28 Clearview Street

Bowral NSW 2576

This incredible home offers both rare, historical beauty and a thoroughly modern wow factor to rival any episode of Grand Designs. Inglewood presents to the world as a 112-year-old trachyte (blue stone) cottage it is one of only seven homes in the district made from this beautiful, locally-quarried rock. Wander through the original, renovated front cottage and you will eventually come upon a large recent extension that is nothing short of a masterpiece. It blends historic sensibility and modern architectural excellence. Together they form a rambling and fabulous family home that flows seamlessly to the landscaped back garden and the original stables building.
This quarter-acre of Old Bowral heaven has its modern heart in the north-facing rear extension and family living/kitchen area. It has been designed to harvest the winter sun but remain cool in summer. The passive solar design, including roof angles and overhang, have been meticulously researched and built to maximize comfort and reduce power consumption. With the hydronic radiators on in winter, the house is toasty warm, yet the electricity bill is small the extensive insulation and thick stone and brick walls of the original part of the building hold the temperatures perfectly in all seasons.
The colourful cottage garden at the front belies a gracious, calming back garden featuring a seventy-year-old oak tree, a birch grove and beautiful level landscaping. Amidst this splendour sit the stables the original stable building which has been taken apart and lovingly rebuilt with the original timber, nail by nail. It is currently a two-room storage building, but it is ripe for renovation a unique self-contained granny flat or garden studio is easy to imagine (STCA).