18 Martin Road - Centennial Park
Sunday, October 3, 2021
Saturday, October 2, 2021
“Jenner House” - 2 Macleay Strret - Potts Point
“Jenner House” - 2 Macleay Strret - Potts Point
* Originally Designed By Edmund Blackett In 1871 for the Hordern Famjly
* Saw A Third Level Added in 1881 By Another Architect Thomas Rowe
* Expansive Views Of Sydney Harbour
* Showcases an array of antique materials, including 11 Original 1800’s Fireplaces
* Built On Solid Sandstone Foundations With triple Layered Brick Walls & 4 Metre High Ceilings
* Stunning Original Australian Cedar Joinery
This is Chris at Georges in Regency mansion is an architectural heritage listed masterpiece with expensive views of Sydney Harbour situated on almost half an acre of prime harbourside land.
This is Quizit George in Regency mansion is an architectural heritage listed masterpiece with expensive views of Sydney Harbour situated on almost half an acre of prime harbourside land.
Originally designed by the prominent Australian architect Edmund Blackett in 1868 for the Hordern family, the residents saw a third level added in 1881 by another distinguished architect of the period, Thomas Rowe.
The property showcases an array of extra ordinary and take materials, including 11 original 1800s fireplace mantle, oil crafted in white Carrara marble and imported from a single French Château. The house is built on solid sandstone foundations with triple layered brick walls and spectacular four meter ceilings, with stunning original Australian cedar joinery adorning the elegant interiors, DA approved for a pool and an alfresco entertaining area.
Audio king Peter Freedman already ranks among Potts Point’s best-housed locals thanks to his record $16 million penthouse purchase in 2018, but his property status is set to rise even further after he crossed the road to buy one of the area’s most expensive houses.
The landmark Regency Revival-style marine villa, known as Jenner House, has long been regarded as one of the suburb’s most significant houses, dating back to 1870 when it was built for the Hordern retail dynasty.
“I have been admiring Jenner House for a very long time, and I am incredibly excited to be the next custodian,” Freedman said. “I hope I do it proud.”
While the sale price remains a well-guarded secret, Raine & Horne Unlimited’s Samuel Schumann was asking $34 million before it sold, and sources say the result was close to $30 million after negotiations by Freedman’s buyer’s agent Byron Rose.
Freedman’s latest purchase comes soon after he joined the ranks of Australia’s billionaires – worth an estimated $1.35 billion on this year’s Financial Review Rich List 200 – thanks in large part to his audio equipment giant, Rode Microphones.
Rode has done well globally in the post-pandemic market, with offices now in the US, Germany, China and Japan, a distribution that recently expanded to include 1400 Target stores across the US, and some 600 people employed at the company’s facility in Silverwater.
Freedman, 64, first made an impression locally five years ago when he paid $16 million for the Ikon penthouse of the late Macquarie banker John Caldon and media personality Lyndey Milan, setting an apartment record for the suburb.
The heritage-listed Jenner House is no less significant, even if it is not expected to top the $34 million house record set by another marine villa, Bomera, when purchased in 2019 by industrialist Sanjeev Gupta.
Wednesday, August 18, 2021
Monday, August 2, 2021
Thursday, July 15, 2021
"Rockwall" - 7 Rockwell Crescent - Potts Point - New South Wales
"Rockwall" - 7 Rockwall Crescent - Potts Point - New South Wales
Rockwall was built between 1831 - 1837 by John Verge. It was owned by John Busby (1765 - 1857) who was a mineral surveyor and Civil Engineer.
Busby Received a land grant of over 8 Acres in 1828. Busby had to sell in 1835
Hamilton Collins Sempill, a grazier and merchant bought the property.
an 1840 painting shows exrensive gardens, including a carriage loop, shrubberies and Norfolk Island Pines.
Toxteth Park - Glebe - New South Wales
Toxteth Park - Glebe - NSW
Toxteth Park was built in 1829 for Mr George Allen. Owned by 2 Generations Of the Allen Family, & in 1901 was purchased by the Catholic Church & it became a Convent School .
The Building Is Now Used By The Sisters Of Good Samaritan as The Good Samaritan Congregational Centre
George Allen was born 1800 in London. His Father died at 6 years & his mother remarried
In 1812 he was convicted of Not Affixing Revenue Stamps to the medicine bottles and was transported to Australia.
The Family followed in 1816.
George was articled out as a Solicitor & was a practising Solicitor in 1822. He was the first Solicitor to receive legal training in Australia.
In 1829 He Commissioned John Verge to Build Toxteth House on 39 Hectares (96 Acres). Over the years George Allen built other houses on the estate including "Tranby" 7 "Emslee"
In 1847 he built a Wesleyan Chapel. He died in 1877 and eldest son George Wigram Allen inherited the property.
John Verge - Colonial Architect - New South Wales
John Verge
Born - 1782 - Christchurch - Hampshire - England
Died - 9th July 1861 (Aged 78-79) - Austral - Eden - Near Macleay River
Spouses
1.Catherine Nee Bowle (Married - 1804-1828)
2. Mary Nee Alford (Married 1858)
Children
George Phillip Verge (to Bowle)
Austral Verge (to Alford)
DESIGN - GREEK REVIVAL - VICTORIAN REGENCY
- Many generations of Verge family had been Bricklayers & Stonemasons, Married Catherine Bowles Aged 22 in London.
