54 Centennial Road, Bowral

Hansel and Gretel would be right at home in this history-filled and romance- inspired white stucco cottage, set well back from the road and located on an acre of lawns, established trees and white gravel paths with views across to Craigieburn golf course. Original and fanciful with solid, arched, oak stable doors, authentic character-filled, leadlight bay windows with deep sills and classic pre-war features, this delightful cottage will stir your imagination and deliver your dreams of a charming, character-filled Southern Highlands weekender.

Two bedrooms, one in a quaint vine-covered sleep-out with sunny timber verandah, and the other inside the cottage, drenched in morning sunshine, with a built-in 'robe. The bathroom has been updated and has a deep enamel bath and pretty picture window.

Richly coloured, polished timber floorboards, massive European-style exposed beams and a vast English pub-style stone hearth open fireplace with deep oak mantle-piece are all features of the expansive living area central to the home, which spills out through the original glass French doors to the side stone terrace.

An original kitchen, with little changed since it prepared the teas and scones of yesteryear, continues the character of the 1940s cottage with walk-in pantry, classic fixtures and looks out to the garden and the rear of the home where the stone terrace continues and, overhead, a vast painted timber pergola.

Reminiscent of the UK's charming Cotswolds region, an oak stable door leads from the living room to another English country-style, north-facing, crazed sandstone terrace bathed in sunshine, with the pleasing patina that comes with many decades of footsteps and seasons of weathering. Bordered by low hedges, the terrace steps down to the lawns and pretty cottage garden.

Originally a well-known Southern Highlands Tea House, catering for travelers and providing wall-space for budding artists, 'Cotswold Cottage' is offered for the first time in over 49 years.

A treasure to adore and nurture.

- Freshly painted indoors and out
- Two bedrooms, one bathroom with heated towel rail, two toilets
- Reverse cycle air conditioning
- Enormous open fireplace and stone hearth
- Original leadlight windows and extensive classic features
- Garden shedding