Blair House in the salubrious eastern suburbs enclave of carries an asking price of $65 million to $70 million.
![The record-breaking listing at 17 St Georges Road in Toorak.](https://static.ffx.io/images/$width_300%2C$height_150/t_crop_auto/t_sharpen%2Cq_auto%2Cf_auto/a24655674b5f087433abfa6efd6ac16be2253738)
The record-breaking listing at 17 St Georges Road in Toorak.Marshall White
Sums in this range are not out of the ordinary in the New South Wales market,but never has a property that expensive been on the open market in Victoria.
The campaign for the Georgian-style estate at officially launched on Wednesday when advertising went live,showing a circular driveway with a stone sculpture,a verdant tennis court rimmed by impeccable hedges and multiple manicured lawns,on 7800 square metres set back from the street for privacy.
The floorplan includes formal living areas - a drawing room and a sitting room - plus ten bedrooms,a study,a retreat,a grand “reception hall”,a breakfast room and terraces unfurling to the lush gardens.
![The manicured grounds occupy 7800 square metres.](https://static.ffx.io/images/$width_300%2C$height_150/t_crop_auto/t_sharpen%2Cq_auto%2Cf_auto/9a55a84de2271a1ebf95f00e8bde69f9f76d21cb)
The manicured grounds occupy 7800 square metres.Marshall White
For discretion,only a small number of photos have been released - there are just two of the interior.
![Living areas connect to terraces and lawns.](https://static.ffx.io/images/$width_300%2C$height_150/t_crop_auto/t_sharpen%2Cq_auto%2Cf_auto/01ea85fd73f9d0f076fa7ce0eb3f90d2b329210a)
Living areas connect to terraces and lawns.Marshall White
A second property is included,which the listing reveals is a double-storey converted stable,with the flexibility of two or three bedrooms. It is self-contained by its “own private walled garden” and accessed by car from a neighbouring street.
Some of the rare trees on the estate are from the grounds of Victoria’s first government house,dating to 1849.
If Blair House achieves its asking price,it will obliterate the Victorian residential real estate record.
![One of the elegant living rooms,paying respect to the Georgian architecture.](https://static.ffx.io/images/$width_300%2C$height_150/t_crop_auto/t_sharpen%2Cq_auto%2Cf_auto/f9150fdfd96536cb63803fd3fdf3e9f2ea45beb5)
One of the elegant living rooms,paying respect to the Georgian architecture.Marshall White
The Victorian price benchmark is the $52.5 million paid for Stonington mansion in the neighbouring suburb of Malvern,which changed owners in 2017.
The St Georges Road mansion made headlines before images were released,with the real estate agency Marshall White before details of the property - including what it looks like - were made public.
St Georges Road in Toorak is one of the elite of Melbourne. Mansions of monumental size and luxurious design line the boulevard,which runs between the main arterial of Toorak Road and the Yarra River.
is managing the expressions of interest campaign,which will close on August 8.
![Some of the trees on the estate date to 1849 and Victoria’s first government house.](https://static.ffx.io/images/$width_300%2C$height_150/t_crop_auto/t_sharpen%2Cq_auto%2Cf_auto/3ad2146f4199689f6df9af02c92edd50027df011)
Some of the trees on the estate date to 1849 and Victoria’s first government house.Marshall White
Chiminello was also a listing agent for the property that achieved the,also in Toorak,in October last year.
The $43 million dollar home at,renovated by international designers,is the most expensive property ever sold under the hammer.
It also set Toorak’s suburb price record,but with 17 St Georges Road in the stratosphere of the prestige market,that is poised to be eclipsed.