The Edgecombe family immigrated to Western Australia from Worthing in the UK.

The 50 acre Swan Valley property was purchased by Don and Frank Edgecombe in 1925.  Over the years they slowly built up the property and focused mainly on table grapes for the export market during the 1930s and 40s.  The focus shifted to both table and wine grapes for the local market by the mid sixties and continues today.  The vineyard and cellar door is still run by the Edgecombe family.  The Edgecombe family still grows much of the fresh produce used in the cafe menu; pickle their own olives and make jams and preserves from fruit grown in the rich loam soil.

The Swan Valley is the closest premium wine region to a capital city in the world, and enjoys hot dry summers producing grapes of optimum ripeness both for the table and wine production.

From the Edgecombe Brothers cafe you can see All Saints Church.  All Saints is Perth's oldest church and was built on the site where Captain James Stirling made camp on his exploration of the Swan River in 1827.  The graveyard surrounding the church is the final resting place for many of the Swan Valley's pioneer families.

The lich gate visible from the Edgecombe Brothers property was built in 1929 to commemorate the centenary of Western Australia.  The design was brought to the Valley from Essex and installed by George Edwin Edgecombe.  The design was inspired by the lich gate at All Saints church in Brentwood Essex.  George Edwin Edgecombe in the 1920s also donated the magnificent stained glass window that is a feature of the church.  The window's design is based on a painting called "Christ knocking at the door" by Holman Hunt that hangs in Saint Paul's Cathedral in London.