Beautifully Restored Colonial Masterpiece For Sale Goulburn District NSW

Rare Opportunity to Acquire Heritage-Listed Rural Homestead 

The sale of heritage-listed ‘Raeburn’ is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to acquire one of Australia’s finest colonial homesteads. The estate has been meticulously restored and modernised to create gracious country living on 154 hectares of prime grazing land.

Above: ‘Raeburn was modelled on the colony’s original Old Government House and retains all its past glory

First established by the pioneering Chisholm family in the 1850s, and modelled on the colony’s original Old Government House, ‘Raeburn’ retains all its past glory with thirteen-foot-high decorative ceilings, stunning original cedar millwork, marble fireplaces, stone cellar and magnificent stable complex with vast hay loft, stalls, tack room and carriage house.

‘Raeburn’s’ recent modern comforts include a champion-size tennis court, a salt-water swimming pool, and stunning interior flourishes such as European wallpapers, Perrin & Rowe tapware and Fanuli lighting.

Above: ‘Raeburn’ features marble fireplaces and a beautiful eat-in country kitchen featuring five-oven Aga 

The house, restored at the hands of renowned heritage architect Howard Tanner, boasts eight bedrooms and four elegantly renovated bathrooms, a beautiful eat-in country kitchen featuring a five-oven Aga and open fireplace, and a six-car garage that could be utilised as a function room.

Outside, the three-acres of garden have been shaped by landscape-designer extraordinaire Peter Fudge to both make the most of the breathtaking northerly vistas and to provide tranquil rooms of colour from red oaks, maples, snow pears and liquid ambers and an array of French lavender.

Above: ‘Raeburn’ boasts stunning interior flourishes such as European wallpapers, Perrin & Rowe tapware and Fanuli lighting

The grounds and stone-walled orchard and vegetable garden are as productive as they are beautiful with olive, bay, mulberry, quince, pear, apple, peach and fig trees, plus a truffière of approximately 50 truffle trees. The vast lawns, including a croquet court, are serviced by underground irrigation.

The many beautiful stone walls throughout the garden were built by a local legend, now retired Irish stonemason, Brian Doyle and his sons.

Taking pride and place in the front turning circle is the Hybrid Strawberry Tree (Cyprus x Irish). Sometimes living 300 years, the tree is believed to have been planted in the 1840’s and is listed on the National Registry of Australia’s Most Important Trees and has been grafted by the National Arboretum in Canberra.

Above: ‘Raeburn’s’ gardens have been shaped by landscape-designer Peter Fudge and feature a Hybrid Strawberry Tree planted in the 1840’s

Beyond the homestead and walled gardens, ‘Raeburn’s’ 154 hectares (379 acres) of prime grazing country overlooking the stunning Breadalbane Plains has been pasture improved with Australian phalaris rye and clover, as well as regular spreading of single super and Mo, and several large releases of Dung Beatles bought from the CSIRO.

The farm typically supports an average of 120 cows with 120 weaners sold each year. Fencing includes extensive traditional hardwood post and rail fencing around the homestead block.

Above: ‘Raeburn’ boasts a magnificent stable complex and prime grazing country overlooking the stunning Breadalbane Plains

‘Raeburn’ has ample water supply with four dams, two bores and two 130,000-litre cement underground water tanks.

Ideally located on the edge of the Southern Highlands, a two-hour drive from Sydney and 45 minutes from Canberra, rural properties of this calibre and historic significance are rarely on the market. ‘Raeburn’ is for the buyer seeking an exquisitely modernised piece of Australian rural history, secluded yet only minutes to the region’s gourmet wine and food destinations, and an easy drive from Sydney and Canberra.

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