Graham Jahn-designed 1980s Lloyd-Jones home in Watsons Bay listed

Graham Jahn-designed 1980s Lloyd-Jones home in Watsons Bay listed
Jonathan ChancellorOctober 10, 2013

Entertainment industry publicity doyenne Patti Mostyn and her husband Eric have listed their Graham Jahn-designed Watsons Bay home.

It's the noteworthy home built in 1989 for the retailing prince, Charles Lloyd Jones, of the David Jones retail family who secured $1.55 million on its sale in 1992.

With noteworthy sail-like walls and soaring ceilings, and having been updated by Jahn, it is now priced with $4.6 million-plus expectations.

Listed through Christie's Ken Jacobs and LJ Hooker Double Bay agent Bill Malouf, it is a two-bedroom home with study on Salisbury Street.

It's centrepiece, with harbour views, is the 24-metre living and dining area. The five-metre-high glass wall has views down the harbour towards the city and bridge skyline through motorised louvres.

The 1980s-built trophy home, on the hill just outside the Watsons Bay harbourside village, was updated by Jahn for Patti Mostyn to include a stainless steel, Gaggenau-appointed dine-in chef's kitchen.

The light-filled, four-level house has two full walls of glass and another feature wall ideal for hanging works of art.

Its courtyard has a water feature and a central boardwalk that leads to a formal hedge maze. There's a glass-encased lift from the lower level, where there is parking for four cars.

The late Charles Lloyd Jones, former chairman of David Jones, the store his great grandfather founded in 1838, had the house designed to show off his artwork. 

Lloyd Jones bought the site, once a shop and later a boarding house, because it contained the tallest building in the area and he wanted to exploit its height to capture unencumbered 180-degree harbour views from Manly to the Bridge.

When he sold the house he also sold $1.56 million worth of antiques, collectibles and artworks included paintings from Streeton, Dobell and Fox and an Auguste Rodin bronze and Henry Moore sculpture.

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Jonathan Chancellor

Jonathan Chancellor is one of Australia's most respected property journalists, having been at the top of the game since the early 1980s. Jonathan co-founded the property industry website Property Observer and has written for national and international publications.

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