Angliss family descendants to sell iconic western Victorian farm

One of Victoria’s finest historic rural homesteads and 4000ha of farmland are for sale for the first time in almost 90 years.

Greystones, located near Bacchus Marsh dates back to the 1870s.

One of Victoria’s finest rural properties, the iconic Greystones in western Victoria, has been listed for sale for the first time in almost 90 years.

Descendants of the prominent businessman Sir William Charles Angliss are selling the historic property, opening the door for Greystones’ to have just its third owner in its 148-year history.

Colliers selling agents James Beer and Thomas Quinn are handling the sale via expressions of interest closing Wednesday, May 31 at 4pm.

No price guide for the property has been indicated.

The property is being marketed as “a historic western Victorian rural holding and unparalleled land banking opportunity” with “excellent operational infrastructure”.

Greystones is for sale for the first time in almost 90 years.

Located at 565 Glenmore Rd, Rowsley, Greystones comprises 4033ha as a contiguous landholding, which has run extensive cropping and a superfine Merino wool enterprise.

The centrepiece of the property is the 15-bedroom bluestone homestead, which is almost 150 years old and is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register.

Greystones was carved out of the Glenmore run, which was established by squatters Charles Griffith and James Moore in 1840.

Moore sold his interest to Molesworth Greene, with Mr Griffith and Mr Greene granted pre-emptive right for Glenmore in September 1852.

The centrepiece of Greystones is the 15 bedroom bluestone homestead.

Then in the 1870s, Greene subdivided Greystones from the larger Glenmore and in 1876 he commissioned architects Lloyd Tayler and Frederick Wyatt to design the mighty bluestone residence.

Butcher and businessman, Sir William Charles Angliss purchased the property in 1934 and rejoined the property with part of Glenmore, and then pioneered frozen meat export in Victoria.

Sir Angliss died in 1957, leaving the property to his descendants who have owned it ever since.

Still largely intact at its original size, Greystones is one of the few remaining pastoral runs in Victoria which were developed throughout the nineteenth and twentieth century.

Greystones is situated 10km south of Bacchus Marsh in the Moorabool Shire, 45km linear from Melbourne.