Burdekin House 

197 Macquarie Street - Sydney 

Now St Stephens Presbyterian Church

Here, Until 1933 Stood Burdekin House, &. Was Built In 1841 & Was Long Known as The “Most Handsome House In Sydney"

It's Owner, Thomas Burdekin, Was An Ironware Monger Merchant From England. He Died In 1844, After Which His Widow & Son, Sydney Burdekin (Mayor Of Sydney In 1890), Cared For The Home. 

On The 2nd April 1845 The German Explorer  Ludwig Leichardt, Overlanding From Moreton Bay (Now Brisbane) To Port Essington, Noted In His Journal - 
"I Have Reached The Junction Of The Suttor With The New River Which I Called The Burdekin, In Appreciation Of The Assistance From Mrs Thomas Burdekin, In The Outfit Of My Expedition.” 

About This Time, An English Globe trotter Named J.C. Byrne Visited Sydney, Scooping Up Gossip To Be Used In His "Twelve Years Wandering The British Colonies" 
Said Byrne - 
“A Person Named Burdekin... Had Amassed By His Trade & Private Discounting..... A Vast Fortune. Whether True Or False, No Man In Sydney Was Both So Disliked On Account Of The Usurious Interest, As It Was Asserted, He Exacted From those Who Were So Unfortunate As To Fall Into His Hands, & So Much Feared On Account Of The Power Of His Wealth..... This Mr Burdekin Took It Into His Head To Purchase An Extensive Piece Of Ground.... In The Immediate vicinity Of The Club House New South Wales Aristocracy, Many Of The Members Which Had Particular Reasons For Not Being Attached To Then Discount Gentlemen.
The Land Once Purchased, The Erection Of A Pile Of Costly Magnificence WasProceeded  With...." 
Byrne's Story Ends With The Arrival Of A Stranger From England, Who Actually
held The Original Title Deeds That Burdekin Had Buult His Mansion On, Valued at £16,000. 

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Obituary - Joseph Burdekin Holdsworth

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The A - Z Of Homes In Sydney As I Find Them 

A

- Abbey (The) - Johnston St - Annandale

- Abbortsford House

- Abergeldie Estate - Dulwich Hill

- Aberglasslyn

- Adelaide Cottage - 57 - 59 Macleay St (1844 - 1899)

