Location:
Nestled amongst the soft rolling hills of the southwest slopes lies Rothesay. Rothesay is one of the most well appointed properties in the Young, Wallendbeen and Cootamundra districts boasting excellent working improvements & a magnificent homestead.
Rothesay is approximately 25km from Young & Cootamundra. Sydney is a 4 hour drive on the M5 motorway. Canberra is also very close being a very comfortable 1.5hr drive.
Rothesay is located on North Berthong Road where the country is well renowned for very high yielding crops & some exceptional sheep & cattle stocking rates allowing diversification which creates a very profitable farming business.
The Property:
Rothesay is an absolute pleasure to inspect & the absentee owners have enjoyed many long weekends which often turn into a week or two unwinding from their busy lives & entertaining their local & city friends. The property is extremely well set up & lends itself to a range of farming pursuits.
Currently Rothesay is running sheep which includes fine wool, prime lambs & cropping wheat & canola. An excellent agronomic program has been implemented & followed over the years making Rothesay a very profitable farming business.
The Homestead & Garden:
The Rothesay Homestead is something truly special carrying all the modern fittings & appliances that you would find in a large city home. This Interior Designed 1920's homestead has been fully renovated to the highest standards & is centrally heated. Evaporative cooling is ducted throughout the home. The Master bedroom has a dressing room and ensuite with heated floor. Two large Queen Size bedrooms adjoin a very large bathroom that includes walk-in shower, free standing bath, plus heated floors & towel racks. There is also a separate office / bedroom that includes an ensuite bathroom.
There is a double garage at the western end of the homestead that creates a central courtyard bounded by verandahs and masses of lavender and hedging.
Architect Richard Rowe designed a large new North facing kitchen/ living /dining room. It includes a pantry and wine room with raked timber ceilings and a log fire. This leads to a deep North facing , vine covered verandah allowing warmth in winter and cool in summer. Adjoining this room is a North East screened sunroom with glass sliding windows and heated floor. The sunroom is the most wonderful place to have breakfast & admire the garden & paddocks beyond the garden fence.
There is another large sitting room with a pool table and pot belly stove leading to a large mud room / laundry and additional toilet. Outside there is an Italian style vine covered and gravelled entertaining area with built-in barbecue.
Gay Stanton, well known landscape gardener, helped with the plan & structure of the garden. This easy care garden of expansive lawns and an extensive curved stone wall is designed to be uncluttered and focuses on the surrounding views and trees. An automatic irrigation system is installed for lawns and garden beds.
The garden was recently opened to the Open Garden Scheme.
Working Improvements:
The property is complemented by a very comprehensive list of improvements that make working "Rothesay" efficient & safe. There is a central laneway system & the fencing on the entire property is nearly all new making livestock handling simple & easy.
Working improvements include:
All Steel Prattley Sheep & Cattle Yards (Sheep race covered)
4 stand shearing shed
2 Electric bores fully reticulated to troughs through entire property
Machinery Shed plus workshop with concrete floor
Silos include 1 x 50 tonne HE sealed silo & 2 x Kotzer 40 tonne
3 bedroom cottage in great condition, fully renovated in 2002
"Rothesay" is something truly unique in so many ways. Complemented by one of the finest homesteads in the district plus a first class list of working improvements, "Rothesay" offers a fantastic lifestyle opportunity in the heart of what some regard as Australia's best mixed farming country. The vendors have renovated & maintained "Rothesay" to the highest standards & your closer inspection is recommended to appreciate its full potential.
Auction:
Friday 4th July 2014 at 10.30am
Venue Level 17, 135 King Street, Sydney
Jock Snodgrass 0427 402 083
