tip and a rare surviving example of Sydney’s P&O architecture.
If you’ve ever taken a ferry to or from Watsons Bay Warf, you’ll have probably spotted this truly remarkable residence as a shining white three-level beacon jutting into the glinting harbour waters, flanked on all sides by its modest garden and well-kept rolling lawns. As a true one-of-a-kind Sydney home, 83 Fitzwilliam Road, Vaucluse, has recently arrived on the market for the first time in nearly a century, last changing ownership 83 years ago in 1940 when the Second World War was still in its early stages.
Tucked away at the end of a cul-de-sac between the inlets of Vaucluse and Parsley Bay, its unusual curved facade is an example of the popular 1930s architectural style called P&O and named after the cruise ships of Pacific and Orient that was imported as a form of modernism from Germany. Characterised by their curved exterior lines, flat bitumen-sealed roofs, and steel-framed porthole-shaped windows, the P&O style was commonly built around the entrances to the harbour on prominent waterfront blocks, which is exactly what we find with this undeniably handsome home, situated on its sizable northeast-facing 1,271-square-meter parcel of land.
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While the eventual buyer of 83 Fitzwilliam Road, Vaucluse, is likely to replace the dwelling with something more modern, the current residence boasts five bedrooms and four bathrooms, while there’s space on the block for four cars to park comfortably. With twin balconies that look out over the water, it truly doesn’t get much more idyllic in terms of premium Sydney real estate.
A properly unique buying opportunity for one of Sydney’s titans of industry, the home is represented by Sotheby’s International Realty Sydney with a price guide of $50 million and interested parties are requested to contact the agent Michael Pallier.
