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12-14 Pymble Ave, Pymble, goes to auction next month.
The former home of Aussie TV star Peta Toppano, ex-wife of billionaire Kerry Stokes, is for sale. It’s one of the area’s oldest.
Actress Toppano, known for her TV roles in The Young Doctors and Home And Away, even got married in The Knoll, which is the home her family lived in.
Peta married Barry Quin, her co-star from the television series Prisoner, at the Pymble Ave property with the reception held in the grand Edwardian rooms and the expansive 1684 sqm grounds.
The Toppano family lived in the property in the 1970s with Peta’s father Enzo a well-known cabaret artist and her mother Peggy Mortimer a soprano and violinist.
Peta is the ex-wife of Australian billionaire Kerry Stokes, the last of her three husbands.
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The Knoll, at 12-14 Pymble Ave, Pymble, built in 1906 is full of Federation elegance, is heritage listed, and has come to market with a November auction date and a guide around $6m.
The home has a $6m guide.
It last traded in 2015 for $3,375,000.
Agent Jessica Liu, of Marshall. Chan. Yahl real estate group, said while the grand residence is rich in history and has high ornamental ceilings, curved architraves, decorative fireplaces and two sets of stairs it has also been imbued with contemporary comforts such as a modern kitchen, saltwater swimming pool and new designer lights throughout.
The floors are all original and many are of wide hardwood timbers, there are open-plan living areas flowing out to entertaining terraces and behind the carport is a studio and music room. There is a formal dining room, and a separate formal sitting room but there is also a lounge with a lovely fireplace, a covered terrace off the open-plan family room, a northeast facing veranda beside the sitting room and a north-facing balcony off the upstairs study.
Wide, hardwood timber floors.
Businessman & CEO Channel Seven Kerry Stokes with actor wife Peta Toppano at Sugareef Nightclub for launch of new series of TV Show “Highbreak High”, in an undated photo.
The Knoll is a five-bedroom, four-bathroom property up the road from Pymble train station and around the corner from Pymble Ladies College.
The current owners bought with their daughter’s schooling in mind and this year is her final year at the acclaimed girls’ school.
The Knoll was part of the Pymble Station Estate, one of the early subdivisions of orchards between 1893 and 1910. Some of its original features include the circular drive, sandstone foundations, maids quarters – and the servants staircase. There is even an original cellar that can store 300 bottles.
The home dates back to 1906.
The Knoll is scheduled for auction on Saturday November 19 through Craig Marshall and Jessica Liu of Marshall. Chan. Yahl real estate group.
Pymble is having a strong sales year, it saw its record reset in May with a $15m sale, then Walter Burley Griffin’s famous Coppins house traded for $13m in June. According to PropTrack the median house price in Pymble is $3.6m up 22 per cent over 12 months and based on 138 sales.
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