5985 Newton Wynd

The Land

Thirty-four thousand square feet on the north rim of Point Grey, enclosed by the park.

Newton Wynd is a short curving street of estate lots on the edge of the Point Grey plateau, about seventy metres above the water and wrapped on three sides by Pacific Spirit Regional Park. This is 34,186 square feet of it — 127 feet of frontage running 264 feet back, level, and screened by mature planting. UBC is nine-tenths of a kilometre away.

The house is a rancher: 2,885 square feet on one floor, no basement, quality-built by Topping's in 1955 and extensively renovated in 1988. A skylit entry opens through a glazed garden room into a living room under a vaulted glass gable. Three bedrooms, each with its own bath, and a den off the garden.

0.78Acre Lot

127'Frontage

2,885Sq.Ft. House

1955Built

Aerial at dusk: the low roofline of the rancher along the far edge of a wide lawn, the windows lit from within and the surrounding conifers dark against a deep blue sky — Three-quarters of an acre, at dusk.

The House

A 1955 rancher under a vaulted glass gable

Single storey, 2,885 sq.ft., no basement. The garden front is almost entirely glass: a vaulted gable over the living room, clerestory glazing down the length of the plan, and doors onto the lawn from most of the principal rooms. Finishes are of the 1988 renovation.

The glazed gable end seen from the lawn: a tall triangle of glass under a low shingle roof, with the stone chimney beside it — The glazed gable from the lawn

Living room under the vaulted ceiling, a grand piano at one end and a wall of windows onto the garden — The living room

The Setting

Park on three sides, and the bay through the trees

Pacific Spirit Regional Park runs to 763 hectares of the University Endowment Lands' 1,200, and the Newton Wynd pocket sits inside it. The ground falls away north from the property toward Acadia Beach; English Bay and the North Shore mountains show through the boundary planting and open up from above.

Aerial looking north over the roof of the house to English Bay, the water filling the top half of the frame with the North Shore beyond — North over the roof to English Bay

Water and the North Shore mountains seen from the garden through a gap in the mature boundary trees — Through the boundary trees

The Gallery

The lot, the house, and the outlook

The rear elevation at dusk, the vaulted glass gable lit from within above the lawn — The Glazed Gable · At Dusk

The front elevation at dusk, low roofline and lit windows above the motor court — The Front Elevation · At Dusk

The street frontage: a brick gate pier and the driveway entrance under mature trees — The Street Frontage

The driveway curving across the front lawn toward the house between conifers — The Driveway Approach

The front entry and attached garage seen from the motor court, stucco walls and aged shingle roof — The Front Entry

The glazed gable end from the lawn, a tall triangle of glass under the low roof — The Glazed Gable

The rear elevation across the width of the lawn, the house low and long behind the grass — The Rear Elevation

The rear lawn running to the stone-clad wing of the house — The Rear Lawn

A tiled patio running along the garden face of the house — The Patio

The rear patio with steps down into the garden — The Patio · Steps to the Garden

An enclosed side courtyard with a path through to the garage — The Side Courtyard

Water and the North Shore mountains seen from the garden through a gap in the boundary trees — Through the Trees

A long-lens view north to the North Shore mountains over the treetops — North to the Mountains

The glazed entry room looking through to the interior hall, glass on three sides and stone tile underfoot — The Entry Room

The glazed entry room from the other end, skylights running overhead — The Entry Room · Skylit

The entrance hall looking back toward the front door along a polished floor — The Entrance Hall

Living room from the piano end, vaulted ceiling above and windows along the garden wall — The Living Room

Living room seating grouped in the window bay under the sloping ceiling — The Living Room · The Window Bay

Living room looking down the length of the window wall to the garden — The Living Room · The Window Wall

Living room open through to the dining room past a chandelier — Living to Dining

Dining room with a round table under a chandelier and a door onto the garden — The Dining Room

Dining room looking toward the garden doors and the lawn beyond — The Dining Room · To the Garden

Dining room against a lacquer screen wall with display cabinets alongside — The Dining Room · The Screen Wall

The den with a window onto the private garden and built-in shelving — The Den

The kitchen open to the family room, white cabinetry and a run of counter under the windows — Kitchen and Family Room

