One of Maitland's grand old homes has been sold two weeks before auction.
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Verona House, a double-storey Victorian heritage home on High Street, sold for $765,000 on August 25.
Agent Nick Clarke of PRD Nationwide Hunter Valley said the sale was in the upper reserve range.
"We had a lot of interest, there were two other serious buyers," Mr Clarke said.
The previous owner, Valentina Maund, moved into the home in 2005.
"I just love the house, I love the space and the feeling about it," Ms Maund told the Mercury last month.
"I just feel safe in it. It's very tranquil."
The four-bedroom home set on private 1500sq m leafy block was built in the late 1800s for Lieutenant Colonel William Charles Markwell and his five children.
Ms Maund had been told by neighbours that army officers would play cards and drink gin and tonics in the bar, and that piano recitals were held in the front room and social tennis matches along the side of the house.
Maitland architect James Warren Scobie, who was responsible for dozens of Maitland buildings include the Town Hall, designed the grand structure that has retained many of its original features.
The home features grand hallways, high ornate, pressed metal ceilings, polished timber floor boards and three working marble fireplaces.