2 Corlette Street, Cooks Hill NSW 2300

A beautifully preserved slice of local history, built 1893 as a hotel and almost immediately converted into a gentleman's residence, this absolutely unique Victorian terrace presents a rare opportunity to add your personal touch to a gracious period home and live within easy reach of an array of bars, eateries, pristine beaches and Newcastles revered arts and entertainment scene. Ideal for a busy couple or small family, it offers scope for refurbishment according to taste and lifestyle.

Step inside its welcoming bold red door and appreciate the original fabric, which has been sympathetically maintained with the addition of an upstairs bathroom and a renewed balcony with wrought aluminium balustrade. Unusually for a terrace, it is bright and airy with its corner location allowing light from three sides, while high ceilings and fanlights maintain natural coolness through summer.

Warm and inviting, the house features large rooms with polished floorboards and new carpet to the stairs and bedrooms. On ground floor are interconnected formal sitting and dining rooms, light and bright kitchen, external laundry and a delightfully private rear courtyard opening to Laman Street. Upstairs are three large double bedrooms, two of which open to the lacework verandah and a refreshed bathroom with a shower above the bath.

* Freshly painted throughout in crisp neutral tones, new carpet upstairs
* Lounge room has timber fireplace and ornate timber staircase
* Timber eat-in kitchen appointed with new Bosch electric cooker
* Secondary pedestrian access from Laman Street
* 500m from Darby Streets renowned coffee and dining scene
* Easy stroll to Honeysuckle entertainment precinct and UoN Newspace building