Greenoaks - Darling Point

 

Greenoaks - Darling Point 

Crows Nest Cottage - Crows Nest

Crows Nest Cottage - Crows Nest 

Demolished in 1904

“Belmont” - Richmond Hill - NSW

 

“Belmont” - Richmond Hill - NSW 

Built by Phillip Charley in 1889. 

Bungaribee House - Doonside - NSW

 

Bungaribee House - Doonside - NSW 

Built by Major John Campbell in 1824. It was built by convicts, many of whom died in Construction.

As the House was nearing completion in 1826 Campbell’s Wife Died, and a year later so did Campbell 

The house was auctioned and sold to Thomas Icely 

The property was used as a horse stud 

Vaucluse House - Vaucluse

 

Vaucluse House - Vaucluse 

The horse stables - 1920 

Birchgrove House - 67 Louisa Road - Balmain - NSW

 

Birchgrove House - 67 Louisa Road - Balmain - NSW 

Demolished in the 1960’s

Retford Hall - Darling Point

 

Retford Hall - Darling Point 

Built for Anthony Hordern in 1865 

By Edmund Blackett. 

"Lauriston" - Corner Victoris Street & Bowden Street

Ewonton House - 1 Blake Street - Balmain

 

Ewonton House - 1 Blake Street - Balmain

 

Abercrombie House - Bathurst 

 

"Willandra" - 782 Victoria Road - Ryde - New South Wales 

Darling House 

8-12 Trinity Avenue - Millers Point 

 

"Emu Hall" - 2-26 Great Western Highway - Emu Plains - New South Wales 

The house is on the western side of the Nepean River, located at the foot of the Blue Mountains. 
It's Mid 19th Century Italianate Style

"Emu Hall" was erected for James Tobias Ryan (1818-1899) between 1851 & 1854.

Ryan was a pastoralist, a butcher, politician & sportsman who was born near Penrith NSW. Fropm 1860-1872 he was the member for Nepean in the NSW Legislative Aassembly. He was a popular Parliamentatiran but did not aspire to a Ministerial Appointment 

Ryan was a well known sportsman, a good boxer, and pidgeon shooter. he was also a race horse owner, breeder as well as a gambling man. This led to his decline and on his death he was penniless. 

The siting of the house in riverside grounds is indicative of a new wealthy class of family durin gthe mid 19th Century. It has landmark Status on Both highway and River

It has a hipped Corrugated steel roof & verandahs to the southern and eastern elevations with cast iron columns, decorative lace friezes and blaustrading. 

Fenestration consists of large sashed windows and french doors. Newer dormer windows have been added to the roof. The house has an enclosed service yard and a free standing service wing. 

within the property there are brick stables and a derelict timber slab barn. 

 

"Greycliffe"

21 - 23 Mona Road Vaucluse - New South Wales 

"Greycliffe" is built from sandstone, with cedar joinery & fine quality plasterwork, for one of the daughters of Willliam Charles Wentworth - Fanny Wentworth.  She married John Reeve, a Wealthy migrant from England. 

John Reeve purchased the land at Shark Beach from Wentworth & Commissioned John Hilly The well Known Sydney Archirtect to Build "Greycliffe". The house was completed in 1852. 
Reeve never lived at "Greycliffe" preferring to travel to England with his wife. Instead the house was leased to a string of prominant Sydney Citizens

John George Nathaniel Gibbes (1787 - 1873), MLC was then the Collector of Customs for NSW. The house proivded an ideal vantage pooint for Gibbes where he could watch the movements of shipping on Sydney Harbour's main channel. 

Gibbes & his wife dwelt at "Greycliffe" until 1859 - when he retired from the Customs Service & they moved to their new home "Yarralumla Homesteasd", in what is now Canberra. 

"Yarralumla" Is the Official residence of the Governor General Of Australia in Canberra.

in 1911, the house was transferred to Public ownership & given over by the New South Wales Government for use as a hospital for babies & then as a Mothercraft centre. 

As it stands Today, "Greycliffe" is a large, elaborate & well preserved neo gothic Voictorian House which retains unobstruicted water views acroass to the Northern shore of Sydney harbour. It boasts multiple Gables, a long entrance hall,. a stately staircase & carved barge boards. 

'Greycliffe" is one of the few remaining examples of Gothic architecture in the Sydney Area

Stables adjoin at the rear & the residences gardens tumble down to the beachfront, while natural bushland frames the house.  

 

“Alta Mura” - 11 King George Street - Lavender Bay 

 

“Cherwell” - 11 Hopetoun Avenue - Vaucluse 

c1926

847sqm