Marcus Barlow Balwyn Tudor Revival home listed
Parkholme, an enchanting 1933 Tudor Revival home designed by Marcus Barlow in Balwyn has been listed for sale.
It has been listed by Graeme Henderson, a divisional managing director of WorleyParsons.
The 13-room residence comes with five bedrooms plus study, with formal and informal living rooms.
The house sits on 1550 square metres over two titles allowing for tennis court and 15-metre swimming pool.
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It is being offered for private sale by Marshall White agent Doug McLauchan at $3.95 million.
The Manchester Unity Building, Melbourne's tallest building at the time, is Barlow's best known work. It was built in the Commercial Gothic Modern style and was the first Victorian building to have escalators and the first multi-level car park in Victoria.
Marshall White commentary indicated that as the school holidays drew to a close, purchasers were turning out in numbers with multiple bidders contesting six of its most recent seven auctions.
"Confidence has been given another boost by the release of the REIV quarterly March figures the show a 5.1% growth in the median house price which is the strongest first quarter result in more than 10 years," Marshall White's John Bongiorno said.
"The market is now evenly balanced which provides excellent opportunities for people both downsizing and upscaling," he said.
