The Lakeside Barn. An Architectural masterpiece

The Lakeside Barn is an architectural masterpiece that was built in 1997 from the old wharf buildings at Darling Harbour.

It has been featured on the cover of "Southern Highlands Homes II” - showcasing the best in architecture and rural living in the Southern Highlands.
The moment you walk into The Lakeside Barn, you are greeted with head to toe windows that overlook the iris and lily pond lake. The Lakeside Barn is the perfect romantic escape, only 90 minutes from Canberra & Sydney!

The wood was sourced from the old ironbark warehouse timbers from the now Darling Harbour and through the help of local craftsmen, they created the wonderful framework from enormous 14x14 inch beams some up to 7 metre's long, and huge purpose-built rafters, hiding all fitting internally for aesthetics. The owners had the rusticated weatherboards milled to match the old cottage at the time and had the huge barn hinges made by a local blacksmith. The owners had some of the wharf timbers milled for the fabulous wide floorboards and simply tongue-oiled them. The red front door is an original door from the old cottage and you can see where the farm dogs had once scratched to get inside probably for warmth many years ago. The rustic timber lining boards in the kitchen were repurposed from old used boards from the original cottage. The huge bank of north-facing windows was sourced from an old school in Sydney and they have used the remainder of these in their main homestead as well.

The Barn is an adults-only property & we cannot accept bookings for babies, children or pets.


Our team will respond as soon as possible! The owner lives in the homestead and can answer any questions or queries you may have, but try calling us first.


Things to know:

* Please understand we do not allow infants or children at this property.

* We only provide 1 set of keys for each stay. We do not have extra sets.

* We are a rural farm - no town water here! Water is our most precious commodity. We need to store water in our tanks for those months when it doesn't rain! Please consider our environment by taking short showers even if it is raining outside!

- The owners are very environmentally conscious and do not have rubbish services to this rural property. If you bring it in - you need to take it out again! Please take all your rubbish with you. We suggest you bring garbage bags with you. Should you leave rubbish behind, you will incur a fee to have it disposed of.

- If the sofa bed is used to sleep on we will charge you an extra $100.00

*Look out for a text on the day of arrival with instructions for gate access* PLEASE DO NOT OPEN MANUALLY.