Wedding Accomodation

 
 

The Postman’s Cottage was designed with the intention of ‘Slow Living’.

It’s so easy to get caught up in the ‘doings’ of life, but we hope here you are able to just ‘be’.

We’ve catered for you to fully immerse yourself in your stay including a cloud like king-sized bed, equipped kitchen, clawfoot tub, our favourite books and board games, a Bluetooth speaker to listen to your favourite music and you will notice, no television or wifi.

These features provide the opportunity for deeper connection and a more palpable and ‘felt’ experience.

The products in our bathroom are by Mukti Organics, linen and towelling by Cultiver Goods.

We stock a basic pantry and all products are organic including, coffee by Montville Coffee, tea from our local Sourced Bulk Foods, salt, pepper, sugar and olive oil.

View fullsize We were obsessed with the look of the zellige tiles handmade in Morocco, but we really wanted to pay homage the the main residence that was renovated in the last decade to include stunning large format travertine tiles. Playing on the 100x100 imperf
View fullsize The very first item we purchased for The Postman's Cottage. Made by Beni M'Rirt tribe in Morocco and purchased from the dreamy @tigmitrading. Handwoven in Morocco our beautiful rug gracing the runway of our bathroom is incredibly soft and thick und
View fullsize "It's not about luxury or laziness, nor is it about forgoing our most beloved belongings: Slow living isn't about determining how little we can live with - it's about working out what we simply can't live without." Extract from The Kinfolk
View fullsize Design note. Our tapware is custom made in an industrial brass finish in both the kitchen and bathrooms. We love having our followers ask us about where we got things made or where we purchased things for designing spaces in their own homes. Our b
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View fullsize Our cottage is a collection of hand crafted and upcycled treasures. We love our bathroom light that we sourced from an artisan light maker in Greece. Our vanity is an upcycled antique from Byron Bay Hinterland. #thepostmanscottage #montvilleestate
View fullsize Wrap yourself in our favourite @cultiver_goods towels and enjoy our May mid-week special! Save up to 40% when you stay Monday - Thursday at The Postman’s Cottage. Head to the link in our bio to have a cheeky mid-week stay with us in Montville
View fullsize There’s lots of room for activities in our spacious bathroom, but by far our favourite is a long soak in our beautifully restored claw foot bath. Make sure you pop this on your to do list when visiting The Postman’s Cottage. #thepostman
View fullsize As our recent guest Jeanette so eloquently wrote it “I love how the sunlight adds subtle glow to the deep rich emerald tones of this sleek kitchen”. As the sunlight moves throughout the cottage you’ll see the ever changing tones of
View fullsize Reflections of a dreamy vacay. We sourced this beautiful antique mirror from @theshedatcooroy. We loved hunting around treasures troves across the Sunshine Coast. A couple of our other favourites are @theshedforestglen @collective_haus where we pic

Set on a a luscious 1.5 acres, Montville Estate has a rich history. The property is made up of Eastnor House and The Postman’s Cottage, these homesteads were among the first to be built in the region by Henry and Jane Smith in 1895.

Eastnor House remains one of the few original homes left in Montville itself, which was formally settled in 1897 and the Smith Family played a large role in the development of the Hinterland region.Henry and Jane Smith ran the very first Receiving Office from 1897 until 1910. This postal service began from Eastnor House before becoming the official Post Office moving from Henry and Jane’s home to a local shop in town.

It was Jane who titled the house ‘Eastnor’ and named it after her place of employment in England, at Eastnor Castle in Herefordshire. Henry and Jane’s son Peter was married to Phyllius, whose parents later bought the property after Henry’s passing, in which the changed the name to Belbury.

The history of The Postman’s Cottage itself is a little more vague, but it is believed that this humble abode was once a railway house in a neighbouring town and brought in for Jane to birth her six children, Emily Dorothy in 1903, Grace in 1906, twins Wilfred (Pat) and Lawrence (Peter) in 1907 and Henry in 1910. We decided to humbly name it The Postman’s Cottage to pay homage to the estates history, but it also makes for a perfect baby making abode too.