"One-of-a kind Federation beauty of distinctive grandeur"
One of Mosman’s finest historical residences, this exquisite Federation residence, set on two titles, has glorious Middle Harbour views that extend out to Clontarf Beach and The Heads.
Kilcreggan has meticulously preserved heritage features, stately proportions, and glittering harbour views.
Style: Federation Queen Anne
A private, hidden residence, the uniquely designed home with a captivating romantic façade features curved fretwork, twin turrets and a graceful sandstone entrance.
A wide wraparound tessellated verandah steps inside to palatial interiors highlighted by an opulent centrepiece living room distinguished with a majestic double height ceiling edged in original leadlight windows.
A spectacular living zone with soaring ceilings is flanked by two wings, each with two bedrooms and a bathroom.
In addition to this, a formal living area opens up to meet a wide terrace, and provides a sumptuous space to rest after hosting guests in the spectacular formal dining room.
Features:
● Graceful foyer to opulent formal living and dining rooms
● Media/family room and casual dining with herringbone floors
● Poolside entertaining terraces unfold to the tennis court
● Chef's marble kitchen has a double oven and gas cooktop
● Generous bedrooms, built-robes and refined bathrooms
● Deluxe main wing features a dressing room and ensuite bathroom
● Adorable bay window seats capture heavenly water views
● Delicate leadlight, ornate cornices and marble fireplaces
● Pressed metal ceilings/walls, original hardwood floors
● Study, lower wine cellar, teen retreat and storage rooms
● Framed in luscious gardens with hedging and level lawns
The vast 2006sq m estate dating back to 1898 is owned by Liz and David Adams, who is a senior player at Macquarie Bank responsible for kickstarting the institution’s funds management business.
Land title records show the pair bought the period property in 1986 for a mere $580,000 — for which you’d struggle to find a tiny inner-city bedsit in today’s market.
Kilcreggan has storybook gardens, a championship-sized tennis court, swimming pool and harbour views.
When the prestigious Kilcreggan came to market earlier this year agents struggled to put a price on it saying it had no comparable sales to base a figure on.
The grand Federation property in Parrawi Rd Mosman didn’t sell and is now with another agent and it has the very real guide of $13.5m.
Agent Michael Coombs, of Atlas Lower North Shore, said the stately property on a vast 2000sqm double block was in a world-class harbourside pocket and a walk to Chinaman’s and Balmoral beaches.
The estate consists of a romantic merchant’s house with twin turrets, a championship-sized tennis court, saltwater swimming pool and harbour views.
Originally the house was built as the marital home of Scottish shipping William Scott Fell and his bride Emma. The Mosman house was named Kilcreggan after the town in Scotland where William Scott Fell was born.
A multiple bankrupt, ship broker and coal merchant, Member of Parliament, local councillor, serial litigant, community leader, second Master of Lodge Mosman No 228 (1901-02) and a member and Lodge trustee until his death in 1930.
The repeated bankruptcies did not prevent him having access to wealth – all kept safely in the name of his wife and sons.
Elected an Alderman of Mosman Council in February 1908, he resigned in November that year, his estate having been seized and his being declared a bankrupt owing £7,956.
<---William Scott Fell working at his desk, circa 1927. Courtesy State Library NSW
Nevertheless, the eponymous shipping company kept trading (he was an employee, not the owner) and the money kept rolling into the family coffers – just not into his.
Kilcreggan's address was 42 Lower Spit Road but changed later to 46 Parriwi Road.
The name of the house was changed to Karingal in 1956, when it was acquired as a Baptist children's home.
The house has five bedrooms, four bathrooms, multiple formal and informal living and dining areas, deep traditional verandahs and carefully preserved heritage features such as high ornate ceilings, hardwood floors, window seats and leadlight windows.
Modern creature comforts have been masterfully combined into the design, thereby creating a home that celebrates its rich heritage, whilst not allowing comfort and convenience to be forsaken.
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Accommodation is generously and comfortably appointed – the master bedroom features a full en-suite as well as a private dressing room and built-in window seats that present a captivating harbour view.
This incredible, one-of-a-kind home is also luxuriously appointed with a home gym, a wine cellar, and two separate garages.
Read more:
Powerhouse Museum | Photograph album, views of Mosman house Kilcreggan, paper, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 1912. This landscape format album contains 17 photographs showing exterior and interior views of Kilcreggan
Inside the front cover is a label bearing the words: 'July 1912 / To Linda from her Parents / the Home of Her Girlhood'.
This album was compiled as a gift for Linda May Fell. Linda was born in 1890, the eldest of five children of shipowner William Scott Fell and his wife Emma.
The family was living at St Leonards at the time of the births of the first four children, but had moved to Mosman by the time Emma Catherine was born in 1898.
The Mosman house was named Kilcreggan after the town in Scotland where William Scott Fell was born. The album was given to Linda as a memento of her 'girlhood home' in 1912, when she was 21 or 22 years old.
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