29-35 Orr Street, Malmsbury, Vic 3446

In a bygone era this unusual brick and bluestone cottage served as a stopover for gold seekers requiring blacksmith services for their horses. Those times have changed and the cottage has been extended and numerous outbuildings added. This lends the property to a variety of usage and lifestyle options, be it for storage, studio space or guest accommodation. They are set within a beautiful established, multi-perspective garden which was included in Victoria’s Open Garden Scheme. The cottage itself has two/three generous bedrooms with built in robes and open fire places, a sitting room with a fire place exhibiting a rare, ornate mantle, original Baltic pine flooring and appealing country bathroom with laundry. At the rear is a large living space with wood heater and extended north facing kitchen featuring plenty of storage, louvered windows overlooking the garden and a Stanley wood stove. It leads outside into a paved, walled courtyard and there to a landscaped 1/2 acre garden with European trees, a pond, meandering paved and gravel paths and a visual backdrop encompassing a rural setting with Mt Alexander in the distance. To the side is a self-contained large veggie garden and the back adjoins a leasehold of a one acre paddock. The location of this small utopia is perfect just on the outskirts of the picturesque village of Malmsbury with its renowned botanical gardens and bakery. Kyneton is minutes away and it’s just over an hour’s drive or rail trip to Melbourne. The Blacksmith’s Cottage offers a unique opportunity to purchase a rare and beautiful piece of history, a palette for self-expression, a place to grow your own food and a peaceful country retreat.