33 Panton Street, Golden Square, Vic 3555

La Rosa, a lovingly renovated ornate Victorian family home of four bedrooms surrounded by 1084 sqm of urban orchard and established herb gardens, is positioned in a prime central location in Golden Square close to shops, parks and schools.
It's decorative block-fronted facade, double box bay leadlight windows and deep return veranda are distinctive features of this notable home. All of its original features, which include the leadlight door surround, timber fretwork, cast-iron lacework, cast-iron open fireplaces, sash and casement windows have been fully restored with a careful attention to detail has created a home with a wonderful warmth, charm and presence.
Comprising four bedrooms with built-in solid timber wardrobes, two bathrooms and a separate powder room and toilet, a spectacular central open plan living and sitting room opening to the return veranda, a separate kitchen and dining area, all set between polished Baltic pine floors and ornate 12 ft ceilings. La Rose also comes with a separate lined home office with built-in wardrobes that could also serve as a teenage retreat or sleep-out.
The main bedroom is decorated by an ornate timber scroll work, stained-glass windows, open fireplace, built-in wardrobes and a tessellated tiled ensuite bathroom with a shower, toilet, solid timber vanity and cabinetry.
A second open fireplace is found in the second bedroom, which currently serves as a library. It features a wall of built-in solid timber bookshelves and built-in wardrobe and a decorated timber fretwork arch that sits above the lofty lead-lit box bay casement window that offers step-through access to the veranda. There are two further bedrooms with built-in wardrobes that open off the arched central hall and have tall sash windows that look to the established garden.

The elegant -fully-tiled central bathroom has retained its restored original cast-iron claw-foot bath. Set on a tessellated tiled floor, the bathroom has a separate shower and pedestal vanity.
The rear living area opens through a set of three timber French doors to a brick-paved outdoor entertainment area. It is boarded by established raised gardens beds of tarragon and rosemary hedging. They are part of the urban orchard that has been passionately cultivated to include quinces, almonds, heritage apples and pears, nashis, crab apple, cherry, peaches, nectarines, olives and a mulberry. Thyme, lemon verbena, curry plant, sage, marjoram, oregano, artichoke, lemon balm, rainbow chard serve as garden bed ground cover and everything is decorated by heritage roses from Buda.
A solid timber kitchen with an Asko dishwasher electric wall oven and gas cook top open to the rear living area.
The home is positioned in a shady elm-lined street that features two beautiful churches, primary school, kindergarten and neighbourhood shopping centre. There are a number of young families in the street which makes for a friendly community environment.