One of Australian television’s most iconic filming locations could be yours, with the property used as A Country Practice’s fictional Wandin Valley hospital up for grabs.
The heritage listed property at 23 Clare Crescent, Oakville was built circa 1828, and its exterior was used as the set for the Channel 7 television show for more than ten years, from 1981 to 1993.
The property dates back nearly 200 years and has been meticulously maintained. Picture: realestate.com.au
Owner and selling agent Hamish Rogers from Hamish Rogers Realty has lived and worked from the property for eight years, and to this day people still flock to the location for a sneak peek.
“We get busloads on a weekly to fortnightly basis that park out the front,” he said.
“We get people that have driven up from Melbourne to do the 'A Country Practice' run.
“Most of them will knock and say, 'Is it alright if I just take a photo from the front?’
“Others will just walk on and take a photo and then go, but that's okay.”
Set on a 1.08ha landholding, the five bedroom, three bathroom residence known as ‘Killarney’ is of high significance as a surviving Colonial inn in the Windsor/Pitt Town area, according to the New South Wales State Heritage Inventory.
“It has a long association with Captain John Scarvell and his family who is believed to have built the house and who certainly lived there for many years," the citation notes.
“From 1853, this building was used as an inn, known as the Killarney Inn. Its popularity was increased with race meetings held at a nearby course. It ceased trading as an inn in 1911.”
Over the past eight years, the inside has been beautifully remodelled by owner and selling agent Hamish Rogers. Picture: realestate.com.au
Mr Rogers and his family have called the property home for the past eight years after his agency had the listing set for auction.
“I loved A Country Practice as a kid. We used to watch it as a family. When I first saw it, when I valued it, I honestly fell in love with it,” he said.
“We had no inclination I was going to buy it. And as the marketing went on, we put it to auction. It was passed in, and eventually the wife said, ‘Why don't we buy it?’ And obviously, the rest is history.”
Over the years, the kitchen and bathroom have undergone extensive renovations, with all windows replaced but structurally, Mr Rogers said, the home remained solid with no work needed.
The property could suit equine enthusiasts, with paddocks, two stables and facilities for horses. Picture: realestate.com.au
The grounds include a self-contained cottage, which had the potential to use for rental income or to turn into an Airbnb, or a bed and breakfast, or farm stay venture.
Horse enthusiasts are well catered for with a stable complex featuring two stables, with an integrated undercover wash bay, a tack room, as well as utility and feed rooms.
There is also two large post-and-railed horse paddocks, as well as a 60m by 20m equestrian arena.
“The cost of industrial land these days is so expensive, you could quite comfortably bring a small business and use the machinery shed - the home office is attached to the machinery shed - so you could definitely have a small kind of warehouse to show people things,” Mr Rogers said.
The property is on the market seeking offers over $3 million.
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