A CONSORTIUM which retained a swag of apartments and townhouses built within the walls and around the garden of Portsea’s landmark Delgany estate, has put that portfolio on the market.

The distinctive limestone mansion on the non-beach side of Point Nepean Road was developed in 1923 by architect Harold Desbrowe Annear, as a holiday house for western district farmer Harold Armytage – whose other property included South Yarra’s Como mansion.

Delgany was converted into a luxury restaurant and hotel before being sold to developers for $10 million in 2003, who built flats within the historic home, and townhouses around the three hectare garden.

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