Charming, Historic, and Renovated!
This is one of historic Old Noarlunga’s early stone homes, with well documented history about its original owners.
Sympathetically restored and maintained over the years, this characterful 2/3 bedroom home retains so many charming features: high ceilings fire places timber floors beautiful windows French doors a dry cellar a picturesque bull nose verandah and more!
Other valuable features in Bickleigh Cottage include:
Built of local stone during the 1890′s this cottage is believed to be built by Richard Ferris for his daughter Jane who married Hurtle Gepp, a blacksmith.
Paved bull-nosed front verandaha lovely spot to sit and enjoy.
Touches of delicate lead-lighting around the beautiful front doors.
Enchanting picket fence and front gate with rambling rosesa sensory delight!
Private gardens set behind timber lattice screening
Rewired including under ground power during the early 1990′s (circuit breakers (E.L.C.) is installed
Charmingly renovated bathroom
Lovely wide timber rear deckideal for alfresco dining
Brick wood fired bread/pizza oven
Very handy two road frontages, with a detached car garage and workshop off Edward Street, and a generous parking space off Malpas Street.
This delightful cottage is beautifully located in the historic precinct of Old Noarlunga, with the river a few metres away, the local Primary School over the road and the convenience of Seaford Rise shopping/and medical facilities around five minutes drive away. Old Noarlunga is the first hamlet off the Southern Expressway, and so commuting to the city is a breeze from Bickleigh Cottage ‘ .
In the other direction, the delights of the McLaren Vale Wine Region, and Wine Coast await!
Bickleigh Cottage is a short walk (about 10 mins) from the new Seaford Meadows Railway Station which is due to become operational (as Adelaide’s first electric train) in 2013.
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