It’s rare to find a house that looks like it’s sprung from the pages of a storybook while also possessing serious historical significance. Two Bays is deep as well as decorous; there aren’t too many like this one anywhere.
The Mornington Peninsula property began life in 1891 and grew to be the largest fruit-tree nursery in the burgeoning Commonwealth. The Griffith Bros. enterprise distributed trees across the country; the size and scope of such an undertaking at the time is truly mind-boggling.
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Wrought-iron gates spell the property’s name and open onto a tree-fringed driveway that sweeps you up to the atmospheric coach house and its splendid two-storey, two-bedroom self-contained accommodation.
9 Two Bays Drive, Somerville VIC 3912
The entry leadlights are exquisite; everywhere you turn, you find splendid examples of the period’s decorative pomp.
The hallway is a broad beauty with lofty ceilings over handsome hardwood floors. To the right, two brilliant formal sitting and dining rooms have elegant dimensions; their characteristic gracious air enhanced by stunning leadlight windows, timber-and-tile fireplaces and access back out to that fine verandah.
To the other side of the hallway are three attractive bedrooms, the principal with more fine windows over the garden plus a stylish modern en suite and walk-in wardrobe.
Other rooms around the second living area could easily add to the accommodation here or offer study or rumpus space.
At the end of the hall, more luminous leadlight doors open onto a tiled passage and neat kitchen-meals area. Here, floor-to-ceiling windows draw in light and views and open onto a delightful paved terrace.
Below the kitchen, a fabulous brick-and-beam cellar has bucket-loads of period personality.
The surrounding grounds, created by a one-time Chelsea Flower Show winner, are breathtaking. An ornamental lake, sweeping lawns and a showstopping weeping wisteria arbour are the centrepieces here.
Then there’s the terrific red-brick outdoor fireplace, an outdoor kitchen and the seriously excellent amenity of the huge machinery shed and original cool-store, now insulated, soundproofed and event-ready. A restored 1860s cottage is a gym/wellness space.
One-hundred-year-old oaks and ancestral fruit trees underscore the depth of this truly exceptional, historic spread.
“This is an incredible opportunity to sell a property steeped in tradition, heritage and history,” says Kay & Burton agent Andrew Hines . “Every feature of the house is unique; you couldn’t replace it today.”
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