Description
Properties with views like this come along once in a lifetime. A magic outlook mixed with historic significance combine in this truly enchanting package. The perfect weatherboard country house, 16 acres of undulating green land for your small holding and one of the Highland's most coveted addresses: welcome to 'Fernleigh'. Built c1892 and overlooking the beautiful waters of the Wingecarribee Reservoir in Kangaloon, you are surrounded by green but only minutes to Bowral town centre.
Beautifully restored, the home includes 11-foot ceilings, period features and wrap around verandas. An enchanting country kitchen offers a Falcon range, butler's pantry and stone benchtops. Three bedrooms and three bathrooms, a wood combustion fire and a mudroom provide comfortable, country-style living. In your guest cottage in the garden, a fully restored double bedroom and ensuite provides guests with true comfort and privacy, or earn passive income on Airbnb. There is another small cottage used as a games room: its charming raked ceilings and exposed beams fire the imagination – it could be utilised for many purposes including further guest accommodation.
The wildlife and birdlife is abundant here: enjoy kangaroos at dusk and rolling mists across the hills at dawn. For those seeking to house animals, three paddocks have cattle and goat proof fencing, and a smaller paddock offers an animal shelter. Infrastructure includes a cattle grid and crush, 110,000 litre water tank capacity, a spring fed dam and large pond, 5kW solar panels, detached double garage, 3-bay machinery shed, chicken run, orchard and vegetable gardens.
Located moments to the divine Kangaloon Public School and just ten minutes to excellent private schools, supermarkets, Harris Farm Markets and wonderful cultural and culinary businesses, 'Fernleigh' is 'escape to the country' with utterly wonderful views.
