The phone enquiry code for this property is - 4962 We are now taking offers from $2.2m Having purchased a stately Riverfront home 15 minutes drive from the CBD and the airport in a major capital city for less than $3m will be unheard of in years to come. This fully renovated home blends iconic heritage features with modern luxuries to create a very special environment. Gaze from your elevated master bedroom every morning at commanding views of spectacular dawns over the Swan River and the Darling Range beyond, with no neighbours opposite you to interrupt the view. Four huge bedrooms, 2 modern bathrooms, 3 remote control garages, 5 fireplaces are just some of the amenities in this spectacular home. Built in 1898 for Sir Cyril Jackson, the home was the setting for meetings and parties hosting the luminaries of the day including the then premier, John Forrest who would step off the boat and into the garden after winding their way up the Swan River. Lovingly renovated over the past 3 years, Daylesford House is now once again ready to host parties and this time they could be yours. The architecture of the house represents the evolution and blending of the very European steep high roof with the early Federation Arts and Crafts style trimmings that marked the turn of the century and the birth of an independent Australia. The house was built before Perth had significant sawmills and brickworks and so much of the materials were imported from around the world including fittings from England, timber from Canada, and roof tiles from Marseilles in France. Importantly all renovations have been endorsed and approved by both the heritage council and Bassendean with every box ticked and nothing left to do but enjoy the result. A key theme in renovating the house has been to make it comfortable and functional for a modern family. This has resulted in a huge modern downstairs bathroom bathed in natural light with beautiful views of the river. The upstairs bathroom sees even further into the distance at tree canopy level. The laundry is simply enormous with dedicated spaces for twin washing machines that power through clothes to give you your weekends back. The generous sized bedrooms are all air conditioned with a combination of ducted reverse cycle and split systems. There is also a unique ducted fresh air system that is the only once of its kind in WA that was specifically designed by request Cyril Jackson. If you prefer feature heating then choose from one of the 5 fireplaces in the house, 2 of which have had modern hearths installed to maximized their effectiveness in the main living room as well as the downstairs bedroom / study. The new 3 car garage has 4 remote control doors also providing access to the rear garden for any future maintenance or large furniture. The garden has a full automatic reticulation system and the house is fully alarmed and has a built in safe. The main entertaining room is huge and part of it used to be used for Cyril Jackson’s billiard table which also doubled as a meeting room where the West Guildford Road Board held its inaugural meeting. Quietly keeping energy costs down is the new solar system cleverly hidden from view on the north roof of the garage and the equally new premium inverter hot water system. A significant part of WA’s Heritage Cyril Jackon was a 35 year old bachelor in his prime who was recruited from England to become the first Inspector General of Schools in Western Australia serving between 1896 - 1903. He was instrumental in the transformation and reorganisation of State’s education system into a modern public education system. He made wide ranging changes to everything from establishing a minimum school age to fighting for better salaries and conditions for teachers. He was also instrumental in establishing Claremont Teachers College and Perth Technical School. Jackson was influential in the formation of the West Guildford Road Board and became its first chairman holding the inaugural and subsequent meetings of the Board at Daylesford until he left the state; Cyril Jackson returned to England in 1903 and went on to become a significant figure in many public service organisations and even served as an Agent General for WA to England. He was knighted in 1917 becoming Sir Cyril Jackson KBE. The Herritage Council of WA has a detailed account of the history of the house and the area and notes that “Once Jackson purchased the land in West Guildford, he commissioned a commodious and stately house - befitting his position in government. The house is representative of a small number of large and stately residences that were built by senior Western Australian public servants of the State in landmark locations, such as along the Swan River. It is an excellent and finely detailed example of the Federation Arts and Crafts style, both in its external and internal presentation, and is a rare example of a two-storey Federation Arts and Crafts residence; It has an in-built, unusual and innovative ventilation system that was especially designed for Cyril Jackson.”