Quiberee, the 1855 Lavender Bay trophy home sold

Quiberee, the 1855 Lavender Bay trophy home sold
Jonathan ChancellorMarch 5, 2015

The 1855 Quiberee, a piece of Sydney history at Lavender Bay, has been sold by the Rothwell family.

The house with pool and gardens on 896 square metres, it looks out to the Harbour Bridge.

It last sold at $3.44 million in 2006, having been previously with the Uniting Church.

Title Tattle gleans at least $8.75 million was secured for what is one of the first homes built in Lavender Bay, and given the late buyer interest may have even hit $9 million through McGrath agent Greta Simpson.

It was built by the stonemason William Montgomery for local publican Mathew Charlton, then held by generations of the Charlton family until it was sold and turned into a boarding house.

Robert Gilfillan, the merchant who traded for many years as Gilfillan & Co., lived at Quiberee.

It was also owned by artist and musician Joyce Trickett for almost four decades until her 2001 death.

It is only a year ago when another nearby home sold, but after a lengthy struggle.

Mercedes, the 1886 Rustic Gothic Revival residence at Lavender Bay, sold at $6.95 million, at almost half its ambitious 2011 asking price of $13 million, occupying 1,185 square meres with landscaped grounds.

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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