Inveran, aka Delmar, the pioneering Chisholm family's inner-west Ashfield mansion, fetches $3.8 million record

Inveran, aka Delmar, the grand Victorian mansion built for the pioneering pastoralist Chisholm family in 1884, has been sold for a bullish $3.8 million, with six registered bidders at the recent auction.

It was auctioned through Gerber Properties agent Arthur Paschalidis.

It was built with its design incorporating a surgery and a waiting room with its own entrance given Dr Edwin Chisholm's occupation. The original maid's quarters is the sixth bedroom which features its own lower level sitting room.

Edwin died in 1921 and his widow in 1926 when it was left to their daughter, Mrs Guy Delmar. The property stayed in the family until the mid-1960s and in 1966 the house was bought by Trinity Grammar School, which has its campus and playing fields on the other side of Victoria Street.

In 1987 the school sold the property to the Ryan family. Its current vendors further restored the house as a private residence on its 2,245-square-metre block.

It was sold through Gerber Properties agent Arthur Paschalidis   in conjunction with Harris Tripp First National  having been listed with $3 million-plus hopes.

It last traded for $1.61 million in 1998.

The highest previous known house price in Ashfield was just over $2 million.