LINDESAY HOUSE, DARLING POINT
1. LINDESAY Is A National Trust Property. It Has Georgian Interiors With Fine Australian & English Furniture, Which Are Complimented By An Elegant Parterre Garden And Well Tended Grounds With Uninterrupted Harbour Views.
2. It Was Built By The Colonial Treasurer Campbell Drummond Riddell In 1834. He Purchased 17 Acres Reserved For Him By The Acting Colony's Governor, Lieutenant Patrick LINDESAY.
3. It Is Believed That The Favour Of Reserving The Land Led Riddell To Name The House After Best Friend, & Fellow Scot, Patrick LINDESAY. It was The First House To Be Built In The Suburb, & Attracted Many Distinguished Occupants.
4. The House Had Many Famous Owners. It Was Purchased By Sir Thomas Mitchell In 1841. I'm The 1830's Mitchell Undertook Three Major Expeditions. throughout Australia, Took His Reports Back To England And Was Knighted For His Effort.
5. Sir Charles Nicholson Purchased LINDESAY In 1845, After Moving To Sydney In 1843 & Being Elected Ti The New South Wales Legislative Council. He Later Became Speaker Of The House. He Sold LINDESAY To William Bradley In 1849.
6. City Of Shdney Councillor John Macintosh Brought The Property In 1868. While He Was At LINDESAY, Mr Macintosh Built Two Other Houses On Darling Point - Braeside And Cintra - For His Children.
7. In 1911 John Macintosh Died At Kindesay A d It Was Sold Two Years Later To Alfred Wunderlich Who Subdivided The Land. In 1914 Dr Edaard Jenkins Blufht The House.
8. In 1926 The Jankins Family Moved To A Smaller House, At 35 New South . ahead Road, Vaucluse. LINDESAY Was The. purchased By Charles and Mary spy's, Who Lived The Rest If Their Lives In The House, And After another Had Died Ther So. Charles Handed Over The Property To The National Trust If Australi In 1963.
9. The House Is The First Domestic Example Of Gothic architecture ln Australia. The Interiors, Restored By The National Trust Of Australia Represent The Prominant Fanilies That All lived There.
10. LINDESAY Is Open To The Public On The First Thursday Of Every Month, With Guided Tours At 10am, 11am, & Noon. The Cost Is $10, Or Free For National Trust Members.
