170-year-old villa on the market at Willunga This 170-year-old home at 13 St Marys St, Willunga, is on the market. BUILT in the 1840s, this villa must be one of the oldest residential buildings in the state. The heritage-listed house is set on a 2025sq m heritage-listed block and boasts many of its original features including the kitchen with exposed beams and a dairy pantry. Named St Mary's Lodge, it also has a cellar and features including ceiling supports and slate floors. Other ornate features include fireplaces, wooden-paned windows, Baltic pine floorboards and wide skirting boards. The four bedrooms were built on by the home's first occupier, Thomas Martin, owner of the Willunga Slate Quarry, in the 1860s. The vendor said the size of the rooms and high ceilings reflected Mr Martin's strong standing in the community. "This was quite grand for its time," she said. Upon entry, a wide hallway with rooms on either side, leads to a modern country-style kitchen with access to the dairy room, complete with the original slot ventilators to keep items cool. At the back of the house is the original kitchen, now a loungeroom, with a Jacka oven and open hearth. Outside, the garden has been landscaped to complement the heritage home with rosemary and lavender hedges and roses. The vendor, who has lived in the home for 14 years, is downsizing - albeit regretfully - as it is too big for her to maintain. "I wish I could keep it," she said. There's something special and stately about it. The price is $950,000 to $970,000. Agent: Nick van Vliet, of First National Real Estate Nick van Vliet - Southern Vales/ Fleurieu, on 0416 088 556