“Fermanagh”

Offers considered prior to Auction-Inspection by appointment only.

Indulge in a rich slice of Yass district history in the 100 year old, six bedroom Federation home built by the Crago family in 1909 and having only two other owners since. The Crago family, who owned the local Yass flour mill and later one in Sydney, built the home overlooking their sheep grazing country on the outskirts of Yass.

The home was built during a time of change from Victorian to Federation period and features solid double and cavity brick exterior walls, thick interior walls and an impressive entrance hallway. Pressed metal 10 1/2ft high Wunderlich ceilings grace the grandly proportioned rooms, most of which have French doors leading out to the wide verandahs surrounding three sides of the home.

This home stands on 1.15 hectares (2.8 acres). If more land is desired, an additional block of .6 hectares (1.48 acres) is available. Over the years many sympathetic changes and facilities have been added to create a comfortable family home. Fermanagh has six original fireplaces and its old laundry copper is still in place. There is an efficient slow combustion stove, but the principle form of heating is supplied by ducted natural gas.

Fermanagh Features

6 Bedrooms
Formal Sitting Room (4.9 x 6.9mts)
Formal Dining Room (4.6 x 8.26mts)with servery
Kitchen, walk-in-pantry, original woodstove and 900 Ilve duel stove
Family Room with slow combustion fire (9.15 x 4.27mts)
Bathroom with original claw foot bath
Laundry, with original triple concrete tubs and second shower and WC
Cypress Pine timber floors
Wide verandah with wooden ceiling
Natural gas connection for stove top and heating
10 cedar skirting boards
Cedar internal doors, architraves and picture rails
R4.5 insulation
Town water
Septic

Outbuildings

Brick apple house with fruit storage racks, separate tack room and garden shed
Wood shed
Original milking shed with bail
Outhouse with flush toilet and basin

Other features

Circular drive
Water tanks, original cylinder shape brick stand
Disused tennis court
Mature trees including palms, Monterey pine, bunya pine
Wisteria walk

Fermanagh has been subdivided to form a new community estate (Vashon) comprising of seven blocks. Each block adjoins only one other block as they are separated by community walking/riding trails. Besides the trails, there is private road access, a woolshed and carriage house on community land. The cost of community fees is approximately $150.00 per quarter.