- Addington - 1810 - 813 Victoria Rd, Ryde

- Admiralty House - Kirribillii

- Afreba - Cnr Stanmore Rd & Tupper St

- Agincourt - 4 Wylde St, Potts Point

- Ahimsa - 1837 - 57 Cobran Road, Cheltenamm

 -Alberta Terrace - Bayswater Road Potts Point

- Albion House - Cnr Albion & Mary St - Surry Hills

- Aldine House - George St - Parramatta

- Allowah - Randwik

- Altamira - Fairlight - 1870's

- Alton House - Concord

- Ambleside - 24 Dudley St, Roseville

- Annandale House - 

- Arlington

- Arnesbury - 1888 - 78 Alt St Ashfield

- Arthursleigh

- Artarmon House

- Ascot - Randwick

- Aston Lodge - Randwick 

- Ashton - Elizabeth Bay - 1875

- Atherfield-1870-7 Eastbourne Rd - Darling Pt 

- Audley 

- Auburn Cottage - Albion St - John Verge 1831

B

- Baker's Cottage - Lane Cove 

- Ballamac - 39 Acacia Street - Coogee

 - Balmoral House - 46 Waterview st - 

- Barnclueth - Potts Point

- Barrett House - Randwick 

- Bellevue - 55 - 57 Leichardt st - Glebe

- Bedervale Homestead

- Belmont Park - North Richmond

- Bengalla - NSW

- Berith Park - 19 Billyard Avenue - Wahronga

- Bernedi

- Birchgrove House - 67 Louisa Rd

- BishopCourt - AKA Greenoakes - 11a Greenoakes Avenue Darling Pt -1846 - 1849

- Blair Attol House - Campbelltown

- Bleak House - Balmain

- Bomerah - 1 Wylde St - Potts Point

- Bona Vista

- Boomerang - Elizabeth Bay 

- Bonnington - 8 Victoria Rd - Bellevue Hill

- Bradbury Park

- Bradley Hall 

- Braeside Cottage

- Braybrook 

- Briarbank - Glebe

- Brisbane House - Lavender Bay - Demolished 1920's

- Bronte House - 470 Bronte Rd,- 

- Brooklands - Stone house built by William Francis Parker - Brookvale 1879

- Brooksby - Potts Point 

- Broughton Hall - Lilyfield

- Brush Farm House - 19 Lawson St, Eastwood

- Bulwarra - Hunter's Hill

- Budleigh - Kirribilli 

- Bugaree House

- Bulkira - Northwest Sydney 

- Buona Vista - Built by Samuel Augustus Perry - 1831

- Burnham Grove - 1880's - Cowdor Rd, Camden

- Banks House - 

- Barcom Glen - West Estate - Darlinghurst

- Barham - Potts Point

- Brougham Lodge - Potts Point

- Buradoo

- But - Har - Gra - Croydon Park House - Georges River Rd & Croydon Avenue - Built 1890

C

- Cadman's Cottage - Circular Quay

- Caerleon - 31 Kambala Rd

- Cairo (The)

- Campbell Lodge - Potts Point

- Cambrian Villa - Potts Pt

- Camden Park (1831)

- Camden Villa - Milson's Pt

- Camelot - formerly Kilkhein

- Callooa

- Canonbury (1833)

- Cantebury House

- Carabulla - Now Part Of The Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron Kirribilli

- Carlyle - Gladstone Parade - Lindfield

- Carrara - 52 Vaucluse Rd

- Carr's Cottage 

- Carthona - Darling Point

- Castle Hill Parsonage

- Chatsworth - Potts Point

- Checy - Potts Point

- Cherewell - 11 Hopetoun Ave - Vaucluse

- Cintra - Potts Point

- Clairvaux House

- Clargo House

- Clarens 

- Cleveland House

- Cleve's

- Cliffbrook - Arden St - Coogee

- Clifford - Potts Point

- Clifton - 1 - 3 Peel St, Kirribilli - 1849 Demolished 1960's

- Cloncorrick

- Clopee - Potts Point

- Clovelly House

- Cloyne Lodge

- Clyde House

- Combewood

- Craigend - Potts Point

- Craigholme

- Cranbrook Cottage - John Hornbury Hunt

- Creelwood

- Crossways (The) - Centennial Park 

- Crows Nest House (1869) - Built for Alexander Berry in 1850. later owned by Sir John Hay - Demolished 1932. The Gates And Fence remain at North Sydney 

- Curthona - 85 Todman Ave - Randwick 

- Curzon Hall - Marsfield 

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- Dalley's Castle - Manly 
- Dalhonsle House
- Dalwood House
- Dangars Castle 
- Darling House
- Deepdene House 
- Delamore - Darling Point
- Denham Court - Camden
- Denistone - Eastwood
- Dennarque - 
- Derby Lodge
- Dobroyde House
- Dogwood House
- Dower House
- Drummoyne House
- Drummoyne Park
- Dudhope
- Dunbar House
- Dunrath
- Dunora - 10 Dunora Gardens Potts Pt
- Durham Hall
- Duxford House

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- Eastbourne Potts Pt

- Eastwood

- Eaton

- Ecclesbourne - Potts Point

- Edgeworth House - Macquarie St Parramatta

- Edith House Randwick

- Elierslle - Darlinghurst Road

- Elizabeth Bay House

- Elwaton - Vaucluse

- Emuttall

- Endellion - Randwick 

- Endsleigh - Built near Clifton

- Enfield House

- Enmore House - Buitl 1835 Demolished 1883

- Ermington

- Erskineville House

- Eryldore - Gordon

- Etham House

- Euroka - 

- Everleigh

- Eversley

- Ewonton House - 1 Blake st , Balmain (1880)

F

- Fairfax House
- Fairholme - Rooty Hill
- Fairlight House - Fairlight NSW
- Fairwater - 560 New South Head Rd
- Fenton - 8 Albert St - Edgecliff
- Fernleigh House - Fernleigh Castle - 1892
- Finton - 1832 - Roger Therry
- Fiona - Edward Knox - Darling Pt
- Flowton - North Turramurra - 1895
- Flushcombe Turrets
- Forest Lodge Villa - John Verge - 1836 - Demolished 1912
Froma House - Built by James Neale - 1860's

