'Wistow House' ~ 22 acres
The classic stone, return verandah Villa, Circa 1870 with modern extension, offers 8 main rooms and is privately situated and surrounded by lush grounds and gardens, with many mature gums, pines and European trees.
The original home offers well proportioned rooms, all but one room with ornate fire place (mostly Victorian), lofty ceilings some with the rare pressed metal feature. Further embellishments of that era include leadlight features in the windows and doors. Slate flooring extends from the kitchen area to the formal lounge, the said formal lounge offers a fire place with a built in slow combustion Orana log fire. There is also a Daiken split system. The formal lounge extends to the formal dining with an inbuilt electric fire in the Victorian fire place surround.
The central hallway leads to four double size bedrooms - three of which offer the Victorian fireplace, one with ornate tile inserts (two of the bedrooms are currently used as home office spaces). Two of the bedrooms also offer two door floor to ceiling robes. There are also polished Baltic Pine floors throughout.
The very spacious light and bright kitchen/family area, with recent refurbishment - offers walk in pantry, double sink, Euromaid 4 hot plate stove, Artic extractor fan and Euromaid dishwasher. The Eastern side return verandah also links to the 15m x 12m undercover pergola, a very spacious, well protected entertainment area, linking with the kitchen.
The bathroom is also very spacious with vanity, shower and bath and a separate toilet, also with vanity. The adjoining laundry offers built ins and a second toilet.
Next to the South Western area of the residence, the 12m x 7m structure provides for three car undercover parking. The relatively modern septic system soakage system has also been extensively upgraded and enlarged - two soakage trenches have been installed.
To the West of the residence there is a large, modern fully lined studio with adjoining high clearance animal shelter. Nearby, the original Besser brick dairy with now, two stables and a tack/feed room. There are also animal shelters nearby (plus separate yarding) all under the shade of pines, big gums and huge majestic Ash tree. Also a large high fenced area, which could well serve as a protected vegetable patch.
Fencing has been upgraded with equine mesh to enhance animal safety. There are four main paddocks and four smaller local paddocks. Electric fencing has also been installed. Water supply to the home is via a rain water collection tank. Water to the property is excellent with a functional bore supplying quality water at 650ppm (approx). There are five auto drinkers in the day yards plus four large 200 litre automatically filled drinkers in the main paddocks, plus a stock dam.
The land overall is gently undulating with good productive sandy loam over clay soils and dotted with majestic gums. Notably a soil report (actioned) and weed control measures/practices have properly controlled cape weed, deep night shade, fireweed and marshmallow weed from the pastures - the resultant success of which the owners hay is highly sought after, given its low sugar content.
From the moment one drives up and along the very private property entrance and around to the frontage of the residence - the immediacy of style, character and privacy is truly compelling.
A Rural zone, yet just minutes from Mount Barker with all its vast array of amenities, together with just so many educational schools both public and private, furthermore just 35 minutes from Adelaide.
In essence, in terms of lifestyle - equal the best that Australia can offer.
