Description
Historic Medoc, in the heart of Rutherglen wine country, is a large 19th century Arts and Crafts home. This gracious and elegant homestead is set on 11 acres, surrounded by mature gardens, established productive vineyard and has uninterrupted rural landscape views to distant Mt Buffalo.
Medoc was constructed in 2 stages, first stage is of double brick (circa 1880) and the second stage designed by the renowned architect Mr McKnight, of rammed earth (circa 1913). The property is on two titles and has 2 road access, making expanding or subdividing easy. There are numerous outbuildings with a huge shed built from the bricks of the old Corowa Bakery.
Medoc is minutes from Wahgunyah, Corowa and Rutherglen.
Medoc is ideal for a boutique bed and breakfast, cellar door, restaurant or a beautiful home for a family to grow.
Medoc House comprises;
- 5 bedrooms
- 3 bathrooms
- Polished Murray Pine floors throughout the home
- Dining room
- Library
- Large sunroom
- Huge kitchen
- Open fireplaces, wood heater and gas heating
The extensive garden includes mature exotic and native plantings. Water is supplied by three sources; filtered town water to the house, 15mgl irrigation allocation and on farm dam storage. Vineyard plantings; Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon and Durif.
Medoc is close to outstanding higher education and schooling institutions, such as Charles Sturt and Latrobe University campuses, TAFE Industrial Skills Centre and numerous primary and secondary schools.
Medoc is only 1 km from the majestic Murray River, famous for Murray Cod and accessible to numerous high country lakes. 2 hours to world class snow skiing resorts.
Medoc is surrounded by a truly magnificent garden. Here is a glimpse of the beauty, history and variety that could be yours:
"Ramblings from the Medoc House Gardener"
Gracious old Medoc is embraced by a garden that has evolved with generations of devoted gardeners. Today, the garden is thoroughly in keeping with the era of its late 19th century construction but has been cleverly modernised for convenient and low maintenance gardening. It is this subtle melding of heritage and modern that enhances the homestead and its place in the surrounding countryside, making for tranquil scenes viewed from within, of diversity of peaceful seating and for magical vistas.
Laid out in a practical semi-formal style, each season is filled with ever changing interest. Eucalypts and other natives around the boundaries shelter and enclose the garden, ensuing complete privacy from the road.
Heritage trees from the era of Medoc’s construction include a selection of conifers, and a magnificent English oak with spreading branches making for a delightful patio area beneath. From here the rural vista looking across the tennis court and vineyard to the countryside beyond is one of tranquillity and peace. One of a couple of grand old Date Palms sets the tone in the formal area it dominates with a Hoya scrambling up its lower trunk. Other mature old trees include English and Chinese Elm, Gleditsia “Sunburst” and Jacaranda, a cut-leaf Birch, silver Pears and Spinning-top Gums and a formidable old Desert Ash. Shading part of the sunroom in summer and giving the most outstanding of shows in autumn is the gnarled old Golden Ash.
Among the fantastic range of smaller trees are Crepe Myrtles, offering a summer floral display, magical autumn show and beautiful winter trunks and branches. An old Arbutus is certainly emblematic of an earlier 20th century planting. Old heritage shrub favourites such as the Arbutus, Kolkwitzia, Lilacs, Plumbago, Camellias, Philadelphus and Vibernum feature. Among the many spring show-offs there are flowering Peaches including the deep red “Magnifica”, and lovely range of Crabapples.
An impressive feature of Medoc has to be the iron-work archway enclosing the side entrance pathway. Trained along and over this archway is the truly stunning Crabapple “Parkmore” which, in spring is aglow with the most delicate and dainty pink and white flowers.
A pair of mature and spreading Weeping Flowering Apricots, either side of the entrance to the fountain in the front garden, each June makes for a most unusual winter display with their cascades of semi-double pink blossoms. Other weeping trees that look so much a part of the heritage scene at Medoc include Weeping Elm and Weeping Mulberry.
A rose lover’s delight, Medoc features both Heritage and more modern roses. Three weeping “Crepuscule” roses define the lavish beds in which they feature, and climbing “Pinkie” graces with her constant displays, a couple of archways. The old-fashioned “Mermaid” with robust foliage and ongoing show of sulphur coloured single flowers separates two garden areas. The stunning Australian bred pillar rose “Titian”, shows off along the side entrance path in glorious luminous pink splendour.
Many creepers and climbers make for vertical interest in the garden at Medoc. The lavender coloured Argentine Trumpet vine graces a fence and a patio roof, various Honeysuckles perfume the garden, Banksia Roses cascade from structures and Clematis add magic as supporting acts. The all time favourite, wisteria , claims a couple of stages in the spring performance and the perfumed Trachelospermum is an evergreen, perfumed climber and groundcover in shady spots.
Bulbs, the original ‘plant and forget’ favourites feature all year in the garden at Medoc.
Late summer, the rolling bulb display commences with the humble but oh so elegant Belladonnas in various exquisite tones ranging from white through the many pinks. Then quickly follow the Nerines, with the tall golden spider flowered specimens opening the early autumn show. A couple of different pink Nerines strut their stuff in turn, followed in late May by the whites which act as a foil to the flamboyant orange spikes of the early Winter Gladiolus. Early Jonquils and the Pokers “Winter Cheer” give colour to cold days. From then on, the Daffodils, many of which are rare, in their many guises and varieties dominate the stage.
Bluebells, Tritellias and Grape Hyacinths carry the display through spring until the powder blue Iris set a misty tone over the beds in October. Sprekelias and Hippeastrums dominate November then hand over the baton to the masses of Agapanthus, both large and miniature that add an extra dimension of blue to the beautiful rose displays.