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- Garryowen - 
- Gayndah Cottage - Underwood St Paddington -
- Gillgaloola - 82 - 84 Penant Hills Road - Normanhurst
- Gingle - Federation Queen Anne Style
- Gladstone Hall - Built By William ZStarkley 1870 - Ewart St - Dulwich Hil; 
- Gladswood House - 1860 - Point Piper - Built for Samuel Dean Gordon
- Glanworth - 5 Lindsay Avenue - Darling Pt - 1915 - 1916
- Glen Ayr - 1860 - Demolished 1912
- Glenbrook - 19 Cooper St - double Bay
- Glenfield House - Casula - Dr Charles Throsby - 1816 
- Glengarry - Killara - Built 1919 For William Virtue
- Glenhurst - Darling pt
- Glenmire - Built For Edwin Stanley
- Glen Merryn - Coogee Bay Rd - built 1924 for Thomas A Field. Presented to the Australian Red Cross in 1941 for a Concvalescent Home. Bequeathed to The Red Cross on the condition that it not be used other than Philanthropic Charitable purposes. 
- Glenreigh - Regentsville - 427 Mulgoa Rd - Designed by William Wardell
- Glenrock - Thornton St - Darling Pt
- Glenrock - Edgecliffe - Demolished and Rebuilt 1870 - John Marks
- Glenwood Estate 
- Goderich Lodge - 1832 - Demolished
- Goendower - Cnr Constitution & Belmore St - Meadowbank
- Gordon Terrace - 2 - 26 Gordon St - Randwick - 1885
- Goulburn House - Cnr Druitt & Kent St - 
- Grandview - Pymble
- Grantham - Demolished
- Graythwarte - Lavender Bay - Thomas Walker 1832 - 20 Edward St North Sydney 
- Greenknowe - 1846 - Greenknowe Avenue
- Greenmount - 67 Upper Pitt St - 
- Greenoakes - Darling Pt
- Greencliffe Villas - Kirribilli
- Greycliff House - Vaucluse
- Greystanes House - William Lawson

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- Hampton Court - Bayswater Road - Potts Point

- Hanney - 376 Alfred St North Sydney  - Cammerary - Built 1896 demolished 1960's

- hathrop - Bathurst

- Hawthorn Estate - Fairybower

- Helenie - Meadowbank

- Henrietta - Pt Piper

- Hereford House - 53 Hereford St - Glebe

- Highbury - Centennial Park 

- highbury Hospital - 139 Wentworth Road - Burwood

- Highroyd - Annandale - Built by John young 

- Hillview - hornsby

- History House -133 Macquarie St

- Holbeck - 93 Lower Fort St

- Holbrook House Estate - kirribilli - 1875

- Holtermann Mansion - 

- Honda - Nuetrasl Bay

- Hooper Cottage - Gilderthorpe Avenue 

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- Innisfallen Castle - 14 Cherry Place - Castlecrag

- In Carcase - A Residence at the North End Of The wharf - Millers point - 15 Rooms - 47 Ft Wide Garden - 226 Feet Deep

- iona - 2 Darley St - Darlinghurst

J

- Juniper Hall - Oxford St - Paddoington

- Jamieson House

- Jarocin - 1857

Jenner House - 2 Macleay St - Potts Point

K

- Kalouan - Rozelle

- Kellett House - Potts Pt - Demolished

- Kenilworth - Potts Pt

- Kemmore - AKA Roslyn Villa

- Kentville - Near Rozelle Bay - Built by john Young

- Keston

- Kia Ora House - 64 Macquarie St - Parramatta

- Kilmory Estate

- Kincoppal - 

- Kinneil - Potts Point 

- Kioto - formerly Llandaff

- Kirribilli House - Kirribilli 

L

- Lactura - Cantennial Park 

- Lancer Barracks - Smith St - Parramatta

- Larbert Lodge - Demolished - Subdivision of Macleay Estate. It was the last Convict Built Home in Potts Point. 

