This Victorian home has a room dedicated to a task you'd never expect

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The Italian-style 18 Nevens Road, Yandoit Hills in Victoria.

A charming stone cottage in rural Victoria is full of surprises.

The under-offer home at 18 Nevens Road in Yandoit Hills, which had a price guide of $1.45 million to $1.64 million, was built in 1857 and features an unusual room.

An additional bedroom/studio with a trapdoor leads downstairs to what was once a sausage-making kitchen. 

The sausage-making kitchen connects to a cheese cellar and a two-room wine cellar.

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The four-bedroom, two-bathroom property is called Bergamo and occupies approximately 10 acres.

An idyllic setting, the charming home boasts a Mediterranean-style garden and paddocks with Spanish chestnut trees, olives, apples and pears.

There's also a separate paddock and horse-riding arena for passionate equestrians.

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Interiors ooze plenty of charm and character with original floorboards, raked ceilings, wood-panelled walls and intricate tilework in the bathrooms.

Should the buyer be after extra income, they could list the old dairy on Airbnb, which has been transformed into a self-contained, one-bedroom cottage with views of the vineyard.

The property is on the books of Dominic Romeo of Circa Heritage and Lifestyle.

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