Selena Mazuran, of FBI Fashion College, lists Stannix Park, Hawkesbury Valley colonial farmhouse

Selena Mazuran, of FBI Fashion College, lists Stannix Park, Hawkesbury Valley colonial farmhouse
Jonathan ChancellorDecember 7, 2020

Selena Mazuran, from the FBI Fashion College, has listed her colonial stone farmhouse Stannix Park at Wilberforce in NSW's Hawksbury.

The convict-era homestead dates back to the pioneer settler William Hall and his wife, Dinah, who got a 1839 land grant.

It was Max and Lorna Hatherly who commissioned heritage architect Ian Stapleton to oversee its restoration in the late 1980s. Max was a professor of metallurgy.

Selena Mazuran bought it from them in 2009 for $1.225 million, then adding 2300 square metres of adjoining land in 2012.

The 20-hectare lot on plains between Currency and Howes creeks, now comes with pool, separate studio and stables, and chapel at 103 Stannix Park Lane.

It has been listed for 10 May auction with $2.2 million plus hopes through BresicWhitney agent Walter Burfitt-Williams.

The Georgian estate was for William Hall who had arrived in Australia in 1810 as a missionary aide to the Reverend Samuel Marsden. It combines a sandstone coach-house and residence, a rare combination reminiscent of its early English derivation, although Title Tattle sees the latest marketing says it's French Colonial.

The steep 55-degree pitched roof is of jerkin head design.

Title Tattle seems to recall the coach-house has a keystone dated 1839 with the initials H.H., presumed to be Henry Hall, William Hall's son.

Hall also had a large house in Sydney on the corner of Pitt and Liverpool streets. 

Stannix Park is one of 20 colonial stone farmhouses in the Hawkesbury Valley.

Jonathan Chancellor

Jonathan Chancellor is one of Australia's most respected property journalists, having been at the top of the game since the early 1980s. Jonathan co-founded the property industry website Property Observer and has written for national and international publications.

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