“As you walk toward “Ashdown’s” leafy entrance, the architectural charm of this P&O building is inescapable. The extremely well-maintained grounds, manicured hedge-row and common areas, along with its private setting, go hand in hand with spacious, character-filled Art Deco properties. The apartment on offer is a well laid-out, generous 1 bedroom with sunroom; high ceilings and polished wooden floors throughout. This comfortable 55m2 home is exclusively for owner-occupiers and as such the company title building is quiet, peaceful and very tightly-held. The kitchen, which has gas cooking and laundry facilities, and the bathroom are both in good condition and perfect for immediate occupation. The property on the whole also allows buyers to personalise and add value through renovation in the future. The building sits across the road from “Macleay Reserve” as well as footsteps to Rushcutters Bay and “Beare Park”. This will be a wonderful first home in a gentrified and highly-prized location.”

Information on “Ashdown”

The 1920s and 1930s was the golden age of the cruise liner. This was the era when sleek, navy blue and white ships such as the Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth were the epitome of class and style.
The elegance of these luxury liners was captured in a popular 1930s architectural-style known today as P&O, after the ships of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. The P&O style, in both houses and apartments, was characterised by a streamlined facade of curved walls and often porthole-shaped windows.
The Ashdown apartment block in Elizabeth Bay is a fine example of P&O architecture. Designed by architect Aaron M. Bolot and completed in 1938, Ashdown employs a number of the devices associated with Modernism, such as the bold curved bay, planar wall surfaces, metal framed windows in horizontal bands and at corners, a flat roof and metal pipe railings. – Ref. STEPHEN LACEY – Sun Herald & THE TWENTIETH CENTURY HERITAGE SOCIETY OF NSW