- His marriage failed & in 1828 he migrated to Sydney
- His first land grant was in 1829, on The Williams River South Of Dungog, New South Wales called Lyndhurst Vale
- His second land grant was in 1838, on the Macleay River Named Austral Eden
- Builders were in high demand. He was patronised by many, prominant Businessmen & Colonists
- In 1858 he married 50 Year Old Mary Alford
- He was buried as Anglican in St Thomas Burial Ground At Port Macquarie
Some Of The Residences And Buildings He Was Responsible For
- Toxteth Park Estate - Glebe
"Barham" - Darlinghurst
St Scholasticas - 1829
Goderich Lodge (1830-1832)
Tusculum (1830 - 1835)
Auburn Cottage - 1832
Rockwall (1831 - 1837)
Denham Court (1832 - 1833)
Hereford House (1832-1834)
Lyndhurst (1833)
Tempe House (1833 - 1836)
St Mary The Virgin Anglican Church (1833 - 1838)
Rose Bay Lodge (1834)
Elizabeth Bay House (1835 - 1839)
Enmore House (1835)
Forest Lodge Villa (1836)
Lyons Terrace - Liverpool Street - 1837
Orwell House - Potts Point
Springfield - Potts Point
Bedervale Homestead - Near Braidwood - 1842
Camden Park Estate
Salisbury Court
Main Projects
Camden Park - Menangle (1835)
Camden House was completed 1 Year after John Macarthur died. The style is Palladian Style with Central 2 Storey block, one Storey wings and extensions at each side. The facade is giving a Colonial Elegancy Sense Of Looking
- White Stucco Walls
- Stone Porch
- Window Trimming That Results in visual Excellency
Denham Court - Ingleburn - (1832)
Originally one storey, but from 1832 - 1833, Captain Richard Brooks, added 2 storey wings with two flanking bow fronted one storey room. This Court is Regency influenced With- Trim Lines- Stucco Walls- Denham Courts Ceiling is 14 Feet High with a Geometrical stair Along The West Wall Of The House
The Vineyard - Rydlemere
Built for John Macarthur's Son William Macarthur. Later it became Subiaco Convent. designed for Hannibal Macarthur.
John Verge Also did additions to Earlier Buildings
1833 - Additions to Elizabeth Farm
1832 -1833 - Vestries added to Francis Greenways St James Church
Famous Old Homes That Are Still Remembered - Newcastle Sun Saturday 30th December 1939
Famous Old Homes That Are Still Remembered.
Newcastle Sun (NSW : 1918 - 1954), Saturday 30 December 1939, page 6
KING'S CROSS IN EARLY DAYS
MOVE FOR ''WEST END' AT POTTS POINT Famous Old Homes That Are Still Remembered
By WALTER E. BETHEL
Old-time speculators in real estate must have had much food for thought when contemplating probable extensions of settlement in and around Sydney as a city. Which way would development manifest itself?
Shops and residences for a long time continued to jostle each other and the demarcation of the two was a long drawn-out process. A move to create a 'West End' in the vicinities of Potts Point and Darling Point was noticeable as earlv as 1830.
Darlinghurst, which was once known as Henrietta Town— rolled so as one of Mrs. Macquarie's Christian names —was also included as part of this delectable area.Ail Ail extremely well-to-do class was fast making its appearance in Sydney and the fifties saw a highly prosperous population that had built themselves commodious homes mostly in the areas referred to. Henrietta Town may be described as comprising the whole of Woolloomooloo Bay and what ls known as Darlinghurst, and the story of how j this locality became an exclusive residential area Ls made all the more Interesting now that the' towering flats and restaurants and picture shows, boarding-houses and shops galore, known as King's Cross, represent the obliterating factors of a new
age. To those of us whose memories carry back to 70 years ago, the metamorphosis is striking evidence of a progress somewhat bewildering. My own recollection may be said to date from observations commencing from 1870. as X was born in Darlinghurst in 1863. Woolloomooloo was then well on its way to become the closely packed area that its nearness to the city made inevitable. There was a time when it was very sordid growth, with aumerous little public-houses in Woolloomooloo-street and the adjacent corners. Sir Thomas Livingston Mitchell was responsible for constructing V/illlamstreet, as a more direct way Into town, than that which was represented by the Old South Head-road. Many will remember his fine house, 'Craigend.' built in 1830, f refit In:; Upper William-street South (late woolcott-street). A large stone windmill shared this hill with 'Craig-end.' The mill remained a landmark long after it had ceased to function as a mill. 'Craigend' had many tenants, the remotest of which after Sir Thomas Mitchell, being W. G. J. Rogers, solicitor. and Mr. Henry Prince, ware
houseman (Prince, Ogg and Co.). As settlement crowded around, it became a hospital and then a boarding-house, before it made its exit to make room for the terraces that shot up everywhere. 'Elizabeth Bay House' was another striking landmark, and still exists to gaze contemptuously down at the latter-day tenements that arc crowded round It. Sir Ralph Darling, in 1828 granted Alexander Macleay 54 acres. This took In all Elizabeth Bay and the western frontage of Rushcutters Bay. About 11 acres near the Point itself was granted to Judge Advocate John Wylde on November 1, 1822, and six acres and a half of this was conveyed to Mr. J. H. Potts, an ofllcer of the Bank of New South Wales. From this ownership the famous Point got the name it bears to-day
Boomerah, the palatial home of the McQuades in early ? - (lays.
Dangar's Castle — as it originally was — when it was flippantly called the 'Pepper Box.' ?
