St Mary's Lodge ~ A Story Of Yesteryear Charm, antiquity and character exude from the stone walls of this significantly historic four bedroom residence. Built less than 10 years after the settlement of South Australia and one of the earliest examples of fine architecture and splendour, this is a rare and exclusive opportunity to capture the character and tradition laid down by the founders of Willunga's charming township. This slate roofed home sits on half an acre and has an absolutely picture perfect text book symmetrical facade. Fronted by a restored heritage stone wall, a pretty garden path bordered by roses and hollyhocks leads to the front door, accessed via the yawning front verandah with quaint wooden balustrades and a slate roof to match the main construction. A nostalgic journey through the home reveals a plethora of highly desirable early colonial features. Wooden paned windows, beautiful Baltic pine floorboards, wide architraves and skirting and pristine, huge slate slab floors contribute to the sense of stepping back in history. Preserved in time is the 1840's kitchen complete with its 19th century Jacka oven and open hearth and the original dairy room with slot ventilators tells the difficult tale of keeping cheeses and milk cool. 21st century modern conveniences meet bygone days and features include: * 4 large bedrooms all with romantic fireplaces * Modern country style Oak dining kitchen with 900mm built in stainless steel oven and rangehood and granite bench tops * Wide hallway leading to central atrium and long living room and formal dining spanning the entire width of the house * Sunny breezeway leading to bathroom with separate toilet, laundry and utility room * Raised sitting room with huge stone fireplace * Cellar room with rough gum tree trunk ceiling supports and slate slab flooring * Lofty 3.6 metre ceilings * Exposed stone walls * Solar hot water service * Ducted reverse cycle air conditioning throughout the main house * Alarm system * Pretty wrap around gardens, complementing the home with traditional planting including fragrant lavender and rosemary hedges and heritage roses * Large workshop with power * Spacious garage with double entrance doors * Raised vegetable garden * 2500l water tank * Lovely 8x6 metre pitched roof relaxed outdoor entertaining * 2025m2 block, 231m2 living area St Mary's Lodge has not changed hands for almost 15 years thus it is the greatest of honours to join the exclusive list of distinguished title holders of this wonderful home. It is now the rare privilege of the new owners to take their own place in history alongside our early pioneers and contribute to the fascinating stories held within these stone walls.

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