From working dairy to equine paradise to postcard-pretty lifestyle property; Oxford Farm has evolved like the beloved C1900 homestead that watches over a 69-acre holding with livestock-ready paddocks, creek, stables, studio, prolific shedding, soul-soothing views and those starry country nights on repeat.
Multiple generations of the one family have known what it's like to make the beautiful approach up the sweeping driveway of this bore-fed property with a rare, largely-level outlook from every direction.
Federal Speaker Archie Cameron was among the property's early pioneers, working the land in 1954 with cattle and potato crops whenever parliamentary duties in Canberra allowed.
What was a modest cottage was ingeniously extended to include a vast open-plan family room and a dual-level barn-style wing that gives kids and guests alike a sense of retreat in a home that knows how to bring big crowds together.
A light and airy atrium-style entry foyer marks the transition between the barn and a main living zone with soaring 3.5m-high ceilings, Blackbutt floors and vast windows capturing those long-range rural views. Not another soul in sight.
The social hub; a custom kitchen with Smeg appliances, an expansive timber topped island/breakfast bar and deep storage.
Restored beyond its former glory, the original cottage hosts the main bedroom, bathroom, home office, and a formal living zone with jarrah floors and a copper-capped feature fireplace.
You can retreat to the cottage while the kids find true refuge in the large media room or the barn's dual living zones and bedrooms on both of its levels.
For those who crave complete autonomy will never want to leave the updated separate studio on a property prolific with outbuildings for every kind of machine, toy, animal and endeavour…
Ten paddocks, electric fencing, gravity-fed troughs, cattle yards with crush and ramp, a round yard, eight horse day yards with shelters, a functional horse swimming facility, workshop and a shed with 10 stables, wash bay and feed area only scrape the surface.
Its place in the world seals the deal with that rare Adelaide Hills combination of deep-country quiet and real-world reach, placing Oakbank, Balhannah, Verdun's Forth Hill Providore, Balhannah Foodland, Onkaparinga Valley Road transport and Oakbank Area School within easy orbit, while those stars and silence make the city feel a world away despite the CBD and Adelaide Airport sitting roughly 30 and 40 minutes away. It's your world now.
Features to note:
• A genuine working-lifestyle estate with the rare mix of romance, scale, water security, equine infrastructure, cattle capability, guest accommodation and serious shedding already in place
• C1900 Oxford Farm, held by the same family for 46 years
• Periodically in extended four-bedroom main residence, plus studio
• 150,000 litres of rainwater storage plumbed to the home
• Brand-new bore producing approx. 3,500 gallons per hour
• Water licence covering above and below ground water, including creek pumping rights
• Approx. one kilometre of creek frontage
• Three-phase power, Starlink internet and instant gas hot water
• Split-system air conditioning, slow-combustion heating and ducted underfloor heating to the TV room
• Rewired and replumbed in 2000
• New bathroom and flooring to the upper barn completed in 2020
• Old stables/carport/storage room, approx. 19m x 6m
• New stables 21m x 21m (10 stables)
• Bottom hay shed approx. 18m x 6m, top hay shed approx. 15m x 6m
• Truck/float carport approx. 11m x 4m, plus 4m x 4m woodshed
• Former dairy adapted as workshop/storage
• Bore-fed irrigation reticulating to gardens, roses, troughs and taps
• High-roofed shedding designed to catch water and ready for future solar
• Paddocks historically used for Angus cattle and fertilised with Hay Boost at the start of winter
• Zoned to Oakbank Area School
• Easy reach to Oakbank, Balhannah, Verdun and Hahndorf
• Close to Balhannah Foodland for everyday shopping
• Forth Hill Providore in Verdun for coffee and local provisions
• Public transport available from Onkaparinga Valley Road, Balhannah
• Moments from horse-country roads, riding routes and rural holdings
• A short drive to Adelaide Hills wineries, cellar doors, pubs, produce stores and weekend markets
• Within reach of Mount Barker, Stirling and the South Eastern Freeway
CT | 6221/662
Council | Adelaide Hills Council
Zoning | PRuL - Productive Rural Landscape
Built | 1910
Land | 28.13HA (approx)
Council Rates | $4,455.67
Emergency Services Levy | $389.45pa
Estimated rental assessment | Written rental assessment can be provided upon request
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Harcourts Adelaide Hills - RLA 158908.
