Pineleigh is a traditional country style homestead with expansive Australian cedar flooring, and French doors opening onto the wide, shady verandahs which surround the house. There are 4 spacious bedrooms in the main house and separate guest accommodation above the attached coachouse. The house features 3 metre ceilings, 3 phase ducted air-conditioning, formal lounge and dining room and a large country style kitchen with bespoke cabinetry and granite benchtops. The kitchen opens onto a screened entertaining area overlooking the pool and rose gardens. The property extends to 42 acres of rich level, highly productive pasture which is well fenced and watered by troughs. The farm is currently being used for beef cattle grazing and is also well suited to horses. There is a large machinery shed with a lock up storage area and good access for heavy vehicles. Extensive tree planting provides plenty of shelter for stock and there is a 4 hectare harvestable flooded gum plantation which is mature and provides grazing and shelter. The Victorian Style homestead was established in 1998 and is set in a magnificent garden with sweeping lawns, formal rose gardens and magnificent old fig trees. All gardens have irrigation systems ensuring that everything can be easily watered, in even the driest of seasons, and extensive shade trees provide plenty of shade and shelter from the wind. Water is from the urban water supply with extra supply from a water tank on the shed. Pineleigh is located in the historic rural settlement of Duckenfield - one of the oldest settlements in the Hunter Valley. It was part of the famous original "Duckenfield Estate" and traces its first cottage back to 1854. Duckenfield retains a unique rural character with lush pasture and crops, beef and dairy cattle and horses filling the landscape. This tranquil rural lifestyle can be enjoyed while at the same time being only 25 minutes from Newcastle CBD, 25 minutes from Williamtown Airport, 10 minutes from the M1 motorway and 5 minutes from the historic village of Morpeth.
