Peterborough at a glance
1,507
People
$242,500
Median sale
$324/wk
Median rent
6.95%
Suburb gross yield
Median sale from 28 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.
SA › Peterborough › Callary St
15
Bedrooms
3
Bathrooms
1
Car spaces
23,730 m²
Land
610 m²
Building
Districts View
View not ready — official layers are still retrieving for this property. Official planning layers still retrieving. Flood / bushfire / heritage not yet retrieved. No recorded sale price for this property. Districts does not score a property it cannot yet see.
No detected risks — but see the checklist: absence of evidence is not an all-clear.
Each line above is labelled. A fact is quoted from the named source, with its date. A calculation is worked out by Districts from those facts — you can check the arithmetic. An interpretation is Districts' opinion of what the evidence means, not a fact, a valuation, or advice. Anything we haven't retrieved yet is marked as missing rather than treated as a pass.
Price evidence
Last sold
No recorded sale price for this property yet.
Peterborough at a glance
1,507
People
$242,500
Median sale
$324/wk
Median rent
6.95%
Suburb gross yield
Median sale from 28 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.
Planning
Planning data is being calculated
Data unavailable
Source
Planning facts are copied from official government GIS where available. Where an official property PDF exists (VicPlan, PlanBuild), Districts stores and serves that original document. Neither is a planning certificate, survey, or advice.
Site
Terrain has not been calculated for this property yet.
Slope is calculated on a projected metric grid from a public DEM clip of the official parcel. This is not a survey, engineering, or insurance assessment.
Flood exposure has not been retrieved from any source for this property yet. Unknown is not the same as clear.
Bushfire exposure has not been retrieved from any source for this property yet. Unknown is not the same as clear.
Heritage listing has not been retrieved from any source for this property yet. Unknown is not the same as clear.
Records
Events are recorded observations from public listings, kept with their source and date. Missing values are shown as unknown, never estimated.
Capital growth
SAPlanning layers have not been retrieved for this property yet. A suburb median or growth rate is not a reason this particular lot would outperform. Funded catalyst catchments are not loaded. A TOD badge is not this product.
Official flood overlay has not been retrieved (pending). Missing layer is unknown, not “no.” Nearby development applications are not loaded. This lot’s own applications are a separate question.
Rental
No advertised rent is recorded. Suburb median rent $324/week — not this address. An inferred likely-rent range is not shown until official bond series are loaded for this dwelling type and bedrooms.
Current comparable rental listings within 400 m of this lot are not loaded. Nearby development applications are not loaded. This lot’s own applications are a separate question. Supply pressure needs comparable listings near this lot plus a nearby DA pipeline. Neither is loaded. Suburb vacancy or leased-tape days are not this property’s competition.
Yield cannot be shown without both a price and a rent figure. Net yield is not estimated from gross advertising copy. Net yield / holding costs are not estimated outside NSW without inventing land tax.
Verdict
Districts view
Not enough official evidence yet to underwrite this as an investment.
Detail
The same ten questions apply to every property. Missing flood, nearby DAs, achieved rents, or lot geometry is unknown — not “no.”
Do not treat a suburb median, an advertised yield, or a listing score as the case for this lot.
The evidence loaded so far isn't enough on its own to change a buy, offer, or walk-away decision for this property.
Evidence
Districts asks the same ten questions of every property. If one shows as unknown, that data isn't published for this state or hasn't been loaded yet — the question stays visible so you can see exactly what's missing.
1 of 10 questions answered so far
Development optionality of this lot
UnknownPlanning layers have not been retrieved for this property yet.
Nearby development pipeline
UnknownArea
Peterborough at a glance
1,507
People
$242,500
Median sale
$324/wk
Median rent
6.95%
Suburb gross yield
Median sale from 28 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.
Listing material
Listed by Barry Plant NorwoodWrite the next chapter in 'St Cecilia'; C1912 heritage mansion and a true gem of the mid north.
Bishop's palace. Convent. Boarding School. Bed and Breakfast. Art gallery. Much loved home.
