Set in Hawthorn’s heritage-listed Grace Park Estate, this Arts and Crafts-style home lures visitors inside through its arched entrance. Complete with box bay leadlight windows framed by terracotta-shingled tiles, the house instantly transports you back to the time the original architect, Christopher Cowper, was applying the finishing touches.
“There was an immediate attachment,” says Helen, who lives in this house with her husband, Bruno, an adult son who has briefly returned from overseas, and their two dogs. The couple had