What began as Sir Thomas Elder's gift to the city's working class in the late 1890s, "Elder Mews" has just 13 of its original 48 row cottages left, making 224 Frome a bluestone gem amongst a rapidly rising skyline.
And what an opportunity it presents to relish a piece of city history; an iconic home with a tale to tell, up to 3.4m ceilings, rich timber floors, 2 enormous bedrooms with working fireplaces, and native garden seclusion from the urban buzz beyond the threshold…
So relevant today, the home opens to a charming foyer, sidesteps into an office, greets a heritage-style bathroom shared by the adjoining bedrooms, and into a spacious central lounge featuring a fireplace, split system air conditioning, and a ceiling fan.
From the lounge, a stairway leads to vintage heaven - a sizeable cellar not normally found in footprints like this - nor the light-filled open plan kitchen and dining area that follows, glazed to take in a paved rear courtyard.
The kind of grounding, leafy outdoor privacy that no high-rise newbuild can match.
Also unique is the spacious attic large enough to convert for additional living space, a separate laundry, off-street parking for one, on-street parking for guests, and a pivot to just about everything else.
Which is all part of its bluestone charm fronting Frome; a prized position pulling you ringside for Adelaide's drawcard Fringe Festivals, Rundle and Hutt Street precinct's plethora of restaurants and bars, the greater CBD, Universities, RAH, and SAHMRI facilities all a few stops away via the city's free tram or bus.
And just 1km from the GPO, it makes paying for fuel a thing of the past…
More benefits to this bluestone rarity:
- An historically significant c1890s row cottage
- Torrens titled
- Up to 3.4m ceilings
- Leafy & private rear patio/courtyard
- Native front garden privacy
- Working character fireplaces
- Invaluable home office/study
- Heritage style bathroom
- Ceiling fans & split system comfort
- Attic storage/potential extra living space
- Incredible scope to preserve & polish (STCC)
- Off-street carport parking
- Tenanted on a periodic lease until October 2021 at $380pw
- On-foot reach to the city's heart & fringe…
Specifications:
CT / 5242/926
Council / City of Adelaide
Zoning / CC
Built / 1890
Land / 256m2
Frontage / 8.78m
Council Rates / $1965.40pa
SA Water / $204.11pq
ES Levy / $167.50pa
Community Rates / $400.00pq (common areas)
Nearby Schools / Gilles Street P.S, Sturt Street Community School, Adelaide Botanic H.S, Adelaide H.S, Warriappendi School
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