2400 State Highway 50, Roys Hill, Hastings

Trinity Hill Lodge

At the top of a sealed driveway, perched high above Trinity Hill Winery, lies a striking, award-winning home with breathtaking views. Designed by Hillery Priest Architecture, the home draws on the form and structure of the winery building, but with a warmth and understated elegance of its own. It is filled with light, and each window captures a stunning view over the surrounding vineyards and far beyond. The quality that has gone into the design and construction is evident everywhere you look.

Ideally configured for entertaining, the ground floor features an open plan kitchen, dining and living area, which open onto a sunny courtyard for alfresco dining. There is also a double bedroom, opening onto the courtyard, a bathroom and a separate guest toilet. Upstairs, is a spacious double bedroom with work station, and beautiful ensuite bathroom where the views from the bathtub stretch all the way to Te Mata Peak. The home captures all day sun, and with 'Thermomass' precast concrete walls, offers an environment that is naturally cool in summer and warm in winter, with additional heating provided by air conditioning or ambient open wood fire.

Set on almost five hectares of land, the home is surrounded by low maintenance gardens and lawns with irrigation systems, and the balance of land is planted in olive trees and grape vines, which are maintained under a lease arrangement. Concept sketch plans have also been drawn for a secondary dwelling plus visitor accommodation.