- Larissa - 27 Nelson St woolahra

- Lauriston - Ryde - 1880 - Cnr Victoria Rd & Bowden St

- Leitelinna - Manly 

Lindsay - 12 Carthona Avenue - Darling Pt

- Longwood 

- Lorndale House - Mayfield NSW  

Lyons Terrace - Liverpool Street - Darlinghurst - 5 Elegant Terraces built fpr Samue;l Lyons - 1841 - Built by john Verge. Demolished Between 1910 - 1925

- Lulworth - 71 Roslyn Gardens 

- Lunhilda - Putney

Lyndhurst - 1833 - 61 Dargham st - Glebe

M

- Mamne - (1830 - 1840) Original Owner was Reverend Samuel Marsden 

- Maranamah - DEMOMLISHED - Cnr Darlinghurst Rd & Macleay St

Mary Reiby house - Station St - Newtown

- Merioola - Edgecliff Road - Woolahra - Mr Arthur Allen - Built by John Mannning

- Merridong - Killara 

- mimosa House - Cnr Putland St and P{ages Rd - St Mary's

- Milton terrac - 1 - 19 Lower Fort St - The Rocks

- Mona - Darling Pt

- Mount Adelaide - Potts Point - DEMOLISHED

- Mr Simms (Millers) Residence - Lane Cove 1880

- Mundarrah Towers - Clovelly - 1863 - Demolished 1923

- Myrtle cottage - Cnr Of Macleay St & Elizabeth Bay Rd - DEMOLISHED

N

- Newington House - silverwater

- Normanhurst - Randwick - DEMOLISHED - Cnr Cowper St & Alison Rd - Randwick 

- Norman Lindsay House 

Nugal Hall - 16 - 18 Milford St - Randwick 

O

- Oak Lodge - (1836 - 1837)

- Oceanview - Gordons Bay - Built 1916 - 127 Arden St Clovelly 

- Octagon - Darling Point

- Oranlham - 

- Ormiston - Junction Rd - Summer Hill

- Orrelton - Conr Albert St & Ocean St - Woolahra - Sir Alfred Stephen

- Orwell House - Demolished - Orwell St - Potts Pt - DEMOLISHED

- Osterlay - Potts Point - Fitzroy Gardens - DEMOLISHED 

P

- Parosnage (The) = Turner Street - Ryde - 1830's

- Penkiville Estate 

- Penshurst - Penshurst Avenue - Nuetral Bay - Completed 1885 - Demolished 1968 - Walter Liberty Vernon, It was Demolished and replaced With 2 Low Rise Townhouses

- pollister - Greenwich

- Palmer (john) House - Cnr Palmer St & William St - DEMOLISHED

- Preimer Terrace - Potts Point

- Petersleigh - Cooks River Road

- Prestonville - Mr robert Thorne - Macleay St. Entrance On Macleay St Iron Palasading on stone Foundations with 6 ornamental pillars. Architect Mr David Mcbeath - 2 Storey - Ground to floor 14 ft 6 inches. 

Q

Quambi - Edgecliff - was owned by the Darley Family. 

- Queenscliff - Darlimg Point

R

- Raeburn - 157 Old South Head Road - 

- Rangers (The) 

- Rathven - 43 St Marks Road Randwick - Built ny George Raffan around 1887 on land that extended

- Regentville Estate - Regent Villa - 1823 - Sir John Jamieson - Penrith

- Reiby house - Station Street - Newtown

- Retford Hall - Yarragabbe Road & Thornton St - Darling point

- Reussdale - (1867) - Glebe

- Richmond Villa - 116 - 122 Kent Street - Designed by Mortimer Lewis. Gothic Revival Style.

- Rivendell - Circa 1890 - formerly Thomas Walker Convalescent Home Concord

- Rockley - Elizabeth bay Road

- Rockwall - (1837) - john busby - Potts Point

- Rosebank - Darlinghurst - DEMOLISHED

- Rose Bay Lodge - (1834)

- Rose Cottage - Rose Street - Wilberforce

- Rosemont - 14 Rosemount Avenue - Woolahra - Alexander Campbell & Family

- Rosylndale - 

- Roslyn Hall - Darlinghurst - DEMOLISHED

- Rona - 2 Ginahgulla Road - Bellevue hill

- Rovello - Bellevue Hill 

- Royleston - 270 Glebe Pt Road

- Russell Lea Manor - 1879 - Between Sibbick St & Lyons Rd - Demolished 1925

S

- Salisbury Court

- Sandgate - 128 Belmore Road Randwick. Built 1870 on land granted to Simeon  Henry Pearce. Formerly a Private residence known as Kilkerran and later called Felton

