Monday, December 5, 2022

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Bronte House - 470 Bronte Road - Bronte - New South Wales

Bronte House at 470 Bronte Road, Bronte, is a Gothic Revival cottage set above Bronte Gully and among the oldest surviving houses in Sydney's eastern suburbs. Colonial Architect Mortimer Lewis began acquiring land at "Nelson Bay" (Bronte Beach) from 1836 and commenced a house about 1838, but financial crisis forced him to sell the unfinished property in 1843.

Barrister Robert Lowe and his wife Georgiana purchased the estate and completed the house in 1845. Georgiana Lowe — artist, botanist and gardener — shaped the celebrated early gardens and left some of the earliest pictorial records of the house and district. The Lowes stayed only about four years before returning to England (Robert Lowe later became Viscount Sherbrooke). After several later owners, the Ebsworth family held the property from 1882 for three generations until sale to Waverley Council in 1948.

Waverley Council still owns Bronte House; it is leased to private tenants who maintain house and grounds, with occasional public open days. The property is listed on the NSW State Heritage Register and was earlier placed on the Register of the National Estate. Photographs here show the picturesque cottage, subtropical garden, and its relationship to the gully and beach landscape.

Bronte House

Bronte House is a historic villa at 470 Bronte Road in Sydney's eastern suburbs. The house and its grounds reflect the area's nineteenth-century development and are notable for their surviving heritage character.

Built In The Gothic Revival Style, Bronte House Was designed by Georgina & Robert Lowe & Mortimer Lewis, & it was built from 1843 - 1845. Its also known as Bronte Estate