A grand estate in Sydney’s eastern suburbs has been given a new lease of life – for a second time. US-born interior designer Lynda Kerry and her Australian husband Mark bought the 1840s property, known as Ecclesbourne, in 2010. They subsequently undertook an extensive renovation that both reinstated its former glory and sympathetically contemporised it.
The property had been on the market for quite some time when Mark saw it. He thought it would be a great project for Lynda – a self-described serial renovator – as well as a wonderful family home for the couple and their two teenage children. Undaunted by the amount of work to be done, Lynda tackled the project enthusiastically, transforming its 13 bedrooms into four (each with ensuites). She also installed a new kitchen, a home cinema, garage and a lap pool. A separate cottage out the back, previously housing four doctors’ rooms, was repurposed as self-contained guest accommodation.
This story is from the July 2020 edition of Australian House & Garden Magazine.
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