217 Forest Road

Newham VIC 3442

ILLAWONG - MAGNIFICENT, IMPOSING RESIDENCE ON 80 ACRES (32.37HA).
ILLAWONG IS ONE IF THE MACEDON RANGES MOST NOTABLE AND BREATHTAKING PRIVATE HOMES. OF 44 SQUARES, THE HOUSE HAS FOUR BEDROOMS, A STUDY, A STUDIO AND THREE MAIN LIVING AREAS. EXCELLENT ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN HAS MEANT THAT ELEVEN ROOMS FACE NORTH, ENJOYING SPECTACULAR VISTAS OF LAKE, FIELDS AND MOUNTAIN. THE LOUNGE AND LIVING ROOMS ARE MIRROR IMAGES OF ONE ANOTHER, DIVIDED BY THE ENTRY AND DINING ROOM. THEY HAVE WOOD FIRES (JET MASTER) BUILT FLUSH INTO THE WALL AND MARBLE HEARTHS. NATURAL LIGHT FLOODS IN VIA BANKS OF TALL WINDOWS, AND THE CEILINGS ARE EXCEPTIONALLY HIGH. SMART POLISHED CEMENT FLAGSTONES COVER THE FLOOR, MIRRORING THE FLAGS LAID ON THE ADJACENT TERRACES. THE FOURTH LIVING SPACE IS CURRENTLY USED AS A STUDIO AND HAS TWO SETS OF GLASS DOORS OPENING ONTO THE VERANDAH AND PATIO. WITH GLAZED WALLS ON THREE SIDES, THE DINING ROOM PROTRUDES INTO THE MAGNIFICENT GARDEN, AND IS FLANKED BY EXTENSIVE PAVED TERRACES. THE SPACIOUS KITCHEN HAS BENCHES AND SPLASH BACKS IN GLOSSY MARBLE, AND SLEEK, MODERN CABINETRY. A STAINLESS COMBUSTION STOVE SITS BESIDE A MODERN GAS COOK TOP. THERE IS A MIELE DISHWASHER, DOUBLE SMEG OVEN/MICROWAVE AND A VAST BUTLER ??S PANTRY. THE PRINCIPAL BEDROOM IS LOCATED UPSTAIRS IN THE MASTER SUITE, ALONGSIDE ARE HIS AND HERS DRESSING ROOMS, A SIZEABLE AND WELL-APPOINTED BATHROOM AND STUDY. IN ADDITION TO THE OPEN FIREPLACES, THE HOUSE IS WARMED BY ZONED HYDRONIC FLOOR HEATING. A LARGE PORTE-COCHERE WELCOMES AND SHELTERS THOSE ARRIVING AT THE FRONT DOOR. THE GARDEN IS A MASTERPIECE OF DESIGN, PLANNING AND EXECUTION. THE LARGE AND BEAUTIFUL ORNAMENTAL LAKE IS VISIBLE FROM ALL THE MAIN ROOMS. DOTTED THROUGHOUT THE 80 ACRES ARE OTHER LAKES AND DAMS, ALL PRACTICAL AS WELL AS BEAUTIFUL. IN ADDITION, THERE IS A BORE. MAKING THE MOST OF THE SPECTACULAR SETTING, THE HOUSE IS SURROUNDED BY VERDANT LAWNS, BEDS OF FLOWERING SHRUBS, STATELY MATURE COPPICES AND SPECIMEN PLANTINGS, HEDGES, PERENNIALS AND BULBS. OF PARTICULAR NOTE ARE THE POPLAR AND PEAR WALKS, THE GRAVEL GARDEN AND THE LOG-WALLED ROSE GARDEN. THE EVIDENCE OF THE VISION AND SKILL OF THE GARDEN DESIGNER IS EVERYWHERE. THERE IS ALSO A COMPUTERISED SPRINKLER SYSTEM AROUND THE HOUSE AND THE LONG BORDERS. THERE ARE VIEWS OVER SURROUNDING FARMLAND AND FOREST TO MT MACEDON AND HANGING ROCK. CURRENTLY SUPPORTING CATTLE, THE PROPERTY HAS ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE NECESSARY FOR RELATED PURSUITS ESPECIALLY A CENTRAL LANE WAY SYSTEM AND EASILY MANAGED CATTLE YARDS. LOCATED NORTH OF THE PRETTY HAMLET OF NEWHAM AND A SHORT DISTANCE FROM THE CALDER FREEWAY, ILLAWONG IS WITHIN COMFORTABLE COMMUTING DISTANCE TO MELBOURNE. ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE OFFERINGS IN THE MACEDON RANGES IN RECENT TIMES, ILLAWONG IS UNSURPASSED IN LOCATION, DESIGN, SUBSTANCE AND BEAUTY.