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MERRICKS FARMHOUSE BY MICHAEL LUMBY WITH NIELSEN JENKINS

erricks Farmhouse by Michael Lumby Architecture with Nielsen Jenkins is located on Victoria’s picturesque Mornington Peninsula, set among the region’s amiable wineries and charming seaside hamlets. The elevated, fifty-acre property is on a country lane that is delicately concealed from the passing traffic moving along the arterial thoroughfare nearby. From this side road, the serpentine, wooded coastline and the calm waters of Western Port Bay are hidden at first and then glimpsed in the rear-view mirror of the car as you slowly move uphill. The commodious hilltop dwelling comes into view across a frisky grassed paddock, anchored on the prow-like site by a copse of established trees. The architecture of

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