“Carinya” is a gracious turn-of-the-century house in Wellington, a pretty town in the Central West of NSW. It’s a home that has been renovated to modern standards but has retained its period charm.
The English-bond double brick house of 500 sq.m. Sits under a multi-pitched roof and the eastern aspect has twin gables and bay windows.
There are formal rooms of generous proportions and period plaster and Wunderlich pressed-metal ceilings, marble fireplace surrounds and six working fireplaces throughout.
It’s a home large enough to have comfortable rooms both winter and summer with cool areas to retreat from the summer heat and cozy rooms to keep warm in winter. Each bedroom is fitted with ceiling fans and reverse-cycle airconditioners. The northern verandah has its own reverse air-con. and the games/TV room has a slow- combustion fire as well as separate airconditioning. Ceiling fans are throughout the rooms and the southern verandah.
There are four bedrooms plus an office, formal dining, games and TV room and eat-in kitchen. There are two spacious verandahs – one open verandah facing the swimming pool and garden and a northern verandah with extra dining facilities and sewing/ironing area adjoining the 2nd bathroom cum laundry.
A handsome entrance gives a dramatic sense of arrival to the street frontage and at the back are a double garage and larger workshop and outside toilet (3rd) plus a third carparking shed. The automatic gates has made the property very private and secure.
The current owners have spent considerable time ensuring the garden adds to the majesty of the property. They have been recipients of four garden competition awards and during the peak of summer the colour is so rewarding. They have also installed a watering system to cover most garden beds and hoses usually cover the lawn areas quite adequately.
The 3030 sq.m. ground surrounding the house is planted with shrubbery and inground pool and full-sized tennis court. The property has been the venue for many functions.