Best offers by 1:00pm Tuesday 27th October (unless sold prior)
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To ensure an appropriate viewing experience for this exceptional estate, prospective purchasers are asked to contact the agent directly to discuss and confirm their attendance prior to the advertised inspection time.
From bluestone manor to full-scale modern showpiece, Woodforde House's latest chapter might just be its best yet.
Built in 1880 and held by only three owners across almost a century and a half, this is heritage without the handbrake, meticulously restored, boldly reimagined, and propelled into its next century with every luxury firmly in place.
And what a transformation it is.
Sprawling grounds set the scene before soaring ceilings, marble fireplaces, grand proportions, and intricate detail take over inside. Hybrid timber floors, plush carpets, and a fresh palette soften the edges, letting old and new speak exactly the same language.
A sweeping central hallway makes an entrance, drawing you past a magnificent formal lounge where a wide bay window holds court.
Then the whole house shifts gear.
Wrapped in glass and opening straight to the pool, a vast open-plan domain brings living, dining, and entertaining together around a Pebble gas fireplace. Summer spills outside, winter gathers around the fire, and everything connects.
The kitchen rises to every recipe, layering stone benchtops over a suite of high-performing Miele appliances, with a waterfall island forming the social stage. Behind it, a fully equipped butler's pantry takes the pressure off, or the party up a notch with extensive prep space, storage, and Zip tap.
Even the practical spaces refuse to be ordinary. An oversized laundry doubles as a fully equipped mudroom, flowing through to a flexible home office where the original stove remains as a reminder of just how far this home has come.
Beyond, the reinvention keeps rolling. A gabled pavilion brings a full outdoor kitchen to the pool's edge for every occasion alfresco. Even the original chapel has joined the evolution, reborn as a poolside bathroom for effortless post-swim rinses.
When it's time to retreat and reset, the main bedroom suite claims its own wing downstairs - private, indulgent, and beautifully removed from the action, complete with a walk-in robe and luxe ensuite.
Upstairs, four oversized bedrooms surround an impressive family bathroom, where the original clawfoot tub brings a hit of old-world indulgence back into play. Kids, guests, grandkids there's room for every chapter.
And still it goes higher. Climb the ladder and a rooftop terrace lifts you above it all, revealing an entirely different perspective on the 2,581sqm below.
Manicured, irrigated gardens and established fruit trees wrap around an epic lawn, while an oversized workshop brings serious utility beneath a lofted rumpus room ready to take on whatever comes next.
Naturally, a home like this doesn't stop at four cars. An oversized four-car garage extends into a glass-walled gallery garage and home gym, all seamlessly connected back to the house by an atrium link.
And somehow, there's still more below. The original cellar has been transformed into a home theatre, while a concealed wine tasting room waits quietly behind the scenes part hideaway, part collector's dream.
Extensive solar, ducted reverse-cycle air conditioning, ceiling fans, electric gates, irrigation, security system CCTV, and extensive built-in storage bring modern edge to an estate that otherwise feels completely removed from the everyday.
The Tower Hotel handles knock-offs, Magill Foodland and Firle Shopping Centre cover the everyday, Burnside Village brings the labels, and Penfolds Cellar Door puts one of Australia's most iconic wine names practically on the doorstep. Magill Primary and Norwood International High provide the zoning, some of Adelaide's best private schools sit within easy reach, and the CBD is just 15 minutes away.
146 years, one hell of a reinvention Woodforde House isn't simply ready for its next owner; it's ready for its next century.
More to love:
Built in 1880 by William Uren, with a rich history spanning the Uren and Nightingale families
Thoroughly and meticulously restored throughout fully replumbed, rewired, and reroofed
Heritage features throughout soaring square set ceilings, pressed tin, tiled return veranda, picture rails
Marble and timber fireplaces, with scope for operational reinstatement
10kw solar panel system
Ducted r/c air-cond throughout, with additional split system to loft
Ceiling fans & pebble gas fire to living
Four car garage with auto roller door and storage, plus additional single display garage
Electric front gate & intercom system
Auto irrigation & lawn sprinkler system
Underfloor heating to main bathroom & ensuite
Freestanding garage workshop with roller door and lofted rumpus room
Inground, fully tiled pool and spa with gas heating provisions
Gourmet kitchen, stone benchtops, contrast cabinetry, Miele appliances, including dual ovens, wide gas cooktop, and integrated dishwasher
Outdoor kitchen with Zielger & Brown gas BBQ and drinks fridge
Specifications:
CT / 5554/285
Council / Campbelltown
Zoning / Gn
Built / 1880
Land / 2581m2 (approx)
Council Rates / $pa
Emergency Services Levy / $pa
SA Water / $pq
Estimated rental assessment / Written rental assessment can be provided upon request
Disclaimer: All information provided has been obtained from sources we believe to be accurate, however, we cannot guarantee the information is accurate and we accept no liability for any errors or omissions (including but not limited to a property's land size, floor plans and size, building age and condition). Interested parties should make their own enquiries and obtain their own legal and financial advice. RLA | 226409
