Legendary artist’s Harbour gem fetches $6m

The famous 50-year home of legendary artist Peter Kingston has scored a massive sale price because of these lucky factors.

The famous home of artist Peter Kingston has sold for almost $6m.

Landscape architect Andrew Leuchars and wife Liz have bought the longtime four-bedroom, two-bathroom Lavender Bay home of late artist Peter Kingston for $5.75m.

Known for capturing activity on Sydney Harbour, Kingston bought half the Walker St property in 1975 paying $30,250, then added next door in 1977 for $35,250.

Kingston died from lung cancer in 2022, aged 79, and is survived by sisters Caroline and Fairlie, niece Annie and nephew Clary.

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Andrew and Liz Leuchars with daughters Hannah and Amelia.

His father Percy, who studied at Julian Ashton Art School and became the Sydney agent for 20th Century Fox, died in 1974, leaving an inheritance enabling the purchase.

It was listed with a $6m guide by Sydney Sotheby’s International Realty, who marketed it as “a landmark Harbourfront residence of size, creativity and scope” under instructions from Kingston’s solicitor Nicholas Eddy.

The home is set in a lush location with views towards Luna Park and the Harbour Bridge. It adjoins the abode of his artistic friends, Wendy Whiteley and the late Brett Whiteley, who bought their property for $50,000 in 1974 when it was a wreck.

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The four-bedroom, two-bathroom Lavender Bay property was the longtime home of the late artist Peter Kingston.

The Lavender Bay home is known for capturing activity on Sydney Harbour.

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In 2019 he was a part of a significant exhibition titled Bohemian Harbour: Artists Of Lavender Bay alongside the work of Whiteley at the Museum of Sydney.

“It was a bay of boatsheds back then,” Peter recalled of his early times in the neighbourhood when interviewed in 2019 by the northsider website.

That iconic view.

Kingston owned the home for almost 50 years.

Gorgeous wood.

Art in the bathroom.

Kingston was described as an architect on title records at the time of his purchases. He tutored in architecture at the University of Sydney.

The Leuchars family have been recently based at Perrys Crossing in the Hawkesbury. The 17ha farm was bought in 2020 for $360,000 when marketed as having national park on three sides and St Albans Common on the other.

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