Artist David Bromley lists Daylesford retreat

One of Australia's most successful artists David Bromley and fashion designer wife Yuge have listed their Daylesford home.

The couple have been splitting their time down south between their Victorian country retreat and their home in Prahran.

The early 1900s dwelling is a character-filled family home, with their creative touch unmissable in the listing photos. 

It once had 13 bedrooms off its long central hallway, but now it comes with seven.

It sits on 2,200 sqm of parklike grounds. 

Hockingstuart Daylesford agents Nathan Skewes and Glenda Rozen are asking $1.7 million for the home that for three decades had been a care home for dementia patients.

The Bromley's bought the home for $750,000 in 2013 when they were living in Byron Bay. 

Bromley retains warehouse space in the town some 120 kilometres north west of Melbourne. 

This article first appeared in the Weekend Australian Mansions Australia section.