'The Brackens' - a home of great artistry, beauty and surprise
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Description
***** SOLD *****
Built as a country house for Justice David Ferguson in 1930 The Brackens has evolved over the decades yet retained its exquisite trademarks and immense appeal. Significant Sorenson gardens embrace the house and both enhance and take advantage of the enviable location. Long views towards The Gib and walking tracks nearby are seductive enticements of the locale.
- Pavilion in style, the Brackens delivers much more on inspection than at first glance
- A self-contained pod (with kitchen, bathroom, living room and loft bedroom)is connected via undercover walkway
- Double garage with artists loft above
- Additional guest room/art studio an added bonus
- Subdivision approval for approx 1 acre with individual street front access, and its own lined double carport and mower shed
- Spring fed well, stone walls and water feature - Sorenson trademarks
- Hydronic gas heating throughout
- Spectacular sunroom with capacity for under floor heating and huge sliding stacked doors which reveal the garden and view beyond
- Original formal sitting room with Oregon lined raked ceiling, stunning feature open fireplace
- Study with built in desk and joinery
- Open plan living and dining adjacent to kitchen, slow combustion wood fire place
- Kitchen with Miele wall oven, S/S flued range, gas cook top Miele dishwasher
- Two bedrooms in main house, both with BIR
- Main bathroom with shower, bath, vanity & wc as well as additional powder room near entry
- Very generous laundry/sewing room/mudroom with fantastic storage and external access
- Stunning gardens, chook pen ,vege patches, golden ash, nyssa, sugar maple, pear, dogwood, maples to name a few
- Camellia covered entry through gorgeous gates, circular driveway, original terracotta tiled roof, Yorkstone paving, lovely stone walls, Sorenson spring fed water feature and bird bath
- Wine cellar under house
- 4 x rain fed water tanks to feed the garden
- Excellent proximity to The Gibraltar Hotel and golf course
Splendid inside and out.
