Australian House & Garden

MANOR REBORN

Four years ago, interior designer Nadia Fitzgerald was browsing real-estate websites for a weekender to buy when she chanced upon this magical house in the NSW Southern Highlands, a special find that would turn her life upside down.

Built in the 1970s, the home had all the solidity and elegance of an English manor with a sprinkling of Hamptons breeziness. “It

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