THE long-held Hunter Valley property, “Glen Munro”, Denman, is up for auction in early February, as the Wolfgang family offer it for the first time in more than 100 years of ownership.
The sale is being handled third generation agent Luke McTaggart, of the local agency First National Real Estate Edward Higgens Parkinson, Denman, who said the Wolfgangs were selling to wind up a family estate, “Glen Munro” having been purchased in 1908 from its namesake – the Munro family.
Mr McTaggart said the property has been agisted for cattle grazing in recent years and was best suited to this purpose.
However, it has also run sheep in its past and has some potentially arable land. The property had a mix of undulating to flat country, covered in natural grasses which grew on its mix of black and red soils. Of its three water bores, one was equipped with a solar pump and the remaining two with windmills.
Mr McTaggart said this was an unusual offering, because it was an attractive sized parcel of land at 541 hectares (1336 acres) situated just seven kilometres from the Denman township, the school bus run passing by its front gate.
“A feature is the size of the property given its proximity to town – it is a large farm in the Hunter to be so close to town,” he said.
It also featured a three-bay machinery shed and a double garage. The brick veneer house, built in the late 1960s, had four bedrooms, one bathroom and a tiled roof. A design feature was the intricate cornices and moulded ceilings throughout the home. It also had a free-standing studio behind the house, with an adjoining toilet and laundry.
“Glen Munro” was also as close as four kilometres to major horse studs, such as Godolphin and Coolmoore, and located in a major hay making, and mining area.
