18 Gellibrand Street

Queenscliff VIC 3225

Sitting pretty next door to the iconic landmark Queenscliff Hotel on an immense block and opposite beautiful parkland and the Queenscliff South Pier, "Neptune Cottage" has so much to offer. Through the established cottage garden and behind the vine-covered exterior walls lies a home that has seen much life, love and laughter throughout its long existence. With the first rooms built in the early 1860s and added to over the centuries, there is interest and history in every turn.

The house itself encompasses three bedrooms, multiple living/sitting/dining areas, a functional kitchen and practical study plus two bathrooms. A light-filled fernery courtyard in the middle allows natural light to flood through the connecting hallways that join the mid-Victorian front of the house with the earlier rear that would have originally been used as outbuildings for much of the history of the home. In addition to the main house, the separate original stables have been converted into a studio featuring consecutive rooms each with access to the garden, and a basic bathroom at the end. With not too much work this could easily become extra accommodation for the home, or perhaps a short-term rental.

Outside in the large rear garden, accessed via the paved driveway, are well established trees including an ancient fig-tree, beautiful flowering jacaranda and two enormous she-oaks. There are also a number of practical storage sheds, and many other flowering shrubs and plants make spending time out here truly delightful.