0 Oakfield Lue Road, Mudgee

“Oakfield” Mudgee, NSW
Circa 1840 Homestead set on 100 fertile acres
A Wonderful & Relaxing Country Lifestyle Approx. 40.87 ha – 100 acres
With sealed road frontage, 5 mins from Mudgee and under 3½ hours from Sydney.

The property has highly fertile alluvial soils – Ideal for Prime Lambs,
Cattle, Lucerne, Vegetables etc. Securely watered with irrigation licenses attached, Lawsons Creek and bores.

The magnificent circa 1840 homestead is set in a beautiful and easy care
garden compound. Currently a family home – it would suit a wide range of alternative uses.

“Oakfield” is beautifully presented and maintained and will remind you of our proud Australian rural heritage. If you are wanting a rural lifestyle and/or a farm for agricultural enterprises, then “Oakfield” will provide all of your investment answers. The outstanding location is just an added bonus.

Location: “Oakfield” is ideally located at 317 Lue Road, approximately 5 mins from Mudgee and under 3½ hours drive from Sydney.

History: The land on which “Oakfield” homestead stands is part of an early grant to Lieutenant William Lawson of Prospect. William Lawson was a significant character in the early history of New South Wales as soldier, administrator, explorer, landowner, stockbreeder and politician.

“Oakfield” homestead is built in a bungalow style which was introduced into New South Wales from India by Surgeon John Harris when he built his Experiment Farm Cottage at Parramatta in 1794. There are many variations of this style dating from the early colonial period still to be seen throughout New South Wales. The bungalow incorporated wide verandahs, often encompassing the whole building and occasionally with bell-cast rooflines over the main building and verandahs.

Although the grant for “Oakfield’” original 640 acres was issued in 1832, the grant was most probably occupied in the early 1820s. Although it is presumed that a rustic dwelling existed on the grant in the early days, the original part of the homestead probably dates from circa 1840 and perhaps even earlier. Although some of the original joinery has been removed or replaced during the course of later additions and renovations, remaining rustic doors and restrained mantelpieces suggest an earlier date.

The first occupant of “Oakfield” homestead is believed to have been Nicholas Paget Bayly, overseer of the Lawson estates in the Mudgee District. The house could well have been constructed in anticipation of his marriage in 1840 to Ellen Dickinson, a sister of the wife of Nelson Simmons Lawson. Photographs taken in the late 1870s/early 1880s by later owners, the Cox family, reveal a well-established house and gardens. The house reached its current configuration under the Cox family who added a substantial wing of three rooms to the north eastern corner of the original house.

Rates and Permits: Council: Mid-Western Council - Rates 2011-2012 $3,194.39 - Waste Disposal $160.00 Water License: License Number 80BL143080 Bore – Stock and Domestic (in perpetuity) – unequipped Irrigation Licenses: License Numbers –
1. Lawsons Creek 80SL021471 – Unequipped - 25 mg – 12.5 ha - 5 year license (Expires Feb 2017) $184.00
2. Bore – 80BL237093 – 80 mg - 5 year license (Expires 28 October 2012) $151.00

Title Particulars: Certificate of Title Lot Deposited Plan 231 791836 Parish of Bumberra County of Phillip NB: The above title particulars are provided only as a guide. The property is being sold as per the contract of sale.

Zoning: The property is zoned Intensive Agriculture and subject to council approval does have sub division potential.

Services: Power – Single and Three phase. Internet – Wireless. Bottled gas delivery
National Trust: The “Oakfield” homestead is classified by the National Trust. The
National Trust have no legal force over a property, however, they would expect any works, renovations etc are carried out in a sympathetic manner in relation to the heritage signi [...]