Brindley Park is a unique and special country estate offering a remarkable blend of old 19th century heritage and modern 21st century accommodation. It holds a special place in the history of Australian agriculture and is now offered for sale with approximately 320 acres.
Brindley Park includes a magnificent Neo-Palladian inspired residence, colonial guest house, library, games/summer house, heritage stables, tennis court, pool, magnificent English style gardens and frontage to the Merriwa River.
Brindley Park would make a world class tourism destination or private residence of grand proportions. Located in the Upper Hunter region of NSW, a 1.5hr drive from Pokolbin's wine, food, and tourism icons, and approximately 3hr easy drive from Sydney.
Main Residence
One of the most striking and opulent buildings you will see in the Australian landscape. The Neo-Palladian inspired residence includes Indian sandstone columns and faade, tessellated granite flooring, five-metre ceilings, slate roof, Teak panelled entry, and hand-carved marble fireplaces.
Colonial Guest House
Sandstone residence featuring original Australian red cedar wood panelling, doorways, and architraves. It has been completely restored offering a 6-bedroom guest house with opulent bathrooms and ensuites.
The Library
Indian sandstone with hand carved marble fireplace, timber book shelving, high dome ceiling and an ideal room to relax, read and unwind.
Games/Summer House
A separate timber building with five-metre-wide screened verandas, pool, woodfire pizza oven, BBQ, games room with fireplace and full gas kitchen facilities and bathroom.
Heritage Stables
Magnificent timber slab building which is currently used as an office, storage and staff parking. The stables would make an impressive meeting centre, gallery or separate accommodation venue.
Gardens
The impressive gardens are centred around the basic design concepts of Capability Brown and other renowned English and continental European landscapers.
Historic Woolshed
One of the great shearing sheds in rural Australia. Extensively renovated in 2009 and would make an excellent tourism venue.
Land & Soil
The soil type is rich, dark basalt and suitable for crops and improved pasture species. Mostly all arable with contours and laneway.
Water
Water is secured by access to the the Merriwa River, bore, dams, troughs, tanks and large underground concrete tanks with filtration system (650mm rainfall).
The size of Merriwa is approximately 1,909 square kilometres. It has 17 parks covering nearly 18.8% of total area. The population of Merriwa in 2011 was 1,789 people. By 2016 the population was 1,737 showing a population decline of 2.9% in the area during that time. The predominant age group in Merriwa is 50-59 years. Households in Merriwa are primarily childless couples and are likely to be repaying $1000 - $1399 per month on mortgage repayments. In general, people in Merriwa work in a managers occupation. In 2011, 66.7% of the homes in Merriwa were owner-occupied compared with 64.3% in 2016.
Merriwa has 1,323 properties. Over the last 5 years, Houses in Merriwa have seen a 106.11% increase in median value, while Units have seen a 41.72% increase. As at 31 October 2024:
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