Converted from an 1860s barn, and with many original and beautifully restored features, this stone cottage at Nairne in the Adelaide Hills needs nothing except a new owner to love it!
If you’re looking for something with character and charm, this two-story, three-bedroom property on a huge cottage garden allotment of near 1400sqm will reward your inspection.
Completely restored and converted from an original barn by previous owners, the heritage-listed cottage mixes modern convenience and practical design with the beauty, elegance and warmth of life in another century.
Jarrah timber boards downstairs and baltic pine floorboards upstairs, plus a beautiful timber kitchen and timber staircase all provide a truly warm and relaxing interior design. The use of timber is a design feature that links the open-plan downstairs kitchen and living areas with the upstairs bedrooms and bathroom.
The windows and doors at this property alone will have you holding your breath. Every detail, right down to original nail holes, boards and nuts and bolts have been retained and restored. There is even an old pull chain hanging from the cottage roof that used to be used to lift hay bales from the ground up into the loft.
The loft holds the three bedrooms and bathroom. All the bedrooms are of a good size and all have period-feature windows with views to the garden and other touches such as exposed timber beams built in the A-frame loft design.
While the house stays cool, thanks largely to the insulating qualities of the thick stone walls, the upstairs windows in the loft can all be opened out to catch the cooling night Hills’ air into the bedrooms. There is, however, also a reverse-cycle airconditioning unit for use on the hottest summer days.
It is cute and charming in the extreme, but the home doesn’t forget the practicalities of modern living. There is a separate downstairs toilet; slow-combustion wood fire, linen storage, pantry, separate laundry and a great additional storage space cleverly built and concealed beneath the stairs.
The gardens front and back, watered via an underground watering system, include cottage-style favourites such as lavender, roses, daisies, violets and iris.
With room in the huge back yard for future plans, such as construction of a separate shed/studio, or perhaps a swimming pool (subject to council consents), there is plenty of opportunity for new owners to add their own touch.
There is a two-car garage and additional shedding and the entire backyard is securely fenced, perfect for families and pets.
A building inspection, completed when the current owner bought the cottage, is available for view that comments on the structural soundness and excellent condition of the cottage.
Number 5 Daniel Court sits on the rural outskirts of Nairne, about 35 minutes drive from the city and 10 minutes from Mount Barker.