Red Hill Cellar · Eamonn Egan

The photographs were made in 2003 and are shown at their own size. They are not enlarged.

Back-lit display wall with a suit-of-armour breastplate and crossed sabres above chevron bottle racking. — Back-lit armour and crossed-sabres display wall.

Sandstone cavern gallery with hanging chains, antique-style torch sconces and barred iron storage. — Sandstone gallery with chains and torch sconces.

Central aisle between timber island racks with glass-lidded bins, leading to a diamond-bin end wall. — Central aisle between the glass-lidded island racks.

Designer: Eamonn Egan. Design consultancy only.
Place: Red Hill, ACT.
Capacity: About 12,000 bottles. One of his largest cellars.
Completed: By April 2003.
Climate: The climate control system was custom-designed.
Timber: South Western Jarrah, native to Australia.

Features

Sandstone pillars housing 6-litre Methuselahs.
Biometric entry with bullet-proof glass.
Barrel seating.
Floating storage over Penfolds Grange vertical display cabinets.
LED feature lighting and antique-style torch cavern lighting.
Artisan armour, custom-made by a local artisan. It is not a family crest.
A custom-made wrought-iron cascading bottle display.
A decanting and sink area.
South Western Jarrah.
A case compactus room with a separate entry.

The room

The cellar is in Red Hill, ACT. It holds about 12,000 bottles, which makes it one of the largest Eamonn has designed. The climate control system was custom-designed for the room. The timber is South Western Jarrah.

Sandstone pillars house 6-litre Methuselahs. Entry is biometric, with bullet-proof glass. Seating is made from wine barrels. Storage appears to float over vertical display cabinets of Penfolds Grange. Lighting is both LED feature light and antique-style torch light in the cavern. A wrought-iron cascading bottle display was custom-made, and there is a decanting and sink area. A case compactus room has its own entry.

The armour was custom-made by a local artisan. It is not a family crest.

The building, the joinery and the plant were carried out by the client’s own trades, from the design. Eamonn consulted and designed. He did not build, supply or install the cellar, and he does not carry construction liability for it.