WIDCOMBE 

Widcombe... An heirloom Adelaide Hills home, ideal for entertaining and family life.

If this beautiful country home seems familiar, you may well have come across its namesake in your travels or while flicking through the pages of a glossy magazine. Faithfully replicated amidst Aldgate's most prestigious properties sits the graceful Palladian facade of Widcombe Manor, Bath's finest Georgian residence.

As with the grand country house for which it is named, this Widcombe enjoys a peaceful and private park-like setting, only scaled down to fit neatly into just under two and a half very usable and manageable acres, with plenty of space for a swimming pool and tennis court.

With its perfect symmetry and profusion of Georgian sash windows, every room is sun-kissed and enjoys superb views over immaculate lawns and neighbouring woodland. Years hence, your children and grandchildren will look back on dream childhoods spent fishing for yabbies in the iris swathed creek, collecting freshly-laid eggs from the chook house and having school friends sleep over in the huge attic room with its magical Harry Potteresque entry, cleverly concealed in the centrally located study.

The interior is no less impressive with graceful classical ceilings, open fireplaces and a magnificent dovetailed mahogany staircase that welcomes in the grand entrance hall, with polished jarrah underfoot. On either side, double doors provide a seamless flow between the elegant formal rooms in a traditional floor plan that recognizes open-plan living is not the be-all and end-all.

A warm and inviting country house kitchen adjoins the dining room where it will never detract from a sensitively furnished dinner table. Cook the food you love with quality European stainless steel appliances and get organized with plenty of useful storage including a walk-in corner pantry. French doors open to a breakfast terrace and, steps away, a large wisteria-clad pergola with halcyon views across the lily pond, perfect for those long leisurely summer barbecues.

French doors in the family room allow for easy access to parking beneath a stand of mighty oaks and to the triple garage at the rear.

Wake to the sight of ducks on the wing from the elegant master bedroom where daily luxuries include a walk-through robe with separate cupboards for him and her, and a full ensuite bathroom with claw foot bathtub and marble-topped vanity. The romance of open fires can be enjoyed in the master suite and bedroom three with the second bedroom benefiting from private balcony access to the family bathroom.

Complete with a downstairs bathroom and laundry, ducted reverse cycle air conditioning, two bores, water tanks, circular driveway plus shedding, this quintessential gentlemans residence is a unique and exciting find even in this prestigious neighbourhood. Surrounded by excellent schools, minutes from the heart of Stirling and fast freeway access to Adelaide's CBD, opportunities like this are extremely rare.