Wylde-street, of course, being colled after the Judge Advocate. This area was sold in varying portions, and many fine houses were erected. Most of these were in keeping with the exclusive character of the Point. 'Bomerah,' the home of the McQuades, graced the extreme point and stands to-day shorn of much of its original splendor. An old resident named Caleb Wilson built a house on the Wylde estate, which was irreverently styled the Pepper Pot. Passing to Mr. P. Parbury, it was called 'Granthamville.' Mr. Henry Dangar then bought i.he property, and his son. Mr. H. C. Dangar, almost entirely rebuilt it, still preserving its castellated aspect. Dangar's Castle it was always called, and to-day it Is still so referred to by older folk. 'Clarens' was one of the homes of Sir James Martin. As far back as 1847 it was owned bv Georce Richard
Griffiths, the father of P. C. Griffiths. general manager of the Bank of Australasia. Close to Dangar's Castle was the Douglas grant of 1831. On this Colonel Shadforth built 'Adelaide Cottage.'.' Its grounds reached from Maclcay-st. to the waters of Woolloomooloo Bay. j. H. Challls, who so richly endowed the Sydney University, bought the property. and this, with other property.
valued at £250,00 0, was made made over to the University by Mr. Challis. 'Tarmons,' the home of Sir Maurice O'Connell, Commandant of the New South Wales forces, stood on the site of St. Vincent's College. It. still stands there, being incorporated in the general buildings.Tusculum. Tusculum. the present private hospital, was also a well-known home and is identified with such names as that of A, B. Spark (merchant), G. J. Rogers, Bishop of Broughton, the first Bishop of Sydney, and William Long, the father-in-law of Sir James Martin, who died there. Orwell House was a house of many associations. It was a grant to the father of Sir Alfred Stephen, the third Chief Justice, and was successively occupied by Mrs. Grose, Jas. Ramond, Postmaster-General, Colonel N. C. Wilson, Mr. Justice Milford, G. R. Griffiths, and P. Parbury, who lived there in 1847. It then became owned bv Sir William Manning, and was subdivided. A notable house was Brougham Lodge, from which Brougham-street takes its name. The land was a grant to Mr. Justice Dowling in 1831. The grounds extended right down to Forbes-street. One of its frontages, Victoria-street, was constituted out of a sub-division in 184G. I remember the house when it was j Hornlman's School. In 1882 £7000 was I accepted for it. I Most of the data on which this |
article is casea was complied by tne late J. A. Dowling, to whose indefatigable nen we owe so much that is valuable in the shape of interesting reminiscence. Where the picture show now stands at the corner of Darlinghurst-road and Virtoria-street. stood Stirling Cot
tage. mis was originally part or tne Dowling grant. When Judge Dowling built 'Broug-ham Lodge,' William-street did not exist, and a track for foot passengers acted as a short cut to the city. As before stated. Sir Thomas Mitchell altered all this. Vehicular traffic orieinally came from Sydney along Hvde Park, up the Old South Head Road to the gaol, and then across by Darlinghurst-road to the hill at the top nf -Urtlltnm-effoAf
Captain John Piper found his way home to Vaucluse by way of what is now Glenmore-road. or the track known as the Point Piper-road, which turned north from St. Matthew's Church at Paddington. Over 60 years ago I walked to church, on the Point Piper-road via the Cobblers' Paddocks, adjoining
West's Bush, then on to the Glenmore-road, over Gurner's Bush and by track to Point Piper's-road. Gurner's fine old Georgian house stood where now stacks of terrace houses arc crowded into Paddington and Hargraves streets. William-street was opened for traffic in 1845, and soon many fine houses adorned its frontages. Rosebank stood in grounds now occupied by the post office. Mr. CommissaryGeneral Laidley died there. Mr. Donald Larnoch lived there in 1848. Other tenants were Mr. Arthur Little and his son Archibald, a member of the legal firm of Little and Yeomans. Captain Smith, of Macdonald and Smith, lived there, leaving it to occupy a fine mansion called Goderich in Bayswater-road. now part of the site of Hampton Court Plats. The grounds of Elierslie on the Darlinghurst-road adjoined those of Rosebank in . William-street. J. H. Want, and later on Sir Allen Taylor, subsequently resided there. Rose Hall, in Forbes-street, was part of a grant to William Cordeaux,
wno built the Hall. J. Parbury, John iWalker and Henry Bell were subsequent occupants. The Hall's grounds were gradually shorn off, Burdekin's I Premier Terrace taking the WilllamI street frontage, and houses and St. 'Peter's Church, closing In all round it. i Barham, the home of Sir Edward
The effacement of Roslyn Hall before the onslaught of the flats.
Deas Thomson, in Forbes-street, was also similarly crowded out by small tenements. Woolloomooloo Bay was formerly known as Garden Island Cove. Fronting the Cove was the Wallamooloo Farm. This was made up of 100 acres granted to John Palmer, the Commissary General. The original name of Woolloomooloo was originally given as Wallabamullah, meaning a young male k/ngaroo or a male black Kangaroo. Another version claims that it was Wallamullah. a place of plenty, or where fish were caught. Wallamooloo it was, therefore, called
up to the end of the thlrities. when the present name of Woolloomooloo became generally accented Kcllett-street, right in the heart of the King's Cross of to-day, was a famous street. Kellett House, at the back of the old-time Alberto Terrace, was once occupied by Sir Stuart Donaldson, the first Premier of New South Wales under constitutional Government. The house, formerly owned by Captain S. A. Perry, was at first known as 'Bona Vista.' Another occupant, a Mrs. Jones, recalled the house 'Darlinghurst.' as a token of her friendship for Lady Darling. It was Donaldson who called
? ' ? ? if — — . Elizabeth Bay House — the survival of the fittest.
it Kellett House. The Hotel Mansions j now occupies a large part of this historic area.Down Down the slope, a bit to the east, was a nice stone house called 'Eaton,' in which in my time lived Mr. E. Fosbery, Inspector-General of Police. Cheverells was a fine home on the Elizabeth Bay-road, built by the original David Jones. Other occupants
of Cheverells were Captain Deloltle, J. Gosling. Henry Beit, James Ewcn and Hamilton Osborne; all were wellknown personages in their day. Green Knowe was a fine home in Macleay-street that had many notable tenants, including Walter Lamb, F. H. Dangar. F. c. Griffiths, H. E. H. Allen and Bishop Saumarez Smith. This brief sketch of past days will enable readers to visualise what prevailed before the Invasion of King's Cross so completely changed the character of one of Sydney's most exclusive living areas. JEWELS ON ' ROAD.— Katoomba, Saturday: A bag containing about £400 worth of jewellery was found lying on the road in Lovell-street. The bag, which was made of canvas, and had a zip fastener, -was discovered by William Dodd, a tourist, of Concord West, and Jock Brown, of Katoomba. Subsequently, from an advertisement, they Identified the owner as Mrs. Byers. of Sydney, who lost the bag when she was driving to the city. It is stated that the bag had dropped oft the running board of her car.
In The Early Days - Potts Point - SMH - Monday 1st October 1906
Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Monday 1 October 1906, page 5
IN THE EARLY DAYS.
POTTS POINT AND DARLING
POINT.
NOTES BY MR ARTHUR DOWLING.
At the monthly mooting of the Australian Historical Society, held at the Royal Society's House, Elizabeth-street, on Tuesday evening. Mr. Arthur Dowling read an interesting paper in which he traced the history of many not-able buildings and proporties at Potts Point and Darling Point, associated with the names
of men who have long since passed-away.
Mr. J. H. Maiden presided, and there was a
large attendance.
Mr. Dowling commenced with a reference to "Craigend," fronting Upper William-street South, now Woolcott-street, built by Sir Thomas Mitchell, Surveyor-Goneral, on a Crown grant, dated October, 1831. In time it wns converted into a hospital, and subsequent-ly into a boarding-house. "Goderich Lodge," near tho Windmill-Hotel, in Victoria-street, was built and occupied by Mr. T. M'Quoid, sheriff in the thirties and forties. Dr. Wil-liam Grant Broughton (Bishop of Sydney) at one timo was a tenant at the Lodge. The "Roslyn Hall" property fronted Macleay street. The house was a large well-bullt man-sion with a spiral iron stall case to tho uppor storey, and was built' on land having an area of nine acres. "Barncleuth" (now called "Kin-nell"), adjoining "Roslyn Hall," was occupied by Mr. John Brown, wlno and spirit merchant, and afterwards by Mr. Henry Moore, agent for tho P. and O. Company. "Greenknowe" was, built on a portion of the Macleay grant, by Mr. John Gilchrist, in 1846. The Macleay pro-perty had an area of 54 acres, and was grant-ed to Mr. Alex. McLeay, by Governor Darling, in 1828 "for the purpose of erecting a family house and cultivating a garden." It took in all Elizabeth Bay and tho western frontage of Rushcutter Bay, as far as the eastern boun-dary of "Roslyn Hall." A large portion of land at and near the extreme Potts Point, 11 acres in extent, was originally granted to Judge Advocate John Wylde, on November 1, 1822. Mr. Wylde delayed the fulfilment of the condition of tho grant for Governor Dar-ling, in a despatch dated March 2G, 182S, wrote: "The allotment bearing Judge Wylde's name was granted to that gentleman by Gov-ernor Macquane several years since, and still remains unimproved. . I propose writing to inform tho Judge that it will be resumed by the Government unless the conditions of the grant are speedily fulfilled." However, Judge Wylde ultimately fulfilled the conditions, for he subsequently conveyed 61/2 acres of the grant to Mr. J. H. Potts, one of tho early officers of tho Bank of New South Wales, first established In 1817. The Point Is named after Mr. Potts; and Wylde-street, running botween Macleay-street and the Point is evi-dently named aftor the Judge. "Grantham Ville" was built on the remaining 4½ acres of Judge Wylde's grant. The land had previously passed into the possession of Mr. Caleb Wil-son, father of Felix Wilson, a defendant in the celebrated Newtown ejectment writ of "Devine v Wilson." He built the first house on the property, and called It "Caleb Castle,'' and by reason of its turrets it was also known as the "Pepper-box." Afterwards it was called Grantham Ville, and became tho pro-perty of Mr. F. Parbury. It then passed into the hands of the late Mr. Henry Dangar, and is now owned by his son, Mr. H. C. Dangar, who almost wholly rebuilt it in 1870, and changed the name to "Grantham." Imme-diately opposite "Grantham Ville" was "Cla-rens," purchased in 1847 by Mr. Geo. R. Grif-fiths, father of Mr. F.C. Griffiths, who came out to Sydney as general manager of the Bank of Australasia. Later the property was occu-pied by Sir James Martin, and is now, under the name of "Wilga," owned and occupied by Dr. Faithfull. "Rockwell," now known as "Allanthus College," and "Tarmons," the residence of Sir Maurice O'Connell, and after-wards of Sir Charles Nicholson, were built; on land granted in 1831 to Mr. John Busby, of'the
early Sydney water supply fame. "Tarmons" has been absorbed in the building known as St. Vincent's Convent. Next to this was a grant dated October 19, 1831, to Mr. A. B. Spark of 9 acres 3 roods 33 perches, on which "Tusculum" was built. This property was afterwards in tho occupation of Dr. W. G. Broughton, tho first Bishop of Sydney. Sub-sequently Mr. William Long, the father-in-law of Sir James Martin, became the owner, and lived there until his death. It is now boing subdivided. Mr. Justice Stephen, who was tho first pulsne Judge of the State after the Charter of Justice, and the father of the late Sir Alfred Stephen, built "Orwell" upon a grant of 11 acres 37 perches, dated October 19, 1831. "Orwell"'subsequently fell Into tho hands of Sir William Manning. 'The property has been subivided, but the original house still exists. . ,
