“This historic property set on 6.5 acres of woodland and formal gardens, offers self contained and B&B accommodation, garden tours, chapel, motor garage and granary museum.”
Coniston, formerly the Ashburton Run, was taken up in August 1853 by Henry John Tancred and Sir Thomas Tancred. In 1854, H.J. Tancred sold his share to Rev. J.C. Allen.
The property was cut up into smaller farms in 1877, and the name of the Homestead block changed to Coniston. A brass plaque erected near the homestead commemorates the first church service conducted in Ashburton by the first Bishop of Canterbury, the Rt. Rev. Henry John Chitty Harper in August 1857.
The current homestead, built in 1918, has four guest rooms all with ensuites, offering bed & breakfast accommodation. The first homestead, built in the 1870s, is now the Gardener's Cottage and is available for holiday accommodation. A small building built in 1918 has been shifted to the top of the lake and renovated as a shepherd's cottage, and named Lake Cottage, also available for romantic getaways.
The garden consists of 6.5 acres of woodland, lake and formal gardens. Some of the mature trees were planted from the 1870s onwards, and include gigantic wellingtonias, oaks, elms, cedards ,ashes, kauri and a tree that was planted to mark Queen Elizabeth II's visit to Coniston on the 13th of October 1981.
Coniston Motor Garage houses a collection of vintage and classic cars, and the Granary Museum houses a collection of farm machinery and memorabilia from years gone by.
Currently the farm grows cereal, grass seed and small seed crops, and fattens winter lambs. There is also a small Highland Cattle stud.
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