Imagine...

Enjoying boutique accommodation in the largest privately owned single storey home in New Zealand and one of its most historic, with a magnificent view across Marlborough''s Awatere Valley vineyards to the sparkling blue of the Cook Strait.

DISCOVER...

Ugbrooke Country Estate, a truly unique yet unpretentious nineteenth century boutique Marlborough property, on a 16 acre, elevated site. Set in private park- like grounds with sweeping lawns and marvellous views of farmland, vineyards, Cook Strait and the North Island. To the south are the Kaikoura Ranges and mighty Mt Tapuaenuku.

Just  a 20 minutes scenic drive south of Blenheim is the stunning Awatere Valley. It is here that you will discover Ugbrooke  - the  largest privately owned single storey house in New Zealand and listed with the Historical Trust.

One and a half kilometres of curving, tree lined road lead the visitor to the lodge, a magnificent red brick house of 929m² (10,000 sq ft), renowned for its size and unusual architectural features. Ugbrooke offers boutique accommodation with spacious guest rooms, lofty pressed metal ceilings, and extensive timber finishes.

The surrounding paddocks while being host to a 9 hole chip and putt golf course, cricket pitch and tennis courts, are also home to the homestead''s sheep and horses.

THE HISTORY

Ugbrooke is the original homestead of an 8,479 ha. farm bought in 1882 by Hon.William Clifford. In 1885 he decided to build his main homestead in the Awatere Valley because of the large amount of good agricultural land and to name it Ugbrooke after his family estate in Chudleigh, Devon, England which lives on today. He designed the house and began the building that same year from brick, made and fired on the property.  In 1897, under some financial pressure, he sold the farm and partly finished house to the Vavasour family who lovingly completed it to Clifford''s design by 1903.

After three generations of ownership and a rich history, the Vavasours decided to sell in the early 1990s.

Your hosts,Peter and Alex Stowasser, now welcome guests to this unique residence and take great pleasure in enabling visitors to forget the hustle and bustle of the modern world and step briefly back in time to a more gracious era - to unwind in comfort, explore the region and return again and ....yet again to...... Ugbrooke Country Estate.