9 Pine Road, Mooroolbark, Vic 3138

This spellbinding Edna Walling cottage and garden offers the rare opportunity to purchase in the tightly held and absolutely beautiful Bickleigh Vale Village. Designed by Edna for her dear friend Lorna Fielden, this enchanting home, rich in character, is an exceptional example of her work with many original features and quaint details remaining. Embracing the home and in Edna’s preferred style, this otherworldly garden, showcasing many of her favourites, features original stonework and a number of trees planted by the designer.

Constructed of local stone with rustic timber lined ceilings, this picturesque double storey home offers up to five bedrooms and two or three living areas. Multi-paned casement and dormer windows, substantial chimneys, unique staircase and bespoke timber doors with leadlight and little knockers, are all designed by Edna. The home offers wonderful connection to the garden with a number of rooms opening to outdoor sitting areas. 

The fireplace room, capped by breathtaking cedar shingle roofline, showcases hardwood floor underfoot (extending throughout the home) and thick stone walls. With fire roaring in the namesake fireplace, this striking room is the perfect winter bolthole. The home is also kept toasty with hydronic heating.  A door in this magnificent room opens to a wisteria, rose and grapevine clad stone pergola. Gorgeous built in bench seating in the lounge/dining room, another original feature along with French doors, was designed as the perfect place to sit and admire the stone paved patio and garden. 

The kitchen next door, along with bathroom, has been sympathetically updated with modern living in mind. Soft green cabinetry complementing the timber ceiling, is reflected in the tiled fireplace, housing a handsome range with two ovens. Built in shelving and servery to the living/dining room, still remain, reflecting the charm of this wonderful home. The bathroom cleverly juxtaposes rustic dado panelling with elegant pedestal sink and shower tiled with the same soft green as the kitchen.

Two bedrooms are located on the ground floor offering a potential downstairs master bedroom with dressing room or study next door. Although, French door featured and awash with northerly sun, one of the bedrooms makes a wonderful dining/third living space. Tucked under the eaves with dormer windows capturing garden views, three bedrooms are served by a powder room. In fact, calming garden views are a highlight of every room in this captivating home. Venturing upstairs reveals the unique nature of the staircase, sloping cottage ceilings and wonderful quirky nooks and crannies. 

A beguiling garden surrounds the cottage with little pathways leading to hidden corners including a wee timber shed from the early days and wonderful sitting spots from which to enjoy the splendour on display. A remainder from Edna’s time, discover a beautiful deep pink crabapple and soaring pine trees amongst other beauties. Tucked away, the woodland garden is underplanted with bluebells and hydrangeas, there’s also an azalea bed and rose climbing the characterful rendered exterior wall, while ixia, wild strawberries, Edna Walling iris, erigeron, salvia, viburnum, dogwoods, fruit trees and silver birches rule supreme. 

A rare opportunity indeed to make your Bickleigh Vale dream a reality! “Lynton Lea”, a beautifully intact example of Edna Walling’s vision, creativity and talent. Imagine leaving suburbia behind, motoring down a treelined country lane and arriving home to this heavenly cottage and garden, escaping to an utterly enchanting world all your own! 

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