Saumarez Homestead - Armidale
Australia / Armidale, New South Wales
Location ID: #16594
This ten-hectare grazing property was first inhabited by British settlers led by Henry Dumaresq in the 1830s. Today it includes an elegant, extensive, fully furnished Edwardian homestead, built between 1888 and 1906, and 15 farm and other buildings dating up to 1910, with their collections of early farm equipment. Saumarez is a rural property little changed from the time when there was a workforce of many families whose skills made the homestead almost self-sufficient. The 30 room Edwardian mansion is complete with original furnishings, a cottage garden, a picking garden and the lawns. Outbuildings are complete with 19th century tools and equipment.