Avoca

'Mossbrook' - The best of Country Living

This beautiful offering on 106 rolling green acres, which began life c1875 as a weatherboard cottage, has been lovingly transformed into an expansive, elegantly decorated five-bedroom family home with all the country trimmings. 'Mossbrook' features a guest cottage, stables and a tennis court to complete an irresistible package located just ten minutes from Moss Vale and fifteen minutes from Bowral.

Spacious, gracious living areas abound in this home, and the country kitchen with Aga and all modern cooking amenities, a huge butler's pantry and a servery through to a formal dining room are perfect for large country dinner parties. The master suite, situated at one end of the house, includes a walk-in-robe and library and has an adjoining bedroom and ensuite, both overlooking the most delightful cool-climate gardens filled with bulbs for spring colour.

Features adding to the country romance of 'Mossbrook' include timber lining boards, open and combustion fireplaces, French doors to verandas with stunning garden vistas and a dedicated mudroom that leads to a beautiful, low maintenance six-acre garden filled with mature European trees. Japanese maples provide autumnal brilliance at the entry and the rear gardens host a giant sequoia tree that appears to have stood sentry for all of time.

Across the garden, the luxurious converted one-bedroom guest cottage, once a dairy, with its own slow combustion fireplace, opens to a flagstone paved entertaining area. A huge machinery shed and a very large garden shed are conveniently located near the country-style gardens. A creek meanders through the property.

Special features of this home include:

Farm infrastructure: 6 dams with water plumbed to animal troughs and garden; a bore and cattle crush
Paddocks currently used for crops and agistment of 60 head of cattle120,000 litre water tank fed from house rainwaterA 4-stable complex with feed room, tack room and four post-and-rail horse yards
13 kW solar panel systemAttached double garageDucted reverse-cycle air conditioning plus fireplaces and some underfloor heating
Competition-sized tennis court with a Rebound Ace surface
Enter through charming electronic gates and drive down the tree-lined driveway to a romantic Southern Highlands' farm with a coveted Avoca address that will steal your heart. Only a short drive to the schools, medical facilities and boutiques of Southern Highland villages and townships, the property is located just five minutes from the picturesque village of Burrawang - a hub for coffee and food and the location of the welcoming and relaxed Burrawang Village Hotel. 'Mossbrook' is country living with a very stylish twist.