Bega Valley dairy estate listed by British owners

The historic Kameruka dairy estate in the Bega Valley in southern NSW has been listed for sale.

Its ­English owners are seeking $11 million plus for the 1348 hectare property near Bega.

The offering comes with a smaller ­405-hectare holding called Staplehurst.

Cheese was first produced at Kameruka in 1854.

Chris Meares of Meares &­ Associates, who secured its 2008 sale, has the listing which includes the 1845 homestead, its own English parkland-style village, cricket ground and golf course.

British shipping magnate Giles Pritchard-Gordon and his wife, Lou, acquired the property for about ­$9 million in 2007 from Frank Foster, a descendent of brewery baron Robert Tooth, whose family that had owned Kameruka for 150 years.

Since Mr Pritchard-Gordon, whose interests spanned farms and horse-breeding in Britain, the USA and Australia, died in late 2011, the estate has been run by his widow and her four daughters.