12 Cambridge Tce, Hillbank. Taken from realestate.com.au.
Tired of the conventional and looking for something a little different?
This medieval-style Hillbank home might be just the property you’ve been searching for.
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12 Cambridge Tce, Hillbank. Taken from realestate.com.au.
Reverend Neil Mathieson and Reverend Dr Ruth Mathieson bought the land in 2011 and in 2012 set about building their dream home – a medieval style stunner featuring plenty of exposed timber, soaring ceilings, exposed brickwork, cathedral-style windows and wrought iron.
“We were looking for a block of land and then we stumbled upon this and just thought it was amazing – we wanted to build something interesting on it,” Rev Mathieson says.
12 Cambridge Tce, Hillbank. Taken from realestate.com.au.
“We were at the Gumeracha Medieval Fair and we bumped into Timber Frames of Australia who had a stall up there and they do medieval framework and we just went ‘yes, let’s work with these guys’.
“I love Grand Designs and I love where they’ve done a big barn conversion but here we’ve been able to start from scratch but still have all the aesthetics of that time.”
12 Cambridge Tce, Hillbank. Taken from realestate.com.au.
The main frame was erected in December 2013 and the home was completed in 2016 – a process that was actually followed the very program Mr Mathieson had taken inspiration from – Grand Designs Australia.
“Like all Grand Designs properties, we just had setback after setback, so what was supposed to be a 12 month build turned into almost five years,” Rev Mathieson says.
12 Cambridge Tce, Hillbank. Taken from realestate.com.au.
“We’d never been in a home like this – some of the ideas came from some of the episodes from Grand Homes Australia.”
The home sits on a 780sqm allotment, offering three levels of luxe living, featuring up to six bedrooms and boasting a light-filled living area with a soaring cathedral ceiling.
Large spotted gum timber beams are a standout feature and add character, and the home is topped with red cedar shingles.
12 Cambridge Tce, Hillbank. Taken from realestate.com.au.
Its 5m-high arched window offers sweeping views to the coast.
“The timber frame, that’s what’s holding the house up, that’s the main skeleton and that was all done up in the Adelaide Hills,” Rev Mathieson says.
“When people come here, their reaction is generally “oh, wow!”
12 Cambridge Tce, Hillbank. Taken from realestate.com.au.
“We are very happy with it and I’m sad to be selling it – there’s a lot of me in that house.
“One of the things I love most about it is because it’s got so many natural products in it, it feels very restful. It’s just beautiful to sit in in the evenings.
“I looking back into the house from that large front window and looking at all the junctions of timbers – it’s just beautiful.
12 Cambridge Tce, Hillbank. Taken from realestate.com.au.
“It’s really nice to live there because it’s got lots of different areas, so with kids, you could retreat when you wanted to and there are lots of spaces to go.”
The home is on the market through Alpha Residential’s Tony Caruana and Samantha McKee.
It will be auctioned on Saturday, September 5, and has been listed without a price guide.
12 Cambridge Tce, Hillbank. Taken from realestate.com.au.
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