$30m Southern Highlands trophy home Invergowrie returns to the market
One of the Southern Highlands’ most celebrated country estates has returned to the market, with the historic Invergowrie offered for sale amid expectations it could achieve up to $30 million.
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Invergowrie, one of the best-known and most luxurious estates in the Southern Highlands, has been listed for sale with a price of up to $30 million.
The Exeter acreage is being offered for the first time since 2019, when it was sold by former Liberal Party leader John Hewson to little-known Queensland grazier Victoria Anderson.
The property attracted significant attention during Hewson’s ownership, having remained on the market for a decade prior to its sale. He initially sought $11 million in 2009, then ultimately accepted $6 million seven years later.
Architectural heritage and landmark gardens
The main residence dates back to 1936, when it was commissioned by pioneering industrialist Sir Cecil Harold Hoskins, whose leadership helped shape the nation’s iron and steel industry. Designed by architect Geoffrey Loveridge, Invergowrie is a grand Tudor Revival residence set within gardens conceived by celebrated landscape designer Paul Sorensen. His early 20th-century landscapes remain among the most admired in the Highlands.
Today, those heritage plantings — sweeping lawns, ancient oaks, stately silver elms and groves of cedar — continue to frame the home in established grandeur.
A richly reimagined interior
Since purchasing Invergowrie in 2019, Anderson has comprehensively reimagined the interiors, engaging award-winning studio Greg Natale Designs to transform the historic residence into a richly layered and opulent home.
Every detail speaks to bespoke quality: deep navy joinery offset by striking brass fixtures and hand-gilded ceilings; French oak parquetry laid in the classic Versailles pattern; Italian porcelain tessellated tiles; and plush custom carpeting underfoot. One-off wallpapers from Papiers de Paris sit alongside coveted designs by Versace, Gucci and Ralph Lauren, while decorative lighting selections include pieces from Ralph Lauren Home, Kelly Wearstler and Kate Spade.
The designer kitchen is fitted with integrated Miele refrigeration, a Smeg cooktop, a Thermoseal oven, a EuroCave wine cabinet, and a Qasair executive range hood, while Carrara marble surfaces and a Billi tap deliver boiling, chilled, and sparkling water. Bathrooms and powder rooms are finished in Norwegian Rose and Carrara marble.
A private estate on 9.3 hectares
Spanning two levels, Invergowrie comprises six bedrooms in the main residence, along with several formal and informal living and dining rooms, an office, gym, reception room, bar and wine cellar. There is also a trophy room adjoining a billiards room and an indoor 25-metre pool.
Across the 9.3-hectare estate sits a self-contained 1800s Lakehouse with two additional bedrooms, as well as a separate two-bedroom guest house and a caretaker’s cottage. The grounds also feature a tennis court, wrought-iron arbour, aviary and bocce court.
Cullen & Royle agents Deborah Cullen and Richard Royle are marketing the property in conjunction with James Hall of Savills.
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The oceanfront house at the northern end of the affluent barrier island was a longtime vacation home of late Prince Albrecht of Oettingen-Spielberg.
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The 11th-generation heir of a German royal family has sold an oceanfront mansion in Palm Beach, Florida, for $30.27 million.
The 4,675-square-foot home on East Inlet Drive was built in 1960 and stands on 1.24 acres of oceanfront land, one lot away from the northern border of the Palm Beach barrier island.
It has six bedrooms, an ocean-facing veranda and pool deck and a direct path to the white-sand beachfront through lush greenery.
The property was purchased in 1987 by the late Prince Albrecht of Oettingen-Spielberg—10th in the line of a noble German dynasty that traces back to the 17th century—for $1.75 million, according to property records.
The German prince died in November, and the property was sold by his son and heir, Prince Franz-Albrecht of Oettingten-Spielberg, according to the deed recorded with Palm Beach County on Monday.
The buyer was a Florida-based LLC, managed by a law firm in East Hampton, New York, and represented by Island Realty PB.
“The new buyer is going to renovate the existing structure and breathe more life into it,” said listing agent Whitney McGurk, who represented the seller alongside Lisa Pulitzer, both of Brown Harris Stevens. “It was seldom used by the former owner.”
The aristocrat’s home was first listed for $45 million in 2024 and was reduced over the years as it cycled through different brokers and was also offered to rent. It was reduced for the final time to $32.9 million in February of this year.
Because of the property’s proximity to the Palm Beach Inlet, which divides the Palm Beach island from the barrier island to the north, it is close to great snorkelling and fishing along the jetty, as well as one of the best surf breaks in Palm Beach, according to McGurk.
“The house was always the ultimate beach house,” said McGurk. “Snorkelling, fishing, surfing, relaxing on the beach—it’s all right at your doorstep.”
The late owner’s son Prince Franz-Albrecht is the 11th-generation head of the family, as well as a hunter and conservationist married to model and socialite Baroness Cleo von Adelsheim.
His full name is Franz-Albrecht Alois Christian Ferdinand Maria Notger, Prince of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Spielberg. He couldn’t immediately be reached for comment.
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