Medoc was constructed in 2 stages, first stage is of double brick (circa 1880) and the second stage designed by the renowned architect Mr McKnight, of rammed earth (circa 1913). The property is on two titles and has 2 road access, making expanding or subdividing easy. There are numerous outbuildings with a huge shed built from the bricks of the old Corowa Bakery.
Medoc is minutes from Wahgunyah, Corowa and Rutherglen.
Medoc is ideal for a boutique bed and breakfast, cellar door, restaurant or a beautiful home for a family to grow.
Medoc House comprises;
- 5 bedrooms
- 3 bathrooms
- Polished Murray Pine floors throughout the home
- Dining room
- Library
- Large sunroom
- Huge kitchen
- Open fireplaces, wood heater and gas heating
The extensive garden includes mature exotic and native plantings. Water is supplied by three sources; filtered town water to the house, 15mgl irrigation allocation and on farm dam storage. Vineyard plantings; Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon and Durif.
Medoc is close to outstanding higher education and schooling institutions, such as Charles Sturt and Latrobe University campuses, TAFE Industrial Skills Centre and numerous primary and secondary schools.
Medoc is only 1 km from the majestic Murray River, famous for Murray Cod and accessible to numerous high country lakes. 2 hours to world class snow skiing resorts.
Medoc is surrounded by a truly magnificent garden. Here is a glimpse of the beauty, history and variety that could be yours:
"Ramblings from the Medoc House Gardener"
Gracious old Medoc is embraced by a garden that has evolved with generations of devoted gardeners. Today, the garden is thoroughly in keeping with the era of its late 19th century construction but has been cleverly modernised for convenient and low maintenance gardening. It is this subtle melding of heritage and modern that enhances the homestead and its place in the surrounding countryside, making for tranquil scenes viewed from within, of diversity of peaceful seating and for magical vistas.
Laid out in a practical semi-formal style, each season is filled with ever changing interest. Eucalypts and other natives around the boundaries shelter and enclose the garden, ensuing complete privacy from the road.
Heritage trees from the era of Medoc’s construction include a selection of conifers, and a magnificent English oak with spreading branches making for a delightful patio area beneath. From here the rural vista looking across the tennis court and vineyard to the countryside beyond is one of tranquillity and peace. One of a couple of grand old Date Palms sets the tone in the formal area it dominates with a Hoya scrambling up its lower trunk. Other mature old trees include English and Chinese Elm, Gleditsia “Sunburst” and Jacaranda, a cut-leaf Birch, silver Pears and Spinning-top Gums and a formidable old Desert Ash. Shading part of the sunroom in summer and giving the most outstanding of shows in autumn is the gnarled old Golden Ash.
Among the fantastic range of smaller trees are Crepe Myrtles, offering a summer floral display, magical autumn show and beautiful winter trunks and branches. An old Arbutus is certainly emblematic of an earlier 20th century planting. Old heritage shrub favourites such as the Arbutus, Kolkwitzia, Lilacs, Plumbago, Camellias, Philadelphus and Vibernum feature. Among the many spring show-offs there are flowering Peaches including the deep red “Magnifica”, and lovely range of Crabapples.
An impressive feature of Medoc has to be the iron-work archway enclosing the side entrance pathway. Trained along and over this archway is the truly stunning Crabapple “Parkmore” which, in spring is aglow with the most delicate and dainty pink and white flowers.
A pair of mature and spreading Weeping Flowering Apricots, either side of the entrance to the fountain in the front garden, each June makes for a most unusual winter display with their cascades of semi-double pink blossoms. Other weeping trees that look so much a part of the heritage scene at Medoc include Weeping Elm and Weeping Mulberry.
A rose lover’s delight, Medoc features both Heritage and more modern roses. Three weeping “Crepuscule” roses define the lavish beds in which they feature, and climbing “Pinkie” graces with her constant displays, a couple of archways. The old-fashioned “Mermaid” with robust foliage and ongoing show of sulphur coloured single flowers separates two garden areas. The stunning Australian bred pillar rose “Titian”, shows off along the side entrance path in glorious luminous pink splendour.
Many creepers and climbers make for vertical interest in the garden at Medoc. The lavender coloured Argentine Trumpet vine graces a fence and a patio roof, various Honeysuckles perfume the garden, Banksia Roses cascade from structures and Clematis add magic as supporting acts. The all time favourite, wisteria , claims a couple of stages in the spring performance and the perfumed Trachelospermum is an evergreen, perfumed climber and groundcover in shady spots.
Bulbs, the original ‘plant and forget’ favourites feature all year in the garden at Medoc.
Late summer, the rolling bulb display commences with the humble but oh so elegant Belladonnas in various exquisite tones ranging from white through the many pinks. Then quickly follow the Nerines, with the tall golden spider flowered specimens opening the early autumn show. A couple of different pink Nerines strut their stuff in turn, followed in late May by the whites which act as a foil to the flamboyant orange spikes of the early Winter Gladiolus. Early Jonquils and the Pokers “Winter Cheer” give colour to cold days. From then on, the Daffodils, many of which are rare, in their many guises and varieties dominate the stage.
Bluebells, Tritellias and Grape Hyacinths carry the display through spring until the powder blue Iris set a misty tone over the beds in October. Sprekelias and Hippeastrums dominate November then hand over the baton to the masses of Agapanthus, both large and miniature that add an extra dimension of blue to the beautiful rose displays.