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Author Tony Birch has put his home at 159 Leicester St, Fitzroy, available on the market. Footage: Tony Gough, Equipped.
Multi award-winning creator Tony Birch’s Fitzroy home is ready for a brand new chapter after being listed with a $2.45m-$2.55m vary.
Birch turned the primary indigenous Australian to win the distinguished Patrick White Award for his contribution to Australian literature, in 2017.
Amongst his many different accolades, Birch’s The White Lady received the 2020 Indigenous Writers’ Prize within the New South Wales Premier’s Literary Awards.
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The novel was additionally short-listed for the Miles Franklin Award.
Two years later, Birch’s quick story assortment Darkish as Final Night time obtained the New South Wales Premier’s Literary Awards’ Christina Stead Prize for Fiction and Queensland Literary Awards’ Steele Rudd Award.
In 2022, Birch was appointed the Boisbouvier Chair in Australian Literature at Melbourne College.
Nelson Alexander’s Charlie Barham mentioned Birch had written a number of of his award-winning books whereas residing within the four-bedroom dwelling at 159 Leicester St.
The triple-storey abode, constructed inside a former circa-1930 water filtration manufacturing unit, has a particular pink brick facade partially lined by greenery.
The kitchen is supplied with a Bosch oven, gasoline cooktop, double dish drawer and loads of cabinetry.
Tony Birch spent a decade as a firefighter earlier than changing into a author, poet and educational. Image: Tony Gough.
The abode is near cafes, outlets, public transport and parks.
Inside, the primary flooring incorporates a residing and eating space which opens to a north-facing deck with a retractable awning and barbecue.
“It has an important industrial vibe however with all the fashionable conveniences and a inexperienced outlook which could be fairly exhausting to search out in Fitzroy,” Mr Barham mentioned.
The kitchen is fitted with stone benchtops, a Bosch oven, gasoline cooktop and double dish drawer, whereas the principle bed room affords a walk-through wardrobe, balcony and twin ensuite.
A round staircase results in a mezzanine touchdown and examine with views throughout Fitzroy to Melbourne’s skyline.
Mr Barham mentioned the spacious residence, which has double storage, was one thing of a rarity in Melbourne’s inside north.
The curved staircase results in a mezzanine touchdown and examine with views from Fitzroy to the Melbourne CBD’s skyline.
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The White Lady, by Tony Birch, received the 2020 Indigenous Writers’ Prize within the New South Wales Premier’s Literary Awards.
There’s two loos in the home together with an ensuite with a shower, bathe, underfloor heating and Italian tiles.
“Many comparable industrial buildings have been divided into smaller townhouses or flats, so having a house of this measurement and scale is more durable to return by,” he mentioned.
“Regardless of the central location, the home is ready again and the homeowners touch upon how quiet and personal it’s, regardless of being smack bang in the course of Fitzroy.”
The abode is inside simple strolling distance to Smith St and Brunswick St, the Edinburgh Gardens, the Fitzroy Pool and parks, he added.
Mr Barham mentioned the property had been upgraded throughout the previous 5 years with new oak flooring put in downstairs together with handcrafted, built-in shelving.
Get pleasure from recent air whereas learning, writing or working from dwelling.
Uncovered brick partitions showcase artwork and private touches.
A bed room which opens as much as the outside.
Extra lately, the principle bed room ensuite was renovated so as to add underfloor heating, Corian benchtops and terrazzo tiles.
And for creatives, the home affords loads of spots to jot down, draw or have interaction in inventive work.
“They (the homeowners) talked about the downstairs library retreat or third stage examine overlooking the road are nice writing nooks,” Mr Barham mentioned.
The house will probably be auctioned at 6.30pm on February 19.
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