17 Church Street, Beaumaris

FOR SALE $2.8 ~ $3.0m

HUMPHREY HOUSE. 1960, BEAUMARIS

Originally built in 1960 for local psychologist J. Humphrey, 'Humphrey House' is a striking example of mid-century architecture, conceived at a time when the suburb's architectural identity was still being written by professionals and creatives who built for individuality rather than convention. Six decades on, this five-bedroom, three-bathroom icon has been updated and expanded into something altogether more spectacular, a resort-style family residence that could have been lifted straight from a Slim Aarons photograph, delivering the full promise of Bayside living without a single concession to the ordinary.

The original front doors still stand at attention within the garden, now revealed through a more private side entry, where timber – uncovered from under the gyprock – now lines the entry foyer. A choice of enormous living rooms, including the former offices to the front, flank a central home office, den, or potential sixth bedroom, forming a true, flexible ground-floor layout that moves and grows with your family's needs.

A showstopping kitchen with sleek stone benchtops and premium appliances is backdropped by original sixties glass bricks, designed in the spirit of the conversation pit, where the host moves around a central dining area as guests settle in and the evening takes over. It opens seamlessly to the sunken, crazy-paved courtyard with an outdoor fireplace, linking with the casual rear living room with a wood-burning fireplace, which in turn spills out to a sun-drenched poolside oasis set beneath established palms and citrus trees, built to host, to gather, and to impress.

Above, a mod-grass rooftop garden stretches between the upper levels, a cinematic and utterly unexpected space that conjures Palm Springs, with two spiral staircases connecting the five bedrooms and three bathrooms across the upper levels. Complete with ducted heating, splitsystem air conditioning, double-glazed Rylock windows upstairs, a poolside bathroom adjoining a substantial laundry, outdoor showers ready for beach days, and a tandem rear garage with workshop plus a carport for two, every practical need is met. Seaview Shops sit at the end of the street, the beach is a short stroll away, and the Beaumaris Secondary College zone adds the kind of address credentials that only sharpen its appeal. Humphrey House has been many things across its sixty-plus years. Right now, it's the best version of itself,