Balmain’s grandest estate, Ewenton House, is set to hit the market for the first time in more than three decades with a price guide of $27.5 million, as cardiologist John Yiannikas and his wife Susan look to downsize from their landmark residence.

The private harbourfront estate is the largest landholding in the suburb at 2206 square metres and the four-level sandstone home, which dates back to 1854 to 1872, is listed on the NSW State Heritage Register.

The home is an amalgamation of Georgian, Victorian, post-Colonial and Italianate influences, and the Yiannikas family undertook a major restoration after they purchased the property for $1.3 million from The Australian Centre for Languages in 1992.

The five-bedroom, four-bathroom property, which also has 10 car spaces, has had more r

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