Auction Location: In Rooms, Jurds Real Estate, 10 Allandale Road, Cessnock.
Constructed by Samuel Clift circa 1853, Clifton is steeped in history and surrounded by park-like grounds in the picturesque Hunter Valley.
Set on a parcel of approximately 7 acres, the two-storey homestead stands proudly with an adjacent convict-built servant's quarters, coach-house and gardeners cottage. As you step inside the main residence, original tessellated tile verandahs, stunning stained glass sidelights, extensive pressed-metal ceilings and beautiful hand-crafted cedar joinery set an expectation which is only surpassed as you move through the home. On the ground-floor, a formal dining room, kitchen, lounge and open extension provide abundant living spaces and a generous bedroom and bathroom allow for living on one level if required. Most rooms have ornate fireplaces, more pressed-metal ceilings and endless cedar joinery. Upstairs, four large bedrooms with fireplaces and a study, storage room and bathroom join a central hall which also opens to the upstairs balcony with views across the surrounding countryside. An underground sandstone cellar completes a spectacular residence.
Adjacent to the homestead are the convict-built sandstone-block servant's quarters with kitchen, laundry and two upstairs loft bedrooms. Further through the garden is a one-bedroom gardeners cottage or office with kitchenette and finally a huge coach-house which has been used for storage but would make an amazing function space, conference facility, art studio as well as plenty of other uses. All buildings have amazing original features and generally in good order and the coach-house has recently been re-roofed.
The grounds are spectacular with hundred and fifty year old fig trees and a beautiful bottle tree set around a central pond. This area has hosted many weddings and functions.
The balance of the acreage could be developed further with zoning supporting agriculture, animal boarding, bed and breakfast accommodation, camping grounds, caravan parks, cellar door premises, cemeteries, community facilities, crematoria, dual occupancies, eco-tourist facilities, educational establishments, farm stay accommodation, helipads, home businesses, home industries, information and education facilities, markets, places of public worship, plant nurseries, recreation areas, recreation facilities (outdoor), roadside stalls, rural industries, rural supplies, signage and veterinary hospitals.
A once-in-a-lifetime restoration project or commercial venture, one thing is certain – this is an exceptionally rare offering. Located less than 20 minutes to the vineyards, restaurants and concert venues of Hunter Valley Wine Country, it is also within 15 minutes to shopping, hospitals and schools of Maitland and only 30 minutes to the CBD and beaches of Newcastle.
AUCTION: Thursday, 4th March 2021 @ 6pm (if not sold prior)
VENUE: Jurds Real Estate, 10 Allandale Road, Cessnock
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