Rowallan Road, Darfield, Selwyn

Auchenflower Farm

Deadline Sale (unless sold prior) 12pm, Fri 5 Dec 2025

This stunning property is steeped in history, offering not only a living connection to the past through its aesthetic appeal - with specimen trees up to 100 years old - but also a productive landholding that has kept pace with modern farming practices. Numerous elevated, sun-drenched building sites provide sweeping views over the Canterbury Plains, making it the perfect environment to create your dream home. A rare opportunity to own productivity alongside a slice of living heritage.

Comprising 257 hectares (more or less), this well-presented foothills property offers a strong combination of productive land use, scale, and location. The farm provides an excellent balance of fertile flats and rolling hill country, with quality soils supporting a variety of farming options, including grazing, cropping, and dairy support. Well subdivided into approximately 37 paddocks, linked by a practical lane system and serviced by county water, the property is well set up for ease of management.

Reliable growing conditions allow pastures to typically carry well into summer, while well-planted gullies provide effective shelter, improving stock performance, and creating an attractive environment for birdlife. The property has a strong history of dairy support and continues to prove itself as a consistent and productive farming asset, alongside established woodlots, some of which date back to the late 1800s, adding character and history that complement the practical farming base.

Positioned in the foothills, the property is well located for both farming and lifestyle, being close to local services, within commuting distance to Christchurch, only 50 km from the international airport, and handy to ski fields, rivers, lakes, walking tracks and golf courses. Originally part of the Deans Estate "Homebush," established in the mid-1800s, the property carries historic provenance alongside modern farming capability. An adjoining house on a separate title is also available for purchase.

Further information is available here: www.propertyfiles.co.nz/5528137
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