Boyd artistic dynasty list Claraville at St Peters
Claraville, the largest residential landholding with Victorian Filigree style mansion at St Peters in Sydney's inner west, has been scheduled for April 6 auction through agent Brad Pillinger.
The former home of the late artist David Boyd and his late wife, sculptor Hermia, who bought the adjoining properties for $250,000 and $350,00o in 1988, now has $2.2 million-plus hopes.
Set on about 1500 square metres, the grand six-bedroom Victorian mansion comes with a ballroom, grand formal sitting and dining rooms.
With high ceilings and stained-glass windows, many original features remain. Behind the house is a stable set up as an artist's studio.
David Boyd was the son of artist William Merric Boyd and a member of the Boyd artistic dynasty.
Title Tattle recalls in 1988 that the Boyds secured a record $1,161,000 in Paddington when they moved to St Peters because they needed more space to hang their art collection that spanned five generations. The Silver Street house was quickly cluttered, Title Tattle recalls, after being invited to the newly acquired house.
The Boyd's had consolidated two terraces on Union Street, paying $58,000 in 1971 for the corner holding, then adding the neighbouring terrace for $58,000 in 1976.
Naming it Hermie House, it had been expected to fetch more than $850,000 when auctioned by Andrew Gibbons, but fetched the impressive $1,161,000.
