Cliffbrook - Coogee

Lyons Terrace - Sydney - DEMOLISHED

Lyons Terrace - Liverpool Street 

Drumoyne House -DEMOLISHED

Normanhurst House - Randwick - DEMOLISHED

Barham - Forbes Street - Darlinghurst

Buckinghams Department Store - Oxford Street

"Tusculum" - 

1 - 3 Manning Street - Potts Point

33 Degrees 87'11"S

151 Degrees 22'45"E

Tusculum is named after a town in Alban Hills 10km from Rome. 

Tusculum represents the High Point of Regency Architecture

This design is only 1 of 3 houses left designed by John Verge (1782 - 1861)

It was Built 1830 - 1835 for Alexander Brodie Spark (1792 - 1856)

2 Storey Colonial Regency

Cedar interiors imported from Lebanon, marble for flooring and chimney pieces imported from Tusculum in Italy. 

Normanhurst House - Randwick 

“Barham” - Forbes Street - Darlinghurst

"Barham " 

"Barham" was built in 1833 & is the oldest residential building in Darlinghurst. It was purchased by SCEGGS in 1900 & has been part of the school since then. 

The Grand Villa was bought for Sir Edward Deas Thomson, who was granted over 6 acres in the new Darlinghurst Estate in 1831. Thomson was born in Edinburgh and migrated to Australia in 1828-1829 when he was appointed the dual role of Clerk to the Executive and Legislative Councils in NSW on a salary of 600 Pounds a year

Governor Sir Ralph Dowling was very happy with Thomsons hard work & competance & granted him the land in Darlinghurst. John Verge was employed to design "Barham"whicvh was initially leased to Colonel Kenneth Snodgrass, before Thomson moved in with his wife, Anna Maria, the daughter of Sir Richard Bourke. 

When Thomsonleft public office he was elected as Vice Chancellor Of University of Sydney in 1865, retaining his position until he was forced to resign due to ill health in 1873. 

the couple raised their 2 sons and 5 daughters at "Barham" & remained there for 40 Years until Thomsons death in July 1879. He was buried at St Judes Church of England, Randwick

Thomson's daughter, Susan, married William John Maclaey, who was Colonial Secretary Alexander Macleays oldest son. Alexander was granted 54 Acres at Elizabeth Bay and he also employed John Verge To design his Villa. 

After Thomson's death in 1879, "Barham" was purchased by members of the Ogilvie Pastoralist family who then sold it to SCEGGS in 1900 

"Barham" is located just off Forbes Street within the grounds of SCEGGS and not be viewed from the street

BishopsCourt -

Bishops  Court At Darling Point Was The Original Site Where ThoMas Mort Had His Cottage. 

The Original Mansion Was Built In The 1860's And Was Designed By Edmund Blackett. 

"Craigend" - Darlinghirst

Craigend

Pechey family, photographer unknown. Sydney Architecture Images- Demolished. Craigend, Darlinghurst. Built 1829 by Thomas Mitchell, Surveyor-General of NSW. Demolished 1922 for a residential subdivision. Darlinghurst ( in the area of present day Surrey and Caldwell Street

The Hordern Family Home - 14 Ginahgulla Road - Bellevue Hill

This Was The Home To One Of Australia's Mosr Imoortant And Influential Dynasties. This House Is Firmly Entrenched In Rhe Nations History

It Occupies A Magnificent 2,700 sqm Parcel Of Land 

More Than Likely The Best Example Left In Sydney Of Professor Leslie Wilkinson's Style. 

Sydney Cove 1788

Here is a sketch I Did of Sydney cove in July 1788

"Cairo" - 81 Macleay Street, Potts Point

Ok

This Was Pulled Down To Make Way For The Chevron Hotel. 

WHAT A SHAME!!!'  THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN A BEAUTIFUL MANSION