Sir Edmund Hillary

PHOTO: BAYLEYS The 1908 villa, previously owned by Sir Edmund Hillary’s grandmother, has sold for $1.348 million at auction.

A 110-year-old villa where Sir Edmund Hillary spent his childhood has sold for $1.348 million under the hammer.

The four-bedroom home was built in 1910 and belonged to Hillary’s maternal grandmother, Harriet Clark.

In 2014, it was moved from Mt Eden to a 3000 square metre section in north Auckland’s Warkworth.

On Wednesday, it was auctioned off after a bidding war as two buyers went head to head.

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