"Allambie" Circa 1847 | 27.27 Acres
Main Homestead | Settler’s Cottage | Stone Barn | Shearers Quarters | Historical Outbuildings
* Adjoining 325-acre vacant Title also available ‘St Ives Springs’, priced at $1,100,000 *
A landmark property with significant local historical value – one of the earliest farms in the district.
Established by early settler and local farming pioneer Wilhelm Werner in 1847, this 27-acre historic parcel remains the heart of what was a large sheep station.
Arriving at Allambie, you’ll follow the driveway past an ancient stone wall and gracefully aged trees – pear, almond and mulberry – until you reach the cluster of buildings, which includes:
– Historic main residence
– Settler’s cottage
– Shearers quarters (one room cottage)
– Significant stone shearing shed & barn
– Two stone cellars
– Stone outhouse
– Stable shed with adjoining workshop
– Modern high-bay implement shed
The main homestead exudes character with high ceilings, spacious rooms, a well-appointed kitchen, and a modern heritage-style bathroom plus laundry. Adjacent, an elevated pergola overlooks the grassed yard and firepit.
The Settler’s Cottage, remarkably well-preserved for its age, features two bedrooms, a bathroom, kitchen, living room, and storage areas, with potential for further improvement, particularly in what was the original kitchen space (currently a store room).
The Shearers Quarters is a single-room stone cottage with timber floors and an open fireplace, previously used as both an office and a bedroom.
The stone shearing shed is a beautiful and well-preserved early structure, still functional with a shearing stand and associated yards.
The undulating land is divided into paddocks, with a natural watercourse and two dams on the lower ground.
Allambie offers a superb near-city rural lifestyle, just 10 minutes from Mount Barker and 45 minutes from Adelaide’s CBD.
