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Kings Plains Castle - Inverell NSW Australia

The beauty of Kings Plains at Inverell NSW is not just the large majestic three-storey baronial castle but also the historic timber woolsheds, the largest in the New England Tablelands. These date back to 1832 during William Vivers time and nest-in beautifully against silhouetted forest of Eucalypts.

Kings Plains was first settled in 1832 by Vivers, from Dumfries in Scotland. He settled in Kings Plains with 61,440 acres between Glen Innes and Inverell on the New England Tablelands of New South Wales. In 1908 George Vivers began construction of what would become one of the most stunning country homes. Using locally quarried bluestone, he created a 28 room, 4-level castle with 14 fireplaces, 12 bedrooms plus battlements known as Kings Plains and a reminder of his Scottish heritage which made him feel at home.

The large heritage-listed baronial castle was designed by Sydney based architects Rowe & Luchily and faithfully built to how it is now. The castle is simple and restrained in its detailing and sits perfectly with its landscape. Internal planning is interesting and varied which so many country houses built around that period lack. The basic concept has no verandahs but reduced to a series of large porches and enclosed arcades.

Rooms are beautifully proportioned and offer endless views of the countryside and surrounding gardens and built for an age when servants were abundant. The tower rooms at Kings Plains are most interesting. The composition of tight spaces leaves you with a medieval Gothic experience. The gardens at Kings Plains are substantially reduced from their original size and layout. New owners currently offer quality bed and breakfast during the summer months and raise beef cattle and English long-horn in the house paddocks. It is easy for present generations to like this period of architecture, it is not ornamental and simply restrained.