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Historic Bathurst estate of Captain John Piper, Alloway Bank, sells after three years on market

After nearly three years on the market, Alloway Bank, the historic Bathurst estate of Captain John Piper has finally sold.

This historic Bathurst property sold for $2.15 million.
This historic Bathurst property sold for $2.15 million.

Alloway Bank, the historic NSW Bathurst district estate of the colonial ­customs collector, Captain John Piper, has been sold.

After spending just short of three years on the market, the property fetched $2.15 million, within its steadfast guide of $1,995,000 to $2.4 million.

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George Suttor bought the property in 1845.
George Suttor bought the property in 1845.

It was sold by Century 21 Bathurst agent Tom ­Clyburn, who took on the listing earlier this year.

The buyers are a family from Bondi Junction whose forebears, George and William Suttor, were the second owners of the Eglinton residence.

The house, rebuilt in the 1870s with Flemish bond brickwork, sits on 11ha.

The home is on 11 hectares of land.
The home is on 11 hectares of land.
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Its European settlement dates back to an 1827 land grant from Governor Thomas Brisbane to Piper who relocated to the farm after losing the Point Piper harbourfront, Henrietta Villa.

After the 1838 drought, the wool slump and 1840s depression, Piper was also forced to sell Alloway Bank to the pastoral Suttor family in 1845.

It last sold in 1995 for $580,000.

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Originally published as Historic Bathurst estate of Captain John Piper, Alloway Bank, sells after three years on market

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