Farm and manor is up for sale
The high-quality land had been subdivided into 62 paddocks and "attention to detail" was evident in all aspects of the property.
An ‘‘immaculate’’ Banks Peninsula farm is for sale after 174 years with one Canterbury family.
Pioneer Scottish settler Ebenezer Hay settled on Glenralloch farm, overlooking Pigeon Bay, in 1843 with 10 head of cattle.
The 500-hectare sheep and finishing farm features a 712-square metre, six-bedroom mansion.
According to family folk lore, Hay was de-horning cattle on the farm just before Christmas in 1850 when he spotted the Charlotte Jane, The Randolph and the Cressy of the New Zealand Company en route to Lyttelton Harbour.
He told the family over dinner that night that there might be a few more farmers on the peninsula over the coming months.
The original homestead was hit by a landslide in 1886, and Glenralloch Manor was built in 1912.
The farm is in two blocks – Glenralloch consisting of 274ha, and the neighbouring Manuka Bay block consisting of 226ha.
Bayleys Canterbury salesman Ben Turner said the two blocks of land and the way the property had been set up would make it easy to farm. It was one of the best grazing blocks the company had been asked to sell.
The high-quality land had been subdivided into 62 paddocks and ‘‘attention to detail’’ was evident in all aspects of the property.
’’That’s a reflection of every generation taking pride in the property.’’
The farm included a large threestand woolshed with concrete yards and a covered race, new steel and timber cattle yards, a hay shed/implement shed, stables with the original straw and hay storage loft, a bulldozer shed, and a separate tractor shed.
Additional accommodation included a recently-renovated three-bedroom home.
Turner said interest in the property had been strong since it was listed in the first week of October, but no offers had been made.
It has a rateable value of $3.54 million.
The property will be sold by deadline on November 9.