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The owners of 1613 Burwood Highway, Belgrave, discovered a time capsule containing a 1945 newspaper’s front page while renovating.
A heritage-listed Art Deco Belgrave house where a time capsule was discovered mid-renovation is set for a new chapter.
Eleven years ago, when the family who are now selling the circa-1920s home named Hembry first moved in, the property looked rather different and even had a pink-coloured kitchen.
Bell Real Estate Belgrave and Tecoma’s Corinne Sukroo says the owners’ updated the four-bedroom residence at 1613 Burwood Highway while keeping its period charm intact, retaining original features including the living area’s fireplace, plus windows, architraves, picture rails, timber floorboards, skirting boards and the 3m-high ceiling’s ornate roses and cornices.
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“You go behind the Art Deco facade and you’re in another world,” Ms Sukroo says.
The kitchen is no longer pink and is fitted with a 900mm Ilve cooker, dishwasher and marble-topped benches.
Glass swinging doors lead to a second living area and the owners added a media and play room at the home’s rear.
The house is named Hembry, as the sign on the facade reads.
The owners have painted some of the walls a lovely shade of teal.
The kitchen’s wooden benchtop was made by a Thomastown-based artisan.
Hembry sits on a section of Burwood Highway known as “The Bend”, a group of five period homes considered historically significant to the Yarra Ranges Shire due to their typical “hills bungalow” style and picturesque setting, elevated above the road, which has appeared on postcards.
“They are just beautiful and iconic to the area,” Ms Sukroo says.
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A note hidden inside the matchbox time capsule the owners found while renovating.
More teal colours, this tile tiles, make the walls in one of the bathrooms pop.
The solar-heated pool is surrounded by greenery.
While renovating Hembry, the owners found a matchbox containing a front page from the The Herald newspaper, the Herald Sun’s predecessor, announcing World War II’s end.
An enclosed handwritten note states “war ceased in Europe May 9th 1945 today”.
A further surprise is the main bedroom suite with its own bathroom, concealed behind a secret door that blends seamlessly into the wall.
The newspaper front page found within the time capsule.
Ash timber floorboards feature throughout.
Two bedrooms have built-in loft beds.
The main bathroom has a cast iron bath, monsoon shower and decorative tiles.
Modern comforts include reverse cycle ducted heating and cooling and split systems, plus a European-style laundry with a drying cupboard.
Ms Sukroo says Belgrave’s Cameo Cinema is a three-minute walk away from the home while the Belgrave train station is seven minutes’ away.
“The location is unbelievable, it is close to shops and public transport, and is set well back from the road,” she adds.
The home has a $1.49m-$1,639,000 asking range.
A cast-iron bathtub in the main bathroom.
The home is set on a 1082sq m block.
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