Barrister Terry Tobin sells Villa d'Este, the historic Palm Beach estate
The landmark 1933 Villa d'Este estate at Palm Beach has been sold for around $7.5 million by Terry Tobin, QC, and his wife, Bernadette, who have owned the property since 1983.
The 2,626 square metre property has been the family holiday home since bought for $700,000 from Guy Dawson.
Its set over two separate titles on Northview Road comprising a 1,426 square metre block with a Spanish Mission-style house and a 1,200 square metre vacant block.
It has views stretching across the length of Pittwater and especially north towards Lion Island and the Barrenjoey headland.
Built in 1933, the Mediterranean villa has an open loggia with barley-twist columns, arched windows and wrought-iron detailing.
The five-bedroom residence has a large living room and a billiard room.
Land title records show it changed hands in 1933 to Elizabeth Bay estate agent Morris Leventhal and his wife, Orissa when the 1927 mortgagee, the Bank of New Zealand secured a 310 pound sale. The departing mortgagor was Samuel Hood Hammond.
Tobin, admitted to the NSW Bar in 1973, was appointed a Queen's counsel in 1985.