- Scarba - bondi

- Scarborough House - Dolls Point

- Shellbank - Middle Harbour. John Noble

- Sienna - 61 New South head road

- Spencer Lodge - Millers Point - Captain Lamb

- Springfield House - Potts Point

- Stanmore House - 88 Enmore Road

- Stead House Marrickville - 

- St Helens Park - 

- Stirling Cottage - Potts Point

- St Clond - 233 Burwood Road

- St Marks Terrace - Darling Poinr

- Stoneleigh - Darley Street - Darlinghurst

- Strathfield

- Strathfieldsaye - Burwood

- Strathmore - George Wilgram Allen & Mariam Boyle - Across from toxteth Park 

- Strathroy House - Cabiarta

- Studley Park House - Narellan 

- Sutherland House - Thomas Hold 

- Swan  Aisle-  87 Darley Road - Originally 78 Hectares. Colonel W. T Farrell (1831- 1906) - married Frances Farrell (1836-1921) - Father of Charles, William, Fanny, Charlotte & Louise. He was Commissioned as Second Leuitenant  No 3  Company Sydney Batallion Volunteer Rifles in 1861. And retired in  1898 as Commmanding Officer of the First Infantry Regiment. During the 1920'1930's it was used by St Judes for monthly services. Following the parents death, the daughters lived the until 1945. It remained vacant until 1954 and converted into a private hotel. 

- Swifts - Built for Robert Tooth - gothic Revival 

- Strickland House - Victorian Italianette - Originally Called Carara - 52 Vaucluse Road - Designed by john Hilly

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- Tamworth Mansion - Potts Point

- Tamworth Terraces - Potts Point

- Talloonce - 1875 - Burwood - john Robert Bibb 

- Tarana - Potts Point - 

- Tarmons - 1838 - Built for Maurice O'Connell. now Part of A School 

- Tempe House - 1836 - Wolli Creek

- Telford Place - Potts Point

- Tewksbury House

- The Towers - Lavender Bay - The Holtermann Gold Nugget - Blue & William Street. The house was originally called sunset Villa that was owned by William Prout Wooollcott who commissioned Edmund Blackett. B.O. Holtermann had become one of the wealthiest men in the colony when the Star of Hope goldmine foudn one of the biggest gold nuggets ever dug up. 

- Thornton Hall - 1882 - 38 Mountain View Crescent, North Penrith

- Toxteth Park  - 1881 - George Wilgram Allan & Maurice Boyle moved in adding 3rd storey and ballroom. 

- Tottenham House - Azarias Cook - Tom Ugly's Point 1896 

- Trebartha - Lots 6 & 7 of Roslyn Hall Estate 

- Tresco - 99 Elizabeth Bay Road

- Trevellyn / Trevellyan - Was called Craigholme - Built in 1856. 1865 possibly known as Avoca Cottage on the Avoca Estate on The Darling Point Ridge Line. The Victorian Gothic residence was designed by Edmund Blackett

- Tusculum - 1835 - Manning street - Potts Point

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Vaucluse House - 

Ventnor - Avoca St - Randwick  - Built 1858 by Edward Dawson. Bought in 1876 by George Kis, Auctioneer of Kiss's Horse Bazaar George St. It is an old Colonial Georgian house 

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- Wallaroy House  - opposite Merioola in Edgecliff Road
- Walsholme - 12 Lang Road - Randwick

- Walter's Hall - 

- Waringah Lodge - No 6 Lodge Rd, North Cremorne - 1879 - Edward Augustus Macpherson

- Warren (The) - Marrickville

- Warwick - 

- Weemala - Ryde

- Wildfell - Potts Point
Willandra - Ryde
- Willowgrove - Parramatta

- Willows (The) - 1845 - At the Gates leading to Carthona - Sir Daniel Cooper

- Wilona - 18 Wilona Avenue - Greenwich
- Woolahra House  - Point Piper - 1900 - 1929
Woolley House - Mosmon
Woolloroy - edgecliff Road Woolahra
Wyldefel Gardens - Potts Point


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