Loved for decades and ready for a new family to call home

367 Mount Barker Rd, Bridgewater. Supplied by Williams Real Estate.

A Bridgewater home offers a tranquil escape from the hustle and bustle of working life and has been a fantastic place for its vendors to raise a family and entertain friends.

Peter and Anne Wasow bought the home almost 20 years ago, attracted by its Adelaide Hills location and sense of tranquillity.

367 Mount Barker Rd, Bridgewater. Supplied by Williams Real Estate.

“We loved the beautiful gardens, the country lifestyle and the history – we’re the fourth owners in its more than 140-year history,” Mr Wasow says. “The original owners were market gardeners and it’s just been held for long periods by a small number of families and we’re lucky enough to have been one of those families. Apart from the amenities of the pool and court, the paddocks have been turned more into parklands than pastures and manicured to the point where it feels like you’re working through a park rather than a paddock.”

367 Mount Barker Rd, Bridgewater. Supplied by Williams Real Estate.

The home has four bedrooms and a study, quality fittings and fixtures throughout and a 1000-bottle cellar, a 6kw solar system, a bushfire protection system, a saltwater swimming pool and a north-south floodlit tennis court.

“We’ve made quite a lot of improvements to the property – we’ve done what we can to preserve the essence of the old while modernising it,” Mr Wasow says.

367 Mount Barker Rd, Bridgewater. Supplied by Williams Real Estate.

“We’ve had lots of gatherings with family and friends here over the years and it’s really one of those special places that’s come to be regarded as one of the jewels in the Adelaide Hills’ crown.

367 Mount Barker Rd, Bridgewater. Supplied by Williams Real Estate.

“My wife and I have lived all around the world and the Adelaide Hills is in my view, the best place in Australia to live, and to have had the privilege of living in a place like this has just been extraordinary.”

367 Mount Barker Rd, Bridgewater. Supplied by Williams Real Estate.

The couple are now looking to build, staying in the Adelaide Hills they love so much.

“We raised our two sons here and one of them now lives in London and the other in Adelaide and it’s just now time to pass stewardship – you don’t own a place like this, you just care for it for a certain time and then you pass it on to another family to care for it,” Mr Wasow says. “There’s a time for everything under the sun, and it’s now our time to say goodbye.”