For more information about this property please contact Elesa Wood on 0401 676 684 as she'd love to be of service. A once in a lifetime opportunity exists to restore this beautiful Victorian return verandah villa home (and her outbuildings) to her former grandeur.
The name "Bowman" in this part of the State, conjures up images of the movie "Picnic at Hanging Rock", and the internationally renowned "Martindale Hall" in Minter, owned but the same family, where much of the original movie was filmed.
Edmund Bowman had a pastoral run here with an adjacent property in 1845, in conjunction with his brothers until the partnership ended in 1862.
The anticipation of viewing something truly special comes from the moment one turns off the main road. One can't help but hold their breath as they approach the homestead, the imagination going into overdrive even in the front garden, picturing garden parties and even grander formal occasions, with plenty of photographs confirming Pareora's natural ability to play host all those years ago.
Named after a town near Timaru, south of Christchurch, New Zealand, there are unequivocal glimpses of Bowman luxury throughout the home, including beautiful Italian marble fireplaces, ornate ceilings, art nouveau papier mache wall decorations in the passage, and a magnificent detailed English leadlight in the front door. The lacework and verandah posts were made by Stewart and Harley at the Sun Foundry in Hindley Street, Adelaide, with the patterns created back in 1897 still being copied by current heritage cast iron foundries around the world.
The unusual downstairs cellar rooms are impressively detailed, and are designed for year round consistency of temperature.
The stories of past owners and legends regarding their movements and occurrences are many, and will absolutely delight and fascinate the history buff, giving this homestead and its landholding such a unique appeal.
The house offers superb high ceilings and a flexible floorplan which could include a ladies' parlour as well as a gentlemen's billiard room. It is superbly positioned on 300 acres (approx), and is specifically located on the eastern side of a lagoon of the Wakefield River, and often plays host to roaming livestock as well as an impressive selection of rare birds. The outbuildings include the woodshed, a corrugated iron structure built in the 1850's, as well as a basic shearing shed, & quarters, a separate outbuilding housing another bedroom and bathroom, a well, and old horse stalls. The shearing shed is currently leased for $4,900 (plus GST) pa.
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