Perched on a cliff-top in Sydney’s east, Macquarie Lighthouse is one of the country’s oldest.
It has stood in Vaucluse since 1883 and is the second built there after the first convict-designed tower deteriorated in the coastal air.
Now the historic home at its foot is for sale.
The lighthouse keeper’s cottage is perched on beautiful South Head at Vaucluse and has only one neighbour in sight.
“How many houses can you buy with a lighthouse next door,” sales agent Robert Alfeldi from McGrath asked.
There are fireplaces in every room of the four-bedroom heritage-listed home, including the bathrooms.
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It features original fittings and the old stables building on 2600 square metres of land.
If the owners have their way this could be somebody’s new place, for a cool $12 million
Overseas buyers are expressing interest, but it’s hoped the new owner will be local.
The sales agent has a few tycoons in mind who might be interested.
“Someone like Andrew Forrest who loves Australian icons,” Alfeldi suggested.
“Why not buy this Australian icon and maintain it for all time?”
