About
Country Tranquillity. Melbourne Within Reach.
ProLodge Ballintrae sits on the township fringe of Bunyip, Victoria, around 1km from the M1 freeway and roughly 60 minutes from Melbourne's CBD - within Melbourne's eastern growth corridor, yet surrounded by open countryside and views across the Bunyip River valley to the north, east and south.
Ballintrae — A House with a Story
Est. 1898
1895
200 acres purchased
1898
Ballintrae built
1919
Major A'Beckett returns from war
Ballintrae was commissioned by Major Arthur Haywood A'Beckett in 1898. Born into a wealthy English family, he served with the Antrim Artillery before settling in Australia, where he purchased 200 acres in 1895 - the land from which A'Beckett Road takes its name.
Major A'Beckett went on to serve with the Australian Imperial Force at Gallipoli, returning home in 1919 with the rank of Major. His family carried a connection to one of Victoria's Chief Justices, and Ballintrae itself became known for its social life - garden parties, church fetes and gatherings that drew wealthy visitors out from Melbourne to the Bunyip countryside.
More than a century on, Ballintrae still carries that history in its Baltic pine floors, high ornate ceilings and wide verandas - a house built for gathering then, and now.
Character in Every Detail
Ballintrae's polished Baltic pine floors, 12ft high ceilings, Victorian gutter cornicing, rosettes and ornate lighting speak to more than a century of history. Wide hallways, a grand entrance, leadlight bay windows and French doors leading out from many of the rooms carry that character through the whole house.
