Held in the same family for 5 generations this property is a once in a lifetime opportunity to secure a piece of settlement history and truly make your mark. Quality farming land frames the original 1860's stone cottage, there is extensive shedding including a stone shearing shed plus a secure water supply.
"Hillview" by name and nature offers a picturesque outlook on a quiet side road with no close neighbours. Renovators and treasure hunters will be interested in the farming paraphernalia that comes with the property affording a unique window into the past. Restore the stone buildings, tidy up the sheds and reap the rewards of turning back time.
Bring your vision and consider breathing new life into the original homestead. Built in the 1860's there is work to be done within these walls, but the rewards will be many. Comprising 6 main rooms plus various additions it's certainly a project worthy of your contemplation.
The farm is proven for producing fat lambs but is equally suited to cattle and horses. Capable of carrying approximately 150 ewes it is prime grazing country with all the core facilities. Divided in to approximately 8 main paddocks, the fencing is in reasonable condition with mostly hinge joint + plain and barb wire strands. It's classic hills countryside with lush pastures and magnificent ancient gum trees dotted with a few rocky outcrops.
Water is guaranteed with the security of mains water plus multiple other options. These include over 200,000 litres of tank water storage, stock dams, a spring fed winter creek, and the opportunity to explore existing wells or an unequipped bore. The choices are many.
Held by the same family since the first settlement, this represents a rare chance to capture a slice of our nation's past and make it your own.
Residence:
Stone 6 room cottage built in 1860's. Various additions over time.
Eat in country kitchen, wood & electric stoves.
3 beds, 1 bath, formal dine + 2 living rooms.
Lean-to addition with bathroom/laundry facility.
Additional storerooms in lean-to.
External shower & toilet for shearers in veranda.
Wide veranda's, rear veranda fully enclosed.
Single phase to residence, 3 phase to some shedding.
Electric hot water service.
Shedding:
Stone 3 stand shearing shed, 14.4m x 6.5m plus store room. 3 phase power. Part concrete and part slat timber flooring for sheep shearing area.
Workshop, 7.8m x 4.6m. 3 phase power and concrete floor.
Hay shed 18m x 7.8m. Dirt floor, no power.
Implement shed (next to garage) 12.2m x 7.5m. Dirt floor, no power.
Garage, 6m x 7m. Brick floor, no power.
Numerous other sundry sheds.
Numerous other outbuildings.
Water:
Mains water connected.
Two small dams for stock water.
3 wells, unequipped. x1 stone, x2 timber lined.
Two 75,000 litre rainwater tanks.
One squatter's tank, approx. 37,500 litres.
One poly tank for stock water. Approx. 22,500 litres.
Bore unequipped and not in use.
Spring fed winter creek.
Rainfall averages 500 550mm p.a.
Legal Information:
Barossa Council zoned
Certificate of Title Volume 5840 Folio 616
Lot 42, Filed Plan 18313.
Council Rates $..TBA.. per annum.
Mains Water $71 per quarter.
Two road frontages to both Hillview and Schrapels Roads.
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