Malmo,+Bendigo

16 Valentine Street, Bendigo VIC 3550
[Previous Post: Nee Morna, Sorrento .... Next Post: Index to Australian Open Gardens ] Designed in 1898 by Bendigo-born architect, William Beebe for local tobacconist, Karl van Damme, this imposing residence was named 'Malmo' after the owner's home town of Malmo in Sweden. media type="custom" key="28956338" align="center"

Flanking the foyer, the study includes a full-height box-bay window and open fireplace, and the dining room has an unusual oval stained glass window above the mantelpiece. media type="custom" key="28956344" align="center"
 * The building style reflects one of Beebe's favourites, the Queen Anne. See the page @Federation Queen Anne Style
 * It includes many eclectic decorations like high-pitched roof with hips and projecting gables.
 * Tuck-pointed red brick construction has elaborate chimneys, detailed fretwork, bay windows, marble-topped open fireplaces, elaborate Kauri pine staircase with ornate balustrade, high ceilings and polished timber floors.
 * Original tessellated tiling graces the front entry while a striking foyer awaits inside.
 * [[image:https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/UFj6zLyTJt2OJoMnGMes3C-sEx_f4a-9oWS-59xfwbke-OW6qx-xFSwBX22dwZPePnDghWhVQXg8LYw=w2400-h1500-rw-no align="center" caption="Study at Malmo, 16 Valentine Street, Bendigo VIC 3550"]]
 * Both dining and formal lounge rooms include stunning French-style light fittings.
 * The ground floor also accommodates a spacious sitting/television room and full bathroom.
 * The grand main staircase leads to three large bedrooms and bathroom with a box-bay window in the main bedroom affording impressive city views.
 * The second bedroom with access to the upper balcony hides a secret confessional box used during a period of ownership by the Catholic Church.
 * The large third bedroom includes arched windows overlooking View Street.

Only five owners have resided at "Malmo" with the current owners in residence for over 22 years. "Malmo" is surrounded by stunning gardens with a huge blue spruce amid established shrubbery, rose gardens, cascading fishpond and paved sitting areas.
 * In that time they have sympathetically enhanced and added to the the original building.
 * The kitchen was replaced with one befitting a master chef with loads of cabinetry, island bench, slide-out pantries, a full suite of Miele appliances, glass splash back, concealed study nook and adjoining meals area with picture windows to the the rear garden.
 * The addition also incorporates a fourth, attic-style guest room at the top of a Vic ash staircase.
 * Off the rear alfresco deck is the laundry, workshop with cellar, studio/hobby room and garage.


 * Ideally located on the corner of View and Valentine Streets, the property sits on an allotment over 1300sqm with the convenience of side access.
 * Undoubtedly one of Bendigo"s most iconic heritage homes, 'Malmo' offers a city-fringe lifestyle second-to-none.
 * See the listing: