In a rather unusual twist, Glynt Manor has been put back on the market less than 7 months after the current sellers purchased it.
The coastal home was designed by architect Harold Desbrowe-Annear for the Henty family. When it was completed in 1914, it was a single-storey farmhouse. The castle-like 2nd-storey was a later addition. Read the rest of this entry »
One of the Waverley area’s best surviving Late Victorian villas is still for sale after it failed to sell at an auction in October. *Update: The house sold in December 2012 for $5.6 million
The two-story Italianate home, complete with castellated tower, was built sometime between 1880 and 1883 (sources vary). The elaborate stucco, scrollwork, iron lace and etched glass front door are all said to be original. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Mintaro’ is an imposing Italianate country mansion just outside of Melbourne. The house is being put up for auction in November with a reserve price of $3 million. (Update: The house sold for $3 million).
The 2-storey rendered brick home was built in 1881-1882 for Captain Robert Gardiner at a cost of £22,000. It was designed by prominent architect James Gall, who also designed the ‘Frognall’ and ‘Noorilim’ mansions.
The design was said to be influenced by Osborne House – Queen Victoria’s summer residence on the Isle of Wight, but it also described as a small replica of Melbourne’s Government House (built 1876). Read the rest of this entry »
Gladswood House is a 2-storey sandstone manor that has been converted into seven luxury apartