122 Heytesbury Road, Subiaco

Rarely do homes like 122 Heytesbury Road become available. Once the home of Premier Daglish, this outstanding Queen Anne Federation style "villa" is awaiting a custodian with the imagination and deftness of touch that would surely position it as Subiaco's finest property.

Built in 1906, it is considered a particularly fine example of this period, aesthetically pleasing and displaying key external elements of this style, such as the "plum pudding" tuck-pointed brick façade, the complex roof of intersecting hips and gables, brick-faced chimneys with correct period embellishment, decorative paired eaves brackets, wide verandahs with panelled door access to the formal front rooms, and a boxed bay window under the front gable. The house itself sits squarely within its grounds, a double-block of 883sqm, its front setback providing it with discreet but immense presence.

Exceptionally rare and incredibly advantageous, you have access on three sides to this enormous landholding, with a paved driveway off Heytesbury Road, a second gated car entrance from the side laneway, and a rear lane running behind the property. With existing off-street parking for four cars, the benefits of this arrangement cannot be overestimated, including the ease of access for building works, and the presence of only one adjoining property (on the eastern side).

Last sold by Michael in 1992 to its current owner, the home has remained relatively untouched yet well-maintained. The property offers an exclusive combination of the features so prized in Subiaco: a double block of 883sqm in the most desirable section of a premier street, access on three sides, a north-facing rear, a genuine Federation home of historic significance, and the scope to remodel or live comfortably in the existing accommodation.