The Peppermint Grove Residence

Perth’s most distinguished suburb has always held a special place in the geography of Australian aspiration — a narrow wedge of elevated land between the Swan River and the Indian Ocean where the light arrives from two directions and the air carries the faint eucalyptus of the Peppermint trees that gave the suburb its name. Within this rarefied enclave, The Peppermint Grove Residence stands as the definitive riverfront address: a grand estate of six bedrooms and six bathrooms occupying a commanding two-thousand-square-metre holding with uninterrupted frontage to the Swan.

The residence was conceived as a formal family home of lasting consequence, its architecture drawing from the grand colonial manner — broad verandahs, double-height entry hall, deep window reveals — while incorporating the best contemporary technologies behind the facades. The principal rooms are arranged to capture the northern river orientation across every season, with the formal drawing room and library flowing through full-height French doors to a colonnaded terrace from which the water is always present, always moving.

The kitchen and family living pavilion at the rear of the house is an entirely different proposition — relaxed, generous, and built around a central stone island that anchors the informal heart of the home. Sub-Zero and Wolf appliances, custom cabinetry in aged oak, and direct access to the pool terrace below make this the space where the house lives most honestly.

Below the main level, the pool and garden sequence descends toward the river in a series of carefully considered terraces. The infinity-edge pool, flanked by limestone paving and mature screening planting, captures the river beyond — a composition that is as much landscape as architecture. A private jetty extends from the lower garden, accessible via a discreet path through the lawn. This is Peppermint Grove at its finest and rarest.