Owners of Windsor Castle Hotel that sold for $27 million buy artist platform for $14 million – realestate.com.au

A couple who sold a former popular suburban pub for a record sum have bought the home of a famous artist for $14 million.

Former Goldman Sachs director David Nolan and his wife Anita last month sold the former Windsor Castle Hotel at 72 Windsor St, Paddington, now a luxury five-bedroom residence, for $26.85 million through McGrath agents Luke Hogan and William Manning.

The result broke the Paddington record by almost $7 million.

It has now emerged that the Nolans have bought respected artist Mary Shakman’s old home at 96-104 Glenmore Rd, Paddington, for $14 million.

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The property on Glenmore Rd was originally built in 1835.

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It had been owned by renowned artist Mary Shakman since 1992.

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Described as a historic gem dating from 1835 with five bedrooms, original features and a copper roof, the property sold last Wednesday through Clint Ballard of Sotheby’s in association with Alan Fettes and Ashley Bierman of Ray White Double Bay.

Records show that Shakman, once a textile designer with clients including Carla Zampatti and Sportsgirl who became an award-winning painter, purchased the historic 1835 gem in 1992 for $550,000.

The Nolans are undoubtedly planning to renovate.

The Nolans sold 72 Windsor St, Paddington last month for $26.85 million.

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It was converted into a residence by Sydney studio X.PACE in 2012.

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Their former Windsor St home had already been converted from the 1880s pub into a home by Sydney studio X.PACE four years before their 2016 purchase for $11.85 million, equaling the suburb’s previous housing record.

But they have made further improvements.

Built over three levels with a loft, four bathrooms and a three-car garage, the Glenmore Rd residence is described as “one of the original orchard houses”.

It also has a separate building on the street side “for retail businesses”.

The property was also on the market in January, but was not sold.

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