Scarba House, Bondi trophy home sold

Scarba House, Bondi trophy home sold
Jonathan ChancellorDecember 7, 2020

The Victorian era jewel of Mirvac’s 190-dwelling Moreton development, historic Moreton Manor, has been sold for around $9 million.

Scarba House, as the the Victorian Italianate mansion was once known, had been originally built as a four-room cottage in the 1850s, but extended in the 1880s.

The Benevolent Society ran it as a children’s welfare home from 1920 until 1986, before it sold to Mirvac in 2013.

Architects Tina Engelen and William Fung, co-directors of CO-AP, were commissioned with heritage firm Design 5 Architects to undertake the restoration.

Jonathan Chancellor

Jonathan Chancellor is one of Australia's most respected property journalists, having been at the top of the game since the early 1980s. Jonathan co-founded the property industry website Property Observer and has written for national and international publications.

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