72 Gillards Road
Pokolbin, NSW 2320

This exceptional country estate, architecturally designed by a renowned Newcastle architect, exemplifies superior craftsmanship, luxury, and timeless design. Situated on approximately 25 acres in the heart of the Pokolbin wine region, it offers a unique lifestyle or commercial opportunity within the prestigious Hunter Valley.

The residence is constructed to the highest luxury standards, featuring a distinctive combination of full double recycled brick and Shou Sugi Ban charred hardwood cladding, supported by hardwood bearers and joists, and topped with a Colourbond roof enhanced by four electric Velux skylights. Every detail has been carefully selected to create a warm, textured, and architecturally enduring home.

Inside, timber-lined ceilings extend throughout the home, complemented by feature hardwood detailing in the entry and main living areas. The grand entrance is marked by oversized antique Indian timber and metal doors, while antique Balinese timber doors are used throughout the bedrooms. Spotted gum hardwood flooring runs continuously across the entire home, adding richness and cohesion to the interiors.

The gourmet kitchen is both sophisticated and highly functional, equipped with premium appliances including a Gaggenau five-burner gas cooktop, two ovens (one with microwave), a deep fryer, dual dishwashers, a Wolf steamer, and an Electrolux teppanyaki BBQ plate. Travertine benchtops and splashbacks complete this culinary space, ideal for entertaining on any scale.

The accommodation includes four generously sized bedrooms, with two expansive walk-in robes and two large built-in robes. The master ensuite is a luxurious wellness retreat featuring a Japanese hot tub, bidet, and underfloor heating. A gallery-style hallway offers extensive wall space perfect for displaying artwork.

Living spaces are impressive and inviting, centered around a magnificent sandstone fireplace with a slow combustion wood fire in the main living room, and complemented by a large Escea gas fireplace in the family room. The home is flooded with natural light through extensive glazing, oversized sliding doors, and louvred windows, which also facilitate natural cross ventilation and seamless integration with the landscaped gardens.

Outdoor living is designed for year-round enjoyment, featuring spotted gum entry and rear decks, and two covered Centro-screened entertaining rooms at either end of the home. One of these includes a built-in pizza oven, perfect for hosting family and guests.

Additional luxury features include ducted air conditioning throughout, underfloor heating in all tiled areas, a Sonos integrated speaker system in every room, external electric Venetian and Helioscreen blinds, a large double garage with storage and workshop space, a dedicated wine cellar with antique Balinese doors, and a back-to-base alarm system with eight CCTV cameras.

The grounds are extraordinary, with extensive established gardens including a dramatic succulent garden at the entrance, Asian-inspired landscaping, a koi pond, and bird aviaries. The estate infrastructure enhances its unique lifestyle or commercial potential.

A separate indoor pool house and wellness pavilion provide expansive entertaining and living spaces, kitchen facilities, sauna, spa, and an adjoining gymnasium.

The barn-style building offers further opportunities as a function venue, cellar door, studio, or event space. Constructed with recycled timber and railway sleepers, it features open-plan interiors, air conditioning, barn doors, kitchenette, bathrooms, skylights, and wide covered verandahs on two sides.

Adding charm is the lakeside boathouse and recreation building overlooking a large dam, crafted from recycled 150-year-old cypress tongue-and-groove boards, original porthole windows from an old port ship, and mixed hardwood timbers including spotted gum.

Estate infrastructure is extensive and highly functional, including a large machinery shed (24m x 15m), irrigation dam with 46 meg WAL and 10 meg PID, a pump house with a large diesel motor pump servicing extensive garden irrigation, approximately 250,000 litres of fresh water storage, three-phase mains power to the dwelling plus separate metered single phase to the pool house complex, a large back-to-grid solar system, a three-phase 40kVA backup diesel generator, Sonos system throughout all buildings, and an additional back-to-base alarm system with 4 CCTV cameras for the barn and pool houses.

Zoned RU4 under Cessnock Council, the property has previously received approvals for dual occupancy and a function centre. This remarkable estate presents a rare opportunity to secure one of the Hunter Valley’s most distinctive lifestyle properties, equally suited as an ultra-private luxury residence, boutique accommodation retreat, wellness destination, event venue, or tourism venture subject to council consent.

Properties of this calibre, craftsmanship, and versatility are seldom offered to the market.