Adjoining the grant to Justice Stephen was a grant of 9 acres 3 roods (October 19, 1831) to Mr. Alex. Baxter, tho second Attorney General under tho charter. Upon this land, "Springfield," was erected. "Springfield" has had as tenants Mr. Robert Campbell, Mr. Robert Fitzgerald, and Mr. M. J. Macnamara, and is now used as a boarding-house. "Tel-ford Place" was bullt on a grant of 9 acres 22 perches to Mr. Edward Hallen, Government surveyor. "Brougham Lodge" was erected by Justice Dowling on a grant of 8 acres (Octo-ber, 1831). It was named after Lord Brougham, through whose influence Justice Dowling received his appointment. Justice Dowling gave the land for the present Vic-toria-street (named after tho late Queen), for Brougham-street (named after Lord Brougham), for Duke-street (so-called In honour of the Royal Family), for Dowling street (named after himself), and for Forbes street (named after the then Chief Justice. Tho land was subdlvldod in 1846, and sold fairly well, but that portion In Victoria-street on which Brougham-terrace now stands, with a corresponding frontage to Brougham-street, containing under an acre, was retained for a residence, in which Justlce Dowling lived. In 1882 £7000 cash was aecopted for the house and land. This was considered a good price, and was larger than the amount realised for tho other portion of the eight-acre grant. When "Brougham Lodge" was built there was no William-street, but only a track for foot passongers from Sydney on the site of the street, which was not opened for use until 1845. Vehicular traffic till then carne from Sydney along Hyde Park, up the old South Head-road, to the Gaol, and across thence to Darlinghurst Hill. Any person wishing to go from Sydney to the South Head had to travel by tho Old South Head-road (part of which Is now known as Oxford-street), this being the only route past Bellevue Hill. "Barham," the resldence of the late of Sir Ed-ward Deas-Thomson, was built on grants bearing date January, 1835. West of the Dowling and Deas-Thomson grants lay the grant to Mr. John Palmer, Commissionary Genoral, by his Honor Francis Grose, Lieu tenant-Governer, on February 25, 1793 of "one hundred acres of land lying at the head of Garden Island Cove (known as Garden Cove), on the east side of the line laid down as a boundary for tho common ground appropriat-ed for the town of Sydney," to be known as tho "Wallamooloo Farm." This land, sold to tho Riley family on May 3, 1822, for £2290, was afterwards known as the "Riley Estate." The original native name,of Woolloomooloo was "Wallahahmullah," meaning a "young male kangaroo," or a "male black kangaroo." Another narne was "Wallamullah," meaning "a place of plenty," or "where fish were caught." The name Wallamooloo was used up to the end of tho thirties, when that of Woolloomooloo came into common use.
On tho east sido of Darling Point-road, in the vicinity of what was known as Mrs. Dar-ling's Point (named after tho wlfo of tho Go-vernor), lay the grant of 8 ncres made by the Crown to Mr. Thomas Holt in November, 1833. "Canonbury," tho residence of - Mr. Harry Rickards, stands upon a part of tho Holt grant. At the gate leading to "Carthona" was a cot tage, in which Sir (then Mr.) Daniel Cooper lived. "The Willows" was bullt on a grant (November 28, 1833) to Mr. Jamos Holt. 'When Mr. Mitchell purchased tho bush land be-tween Daniel Cooper's cottage and Mt. Ade-laide he also purchased ,"The Willows," and made one property, known as "Etham." "Etham House," whoro Sir Matthew Harris now resides, was built by Mr. Mitchell on tho edge of the slope fronting Double or "Keltie" Bay, and behind where "The Willows" origin-ally stood. Next to "The' Etham" Estate was "Mount Adelaide" Tho house was originally a large, comfortable cottage, known as "Derby Lodge," built by Mr. W. M. Lewis, Colonial Architect in 1848. It was subsequently pur-chased by Mr. Henry Mort, youngest brother to Mr. T. S. Mort. "St. Mark's" Cottage was built by a well-known solicitor named Calla-ghan, who died some 60 years ago. It lu sup-posed to bo tho first dwelling built on Dar-ling Point, and is now occupied by Mr. E. M. Paul, Consul for Russia. To the oast, and ad Joining tho Double Bay portion of "Green-oaks," was situated "Brooksby," built by Mr. Cooper Turner on portion of Elizabeth Pike's grant. It Is now the residence of M. Pinard, the Consul for France. Adjoining "St. Mark's Cottage" came the entrance lodge to "Green-oaks," and then St. Mark's Church and St. Mark's-crescent. The church was opened for service in 1847, with the Rev. Thomas Cusack Russell, B.A., In charge. The church and St. Mark's-crescent are built on a portion of T. W. Smith's grant, dated April 8. 1835, of 14 acres 2 roods. In tho early fifties-and, in deod, at a much lator date-there woro very few well-known families living In the neigh-bourhood, and they were almost all wor
shippers at St. Mark's. Up a right-of-way from tho "Greenoaks" prívate road into the Glenrock proporty is a house claimed to bo tho oldest on Darling Point, and is called tho "Octagon," by reason of the shape of tho main portion of it. It was originally a guard house, and was purchased by Mr. Henry Gil-bert Smith. It was added to, and subsequently carno Into tho possession of Professor Liver-sidge, the present occupant. Land in the early fifties at Darling Point was thought of no value It wass stated that tho Hon. George Thornton, who lived at "Longwood," adjoining Mr. Hordern's property, and now owned by Mr. Tillock, purchasod tho bulk of tho land surrounding his property for £80, and "on being told that it was too far from town, -and of no prospective value, resold It for £100. Darling Point was at night a dark, dismal place, without gas and other modern conveni-ences, and for tho safety of travellers, who at night generally carried lanterns, It was like the South Head-road, patrollod by a body of mounted police.
At the conclusion of the address Mr. Dowl-ing was accorded a vote of thanks.
Progress Of The Suburbs - Potts Point - SMH Saturday 1st November 1913 - Page 8
Progress Of The Suburbs In Sydney Potts Point
Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Saturday 1 November 1913, page 8
PROGRESS OF THE SUBURBS.
XVI. - POTTS POINT AND DARLINGHURST.
II.
Chief amongst the principal properties that were built at Potts Point was "Roslyn Hall," with its extensive and elaborately-finished frontage to Macleay-street. The house was a large, well-built mansion, with a spiral staircase, constructed of cast iron, leading to the first floor. The rooms were each spacious, well-finished, and elaborately-furnished apart ments. Each of the principal bedrooms had a bath of its own, built level with the floor, and a person wishing to bathe had to follow the Scriptural injunction and go down into the water instead of climbing up into the bath as is the present-day custom. This system of putting in baths to the main bedrooms and building them level with the floor was one adopted in most of the mansions around Syd-ney erected in the early days. At "The Rangers" at Mosman and other large dwell-
ings the remains of such a system of bath buildlng are still visible. For Roslyn Hall it may be claimed to have been at one time one of the most fashionable houses around Sydney. The land extended on the south-east to the site of what is now St. Canice's Church, with Roslyn Gardens and Roslyn-road on the east; while on the north the grounds ex-tended to Elizabeth Bay-road. In area there were 9 acres 1 rood to this property. It was a grant to a Mr. T. Barker, dated November 28, 1833. Mr. Barker built the house, and lived there for a time. Mr. Ambrose Hallen was the architect. Surrounding Roslyn Hall a number of other large and fashionable dwellings were erected. There was "Eaton",
with its old-fashioned wooden pump, which Mr. Dowling, in his description of the district, states was situated at the bottom of the pri-vate road, and served two cottages, which were erected by Mr. T. W. Smart next to "Eaton." Then there was "Cheverells," part of the Macleay grant, where Captain Deloitte and Mr. David Jones (of David Jones and Co.) respectively lived. Later the house was occupied by the Hon. W. R. Campbell. "Barncleuth," which adjoined Roslyn Hall, was occupied at one time by Mr. Henry Moore, who was the local agent for the P. and O. Company. It will he interesting to note that in those days the vessels of the P. and O. Company arrived here only once a month, and their arrival was generally noted by the firing of a gun from Fort Deni-son, and Barncleuth, Mr. Dowling states, was later purchased by Mr. Amos, a well-known railway contractor, and by him was named Kenneil. It Is now a boarding-house. Then there was that well-known residence, Green knowe, which Mr. John Gilchrist, senior part-ner in the well-known firm of Gilchrist, Watt, and Co., erected in 1846, under the super-vision of Mr. James Hume, one of Sydney's leading architects. Mr. Gilchrist occupied the house for a number of years. Finally it was purchased by Mr. F. H. Dangar, who still owns it. Larbert Lodge was built and occupied by Mr. C. D. Riddell, the then Co-
lonial Treasurer. Many other such well known properties of tho early days were, to
be found at Potts Point, and a large num-ber of them were built on what is known as "The Macleay Grant," which consisted of 51 acres, granted to Mr. Alexander Macleay by Governor Darling in 1828. The formal grant was in 1831. The Governor, in a despatch to the Right Hon. William Huskis-son, dated March 28, 1828, wrote thus:
"The land granted to Mr. Macleay at Elizabeth Bay, a mile and a half from Sydney, was for the purpose of erecting a family
house, and cultivating a garden. Mr. Mac-leay's knowledge as a horticulturist is likely
to prove beneficial to the colony. He has always spent a considerable sum in the im-provement and cultivation of his grounds, and in erecting a stable and ofllces, prepara-tory to building a house, which it is his in-tention shortly to commence. From the manner in which he has entered into this undertaking, and the scale upon which he has commenced to settle and stock the land he has received for agricultural purposes (the usual grant of 2500 acres), he will no doubt prove an important acquisition to the colony In this respect alone, the capital which he
has already vested in stock, and is still continuing to expend, is considerable.'"
Mr. James Arthur Dowling, in his paper be-fore the Historical Society, describes this property thus: "It took in all Elizabeth Bay and the western frontage of Rushcutter Bay as far as the eastern boundary of Roslyn Hall, and was approached by the Elizabeth Bay-road as at present." The residence which Mr. Macleay built is the present Elizabeth Bay House. It is a splendid example of the old style of erecting a family mansion. At a later date much of this grant of 54 acres was subdivided by Sir George Macleay, son of the original grantee, and by him was let out on long building leases. Upon this land, which to-day constitutes Elizabeth Bay, quite a number of beautiful homes have been
erected.
Quoting from Mr. Dowilng's paper: "Eliza-beth Point was so named by Governor Mac-quarie, after his wife's second name. The native name was 'Yarrandabby.' That of Mac-
leay Point was "Jerrowan."
Another interesting portion of this aristo-cratic suburb was some 11 acres of land near the extreme Potts Point. This was a grant to Mr. Judge Advocate John Wyld, on Novem-ber 1, 1822. Mr. Wyld was the last Judge Advocate, and for a short time a Judge of the Supreme Court under the charter of 1824. It is evident that at the outset Mr. Wyld made no attempt to improve his property, and he nearly lost it for falling to comply with the conditions of the grant, and Governor Darling in his despatch of 1828, already men-tioned in connection with the Macleay grant, dealtalso with the Wyld grant in these words: "The allotment bearing Judge Wyld's name was granted to that gentleman by Gover-nor Macquarie several years since, and still remains unimproved. I purpose writing to inform the Judge that it will be resumed by the Government unless the conditions of the grant are speedlly fulfilled. It is quite evi-dent, however, that Mr. Wyld complied with the conditions at a later date, for Mr. Dowl-ing in his article points out that the Judge Advocate conveyed 61 acres of the land to Mr. J. H. Potts, who was one of the early officers of the Bnnk of New South Wales, which was first established in 1817. Hence, the name Potts Point, the native name of which is Carrageen. But it was also called Point Campbell, in a survey by Gover-nor Phillip in 1792. The street from the end of Macleay-street, opposite Grantham, is call-ed Wyld-street, and Mr. Dowling adds "evi-dently after the judge." On the north side of this street nnd built in the land once owned by the Judge Advocate, were the fine residen-ces, Bellevue, Clarens, Creelwood, Clifford, and Tarana. Some of these have been re-built or added to, and renamed, including the site of Mr. W. R. Hall's modern Wildfell, and opposite them Bomerah, belonging to the well known McQuade family, who occupied the extreme Potts Point. Bomerah 20 years ago was the home of the Admiral in charge of the station, and Mr. Dowling says, "near by was Grantham Villa, built on the remain-ing 4½ acres of John Wyld's grant. This land, on which the house was erected, be-came by purchase from the Judge, the pro-perty of Mr. Caleb Wilson, the father of Felix Wilson, who was the defendant in the celebrated Newtown ejectment suit, "Devine v Wilson." He built the first house in the property which he called Caleb Castle, and by reason of its turret it was, Mr. Dowling says, also known as the Pepper-pot. Later the name was changed to Grantham. It was done in this way: The property was pur-chased by Mr. P. Parbury. It then passed Into the hands of Mr. Henry Dangar, and Is now owned by his son, the Hon. H. C. Dangar, who almost wholly rebuilt it in 1870, and call-ed the house Grantham. Immediately opposite Grantham Ville, states Mr. Dowling, was Clarens, which was in 1847 purchased by Mr, George Richard Griffiths, father of Mr. F. G, Griffiths, who came out to Sydney as the general manager of the Bank of Australasia, and after resigning this appointment he conducted a merchant's business in Sydney under the style of Grif-fiths, Graham, and Co., and afterwards Grif-fiths, Fanning, and Co. He sold out, and went
to England in 1833. Later this property was occupied by Sir James Martin, the Chief Jus-tice. It is now under the name of "Wilga," and is owned by Dr. Faithfull.
Another important property In this district is one on the west side of Macleay-strcet, next to "Grantham,". It was a grant to Dr. Douglas in October, 1831. He sold It the fol-lowing year to Colonel Shadforth, who built a residence known as "Adelaide Cottage" upon the ground. The land, Mr. Dowling states, extended from Macleay-street down to the waters of Woolloomooloo Bay. The whole property came later into the possession of Mr. J. H. Challis, manager for Messrs. Flower, Salting, and Co., and later a partner in the business. Mr. Challis gave this pro-perty, along with others, as a magnificent be-quest, valued at £250,000, to the Sydney University. Hence we have Challis House in
Martin-place. Next to Challis' properly was the grant in 1831 to Mr. John Busby, of early Sydney water supply fame, "the Busby bore."
This land was divided into two parts . On
one was erected Rockwall, the residence of Mr H. C. Sempill, and afterwards of Mr .
