43 Glassop Street, Balmain NSW 2041

Lifestyle - Capturing sensational views over the harbour to Cockatoo Island and beyond, this tri-level 1888 terrace is a magnificently preserved example of Victorian Italianate style, which is on the market for the first time in 35 years. With upgrading/improvement potential it includes a self-contained, interconnecting, one bedroom downstairs flat with separate entrance, offering potential as a second income earner. It enjoys a light filled north east aspect and a flexible 170sqm (approx.) to adapt to your own needs. Its blue ribbon location is metres to Dawn Fraser Baths and a stroll to Balmain West wharf

Accommodation - This large home has a flexible floor plan with potential fourth bedroom. It features an elegant, refined first floor lounge room awash with ornate traditional details. Wraparound windows frame the view from the lounge to the split level kitchen/dining room. Upstairs you'll find a magnificent master bedroom which leads out to a truly sublime rooftop terrace with timber decking and elevated panoramas across the water to Greenwich, Gladesville, Chatswood and the distant Blue Mountains. The downstairs flat has full kitchen and bathroom

Features - Exquisite original features abound, from soaring ceilings with ornate cornices and centre roses to a cast iron and ceramic fireplace with a grand timber mantle. The Wendy Lewin designed kitchen includes a dishwasher and Miele oven, and the ornately decorated main bathroom features a marble vanity and stained glass windows. The upper level is ideal as a whole-floor master retreat, with an adjoining study or fourth bedroom