Welcome to 'St Cecilia'; the Edwardian heritage mansion that makes a strong, stone-laden case to be the most intriguing historical treasure of the mid north, let alone Peterborough - a rail town with a proud past of its own.
Commissioned by and built for the catholic 'Bishop of railways' John Norton in 1912, the first home with electricity in Peterborough leaves a lasting imprint on anyone lucky enough to see it more than a century later.
And what you'll see is something of great scale and handcrafted beauty set back triumphantly on its grand estate behind a stone and wrought-iron skirt.
As if to build suspense, the journey from gate to front door tells a story of its own. The statue of a headless lady a salute to the patron Saint of Music, Cecilia; a Roman noblewoman beheaded by sword.
The statue - and the subsequent naming of St Cecilia - is the legacy of custodian Annette Frankel; whom, for the last 40 years, has preserved this home of some 15 rooms with a sense of obligation.
Miss Frankel not only saw the beauty of St Cecilia through the eyes of its predecessors, but through the adventure-seeking guise of those willing to partake in her murder mystery parties - or purchase the art that dots the walls and delineates the story through her eccentric disposition.
And there is not a better setting.
From that stone facade to the intricate detail of its leadlight windows, tessellated tiles, hand grain doorways, cast iron fireplaces, rustic pine floors and soaring lathe and plaster ceilings, time has not wearied the raw beauty of a home with hardly a crack in sight.
Yes, it has seen better days and there is work to be done. But it's also easy to imagine what could be of a home of fifteen bedrooms, terraces, two staircases, and a grand banquet room that spans the width of the dwelling.
Ahead of its time, the home was ingeniously designed to inhale cool summer breezes, repel the sun's hot advances and retain warmth in winter...without ever using that electricity.
"On the property stands", a separate stone coachhouse. In the 1950's, these coachhouse rooms were used as schoolrooms, and then by Ms Frankel as a bed and breakfast.
Whether this is the life-changing project you've been searching for, a place to call home, a weekend destination for others, or an attraction open to all in a town with its very own airstrip; the story of St Cecilia is worth telling...and continuing.
It deserves nothing less.
And there's more:
• Perfectly positioned near local primary school, just moments from town centre and airstrip
• Stands triumphantly alongside the catholic church
• Fly in and fly out to a home that waits just a 3hr drive from Adelaide
• Opportunity for hotel licence (STCC)
• Established grounds with soaring pine trees and circular driveway
• Side road access via Mary Mackillop Lane
• Under cover parking
• Original well to property
• Strong structural integrity ensures restoration is a worthy cause
• Land is relatively level and has demarcated paddocks and incorporates multiple allotments
• Functional kitchen and multiple bathrooms
• Cellar
• And so much more.
Specifications:
C/T: 5163/516
LGA: PETERBOROUGH
Zoning: R'
Land Size: 23730 m2
Build Size: 610 m2
Built: 1912
Listing description written by Elesa Wood, Barry Plant Norwood — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.
Nearby development applications are not loaded. This lot’s own applications are a separate question.
Honest achievable rent
KnownlowThis is not “bond data says this address leases for $X.” The comparable figure is a suburb advertised/median rent, not this property. Official bond files (postcode or suburb × type × bedrooms) are not loaded yet.
Rental supply pressure
UnknownSupply pressure needs comparable listings near this lot plus a nearby DA pipeline. Neither is loaded.
Why is this cheap?
UnknownThe constraint stack has not been retrieved for this lot, so Districts cannot explain a discount versus land size.
Lot-level flood
UnknownOfficial flood overlay has not been retrieved (pending). Missing layer is unknown, not “no.”
Catalyst exposure
UnknownFunded catalyst catchments are not loaded. A TOD badge is not this product.
This lot's DA history
UnknownDevelopment applications have not been queried for this parcel.
Statutory land value versus ask
UnknownStatutory land value is not available as free bulk data in this jurisdiction. Do not fake it with a suburb median.
Net yield / holding costs
UnknownNet yield / holding costs are not estimated outside NSW without inventing land tax.