City Bank, Delungra NSW

27-29 Inverell Street Delungra NSW

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• An fine example of a Federation Bungalow built in 1912, in a rural NSW county town in New England..

City Bank of Sydney, 27-29 Inverell Street Delungra NSW

A Piece of History

A stunning Residence Built in 1912 – the original City Bank of Sydney Ltd – later to become the Westpac Bank Building.

City Bank, 27-29 Inverell Street Delungra NSW

• Sales listing 1; Sales listing 2
• Delungra is a small town on the Gwydir Highway, 33 kilometres from Inverell and 43 kilometres from Bingara in Inverell Shire, New South Wales, Australia. From: Wikipedia

27-29 Inverell Street Delungra NSW

27-29 Inverell Street Delungra NSW

• This historic Bank & three bedroom Federation home circa 1912, has many features, including 11′ ceilings, original plaster walls in excellent condition, polished cypress flooring, brass doorknobs & French doors opening onto a wide verandah.

Dining Room, 27-29 Inverell Street Delungra NSW

• Main bedroom features fireplace with original mantle & surrounds, & pressed metal ceiling.

Master Bedroom, 27-29 Inverell Street Delungra NSW

• The bank & managers office with it’s original features including an inbuilt safe & fireplace is currently utilised as a guest suite.

Dining Room, 27-29 Inverell Street Delungra NSW

• Beautiful common bond, double brick construction.

Verandah, 27-29 Inverell Street Delungra NSW

• Abundant character & original period features throughout.

Verandah, 27-29 Inverell Street Delungra NSW

• Four spacious bedrooms, multiple living areas

Living Area, 27-29 Inverell Street Delungra NSW

Front Garden, 27-29 Inverell Street Delungra NSW

• Fully established landscaped gardens.

Beautiful Garden, 27-29 Inverell Street Delungra NSW

• Large double block – An absolute delight to inspect.

This grand property offers:

• polished cypress timber floor boards,

Guest Bedroom, 27-29 Inverell Street Delungra NSW

• original stained glass,

Entrance, 27-29 Inverell Street Delungra NSW

• pressed metal ceilings,

Pressed metal ceiling, 27-29 Inverell Street Delungra

• moulded ceiling roses,

Living area, 27-29 Inverell Street Delungra

• 11 ft ceilings, picture rails,

Guest Bedroom, 27-29 Inverell Street Delungra

• stunning bricked arches, feature lighting,

Guest entrance, 27-29 Inverell Street Delungra

Guest room, 27-29 Inverell Street Delungra

• original fireplaces with timber over-mantles,

Original fireplace with timber over-mantle

• timber french doors, original timber internal doors with brass hardware,

French doors from bedroom

French doors from bedroom

• double hung timber sash windows, rendered double brick internal walls.

Features Include:

• Impressive entrance to the Residence off the side verandah.

Side Entrance to the Residence

Side Entrance to the Residence

Side Entrance to the Residence

• Beautiful stained glass, pressed metal ceiling, wide hallway with feature arch & polished floorboards.

Pressed metal ceiling of the wide hallway

Wide hallway with arch and ornate decoration

• 4 bedrooms in total.

  Bedroom 1 (original formal sitting room) offers a truly ornate pressed metal ceiling, fireplace with timber over-mantle, french doors open onto the sweeping verandah, double hung timber sash windows, picture rail, polished timber flooring, this is a stunning room of generous proportions.

  Guest bedroom

• Bedrooms 2 & 3 are both very spacious, with french doors opening to the verandah, timber ceilings, picture rails, bedroom 3 with moulded ceiling rose.

Bedroom with french doors to verandah

• Bedroom 4 (original maids quarters) currently used as an office space. This lovely room is peacefully tucked away off the back living area.
  

  Nook off a bedroom

• Spacious updated kitchen offering: butlers pantry, original brick fireplace housing the Emilia free standing stainless steel gas oven & cook-top.
  

  Living area with polished timber floorboards

  Double SS sink with rain water connected, abundant storage & preparation space including a large island bench.

Spacious updated kitchen

• In-formal living room opens beautifully onto the covered back patio.

Covered back patio

• Polished timber flooring, moulded ceiling roses, timber ceiling, picture rail, built-ins, downlights, beautiful archway through to the kitchen, gas point.

Polished timber flooring, moulded ceiling rose

• Formal dining / lounge room offering functioning open fire-place with timber over-mantle, gas point, timber ceiling, picture rail, 2 beautifully positioned timber windows, feature lighting & polished timber flooring throughout.

Dining room with panelled ceiling

Living area with polished floorboards

• Tiled main bathroom offering: free standing bath tub with claw feet & overhead shower, single vanity, toilet.

Tiled main bathroom with free standing bath tub

• Tiled laundry with external access to the carport, built-ins, laundry tub, separate shower and the homes 2nd toilet.

Original managers office

• Original managers office – could easily make for a 5th bedroom, would be a wonderful reading room or office space.
• Original fireplace with over-mantle, timber ceiling with moulded rose, picture rail, carpet flooring.

Original fireplace with over-mantle

• Front bank chamber. This is a fantastic space, spacious, open & full of natural light, offering a beautiful ornate timber mirrored over-mantle, fireplace, period feature lighting, polished timber flooring, picture rail, Chubb safe, street access.

Elegant living and dining room

Outside Offers:

• Pitched carport with access to the laundry (2 small cars).

Pitched carport

• Divine covered back patio perfect for taking in the morning sunshine.

Covered back patio

• Sweeping verandah with garden views

Sweeping verandah with garden views

• Greenhouse, vegetable gardens & established fruit trees.

Established garden

Sweeping verandah and garden