A hallway with the powder room opening off it — The Hall

The eating area looking back toward the kitchen — The Eating Area

The kitchen range wall with cooktop, oven and tiled splashback — The Kitchen · The Range Wall

The kitchen sink wall under a window onto the garden — The Kitchen · The Sink Wall

The kitchen looking toward the patio doors — The Kitchen · To the Patio

The eating area beside the garden doors, light across the floor — The Eating Area · Garden Doors

A bedroom with a sitting area beside the window and a wall of glass onto the garden — A Bedroom

A bedroom with a carved bedstead against a window wall — A Bedroom · The Window Wall

A bedroom with a window onto the garden and a chest of drawers — A Bedroom · Garden Window

A bedroom with a fireplace and a seating group in front of it — A Bedroom · The Fireplace

A bedroom with a chaise drawn up to the window — A Bedroom · The Chaise

A skylit bathroom vanity under a run of mirror — A Skylit Bathroom

A bathroom with a tub and a glazed shower enclosure alongside — A Bathroom · Tub and Shower

A skylit bathroom of the 1988 renovation: a tub against mirrored walls with a gold-framed shower enclosure and pink wall tile — The Skylit Bathroom · 1988

The powder room vanity with a mirror above it — The Powder Room

Aerial north over the roof of the house to English Bay and the North Shore beyond — From the Air · To English Bay

Aerial of the rear elevation centred on the glazed gable, the lawn running away in front of it — From the Air · The Gable

Aerial showing the whole lot and the surrounding block of large treed properties — From the Air · The Lot

Top-down view of the roof, the motor court and the driveway through the trees — From the Air · Overhead

Aerial of the rear elevation and the full width of the lawn — From the Air · The Lawn

Aerial along the garden boundary with the water showing through the trees — From the Air · The Boundary

Overhead view of the rear lawn and the roofline from directly above — From the Air · The Rear Lawn

Aerial panorama along the Point Grey shoreline, the beach and the treed bluff running the width of the frame with English Bay beyond — The Shoreline · Aerial Panorama

Aerial panorama over the neighbourhood toward the university campus, the water along the right of the frame — Toward the University · Aerial Panorama

The rear elevation across the full width of the lawn, the house low and long behind the grass with conifers closing the boundary — Level, and screened on every side.

The Particulars

What the listing sheet does not tell you

34,186 sq.ft. level lot · 127' × 264'

Single storey · no basement

Built 1955 by Topping's · renovated 1988

Vaulted glazed gable over the living room

Skylit entry and glazed garden room

Three bedrooms, each with its own bath

Separate den off the garden

Kitchen open to the family room

Attached garage · deep motor court

Enclosed side courtyard & tiled patios

Mature boundary planting on all sides

Enclosed by Pacific Spirit Regional Park

Hydro included in the annual taxes

University Endowment Lands · Province-administered

The Neighbourhood

The University Endowment Lands

Newton Wynd is not in the City of Vancouver. It sits in the University Endowment Lands, an unincorporated area of about 1,200 hectares that the Province governs directly — the only urban area in British Columbia it administers itself. Municipal-type services come from the Province through the UEL Administration; policing is the RCMP's University Detachment; fire cover is Vancouver Fire Rescue under contract. Mail is addressed to Vancouver, in the V6T postal area.

Seven hundred and sixty-three of those hectares are Pacific Spirit Regional Park, and the Newton Wynd pocket sits inside it, on the bluff above Acadia Beach. UBC's University Boulevard core is under a kilometre away.

Pacific Spirit Regional ParkAdjacent

Acadia Beach0.6 km

UBC campus core0.9 km

University Hill Elementary1.1 km

Spanish Banks2.3 km

University Hill Secondary2.4 km

Wreck Beach2.7 km

West Point Grey village3.4 km

Downtown Vancouver9.6 km

Vancouver International11.7 km

Distances are straight-line from the property's surveyed coordinates; road and walking distances are longer. Catchment schools were determined against the Vancouver School Board's published 2026 catchment boundaries — the Board may amend them and placement depends on space, so confirm with the VSB. Norma Rose Point School also serves the UBC area but is not the catchment school for this address.

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