Late charity queen Elizabeth Symonds’ Bellevue Hill home passed in on $6.25 million vendor bid

The Bellevue Hill house of the late charity queen Elizabeth Symonds was passed in when auctioned last night, having had initial price hopes of about $7 million. The executors placed a $6.25 million vendor bid.

The five-level, five-bedroom, five-bathroom mansion was last traded in 1996 when bought by the longtime Pied Piper Committee stalwart and her solicitor husband, the late Cedric Symonds, for $3.85 million following their $8.5 million sale of Cardigan, the now demolished Elizabeth Bay harbourfront residence.

Its 1996 vendor was rag trader Ray Pillion.

Set on both Carrington Avenue and Cranbrook Road, the house, which has elevator access and guest accommodation, has a backdrop of Sydney Harbour and the Royal Sydney Golf Course.

The house was offered this week through Elliott Placks of Ray White Double Bay in conjunction with Pillinger Property agent Brad Pillinger.

The 1,200-square-metre holding comes with a tennis court and pool.

Bellevue Hill's top recorded sale this week was on Kambala Road, when a tad over $4.6 million was secured through McGrath agent Paul Ephron for a four-bedroom contemporary house relisted recently with $4.7 million hopes. It had been listed at $5.8 million in March last year with another agent.