Arthur Little, a wealthy resident, who died
there in 1852. The house afterwards became
a "college for young ladles". On the other block was elected Tarmong, the residence of Sir Maurice O'Connell, the commandant of the forces, who died there in 1848. After-wards Tarmong was occupied by Dr Nichol-son (late Sir Charles) who in 1852 was a member of the Legislative Council and a Vice Chancellor of the University of Sydney. The house has now become absorbed in St Vincent's Convent
Not far away was the grant to Mr. Justice John Stephen of 11 acres 17 perches. Mr Stephen was the first Puisne Judge of the colony after the Charter of Justice and was the father of the
late Sir Alfred Stephen and upon this property
Orwell was erected. It was occupied at various times by such personages as Mr
James Raymond (Postmaster-General), Co-lonel H. C. Wilson (police magistrate), and
Mr Justice Milford. In 1846 Mr G R Griffiths lived there before he purchased Clarens,
and Mr F Parbury lived there in 1847. The property was subsequently owned by Sir Wil-liam Manning. The original house still stands. The adjoining property, Mr Dowling states was a grant, dated October 19th 1831, to Mr Alexander Baxter, the second Attorn-Generall under the Charter, who later went to Van Diemen's Land. Upon this land Spring-field was erected, and occupied by Mr Robert Campbell of Campbells Wharf and later by
Mr Robert Fitzgerald, of Windsor. It is now a boarding-house. A grant, dated October 11
1841, to Mr Edward Hallen, would appear to have been originally granted to Mr Bal-combe, the Colonial Treasuer, but it must have been revoked. Mr Hallen built a house upon it, which he called Telford Place his widow was a daughter of Lieutenant Lawson, and she died there only a few years ago.
Mention could be made of many other grants in this aristociatic part of old Sydney, including one to Mr Edward Deas Thomson (afterwards Sir Edward) in 1835, on which he erected Barham, and resided there until his
death; but there is one grant to the west of
the Deas Thomson grant which should be mentioned. It was 100 acres of land, which Mr Dowling desrcibes as lying at the head of Garden island Cove, known as Garden Cove, but marked in Roe's map of 1822 as Palmer's
Cove. The land was on the east side of the line laid down as a boundary for the
common ground, appropriated for the town of Sydney, which was to be known as
'Wallamooloo Farm'. This 100 acres was
granted to John Palmer, the Commissary General, hy his Honor Mr. Francís Grose,
Lieutenent-Goveneor of the colony, on Feb-ruary 25, 1793. But Palmer sold the pro-pcrty to the Riley family on May 3, 1882, for the sum of £2290 and since then it has been known as the Riley estate, heing all the land bounded on the eastby the whole of the grants already mentioned and on the south by as near as possible Albion-street, Surry Hills, and on the west by Hyde Park, and on the north by the waters of Woolloomooloo
Bay. Hence Palmer and Riley streets. This proved to be one of the most valuable
grants in the city.
It will thus be seen that Potts Point, Eliza-beth Bay, and Darlinghurst formed at one time the principal residential areas for the
well-to-do people of Sydney .They still do, so, but look at the remarkable change which has taken place in any portion of this dis-trict. Instead of spacious mansions, sur-
rounded by large and picturesque grounds, that .. were once to be seen and thoroughly enjoyed at Potts Point and the adjacent district, we now have terrace after terrace of large and
fashionable boarding-houses, private hospi-
tals, and such like semi-public residences. The commercial element has got a hold of the district, and is entirely transforming it. Values have, in consequence, risen enormously, and they are likely to continue to do so. In fact, it is most difficult to secure a property
at the present time in this district, and if one does appear in the market it is quickly snapped up. Its close proximity to the city gives to it a somewhat abnormal commercial value, and it is likely to continue to increase in value,, until some day it will be swallowed up in the commercial advance-ment of the city proper. Residences will then disappear, and commercial houses will occupy
the once famous aristocratic Potts Point
"Tamworth" Terraces - Elizabeth Bay Road & Darlinghurst Road - Potts Point
'Tamworth" Terraces - Elizabeth Bay Road And Darlinghurst Road - Potts Point
"Cheverelles" - Cnr Elizabeth Bay Road And Baroda Lane - Potts Point
"Cheverelles"Corner Elizabeth Bay Road And Baroda Lane - Potts Point
Tuesday, June 15, 2021
Wednesday, June 9, 2021
Friday, June 4, 2021
Monday, May 24, 2021
“Caerleon” - 81 Kambala Road, Bellvue Hill
“Caerleon”
81 Kambala Road, Bellevue Hill
This Historic House Was Named “Caerleon” After a Small Town In Wales. It Is A Queen Anne 2 Storey House Built In 1885. Original Design Drawn Up By Architect Harry Kent.
It Was The House Of Charles B Fairfax.
Red Brick Walls With Stone Dressing
Saturday, April 24, 2021
Friday, April 9, 2021
Brush Farm House - 19 Lawson Street - Eastwood - Sydney - New South Wales
"Brush Farm House" - 19 Lawson Street - Eastwood - New South Wales
This Is One Of Australia's Oldest Houses And Is One Of A Few That Survived From The Macquarie Period.
The House Was Originally Built In The 1820's, Following The Purchase Of The Brush Farm Estate In 1807.
The Verandahs Were Added In The 1880's.
In The First Half Of The 19th Century, The Estate Was Famous For Its Vineyard & Wine Production.
The House Was Also Known As Home For Boys, Eastwood Home For Mother's & Babies, Brush Farm For Mentally Deficient Children, & Brush Farm Girl's Home.
In 1988 The Property Was Transferred To The Department Of Corrective Services & As The Brush Farm Corrective Services Academy Offers Training For Corrections Officers.
In 1990, The Land Was Bought By Ryde Municipal Council And Restoration Of The House Began In May 2006, At An Estimated Cost Over $5 Million. It Now Serves Now As A Community Facility, Exhibition & Meeting Venue.
Tuesday, March 9, 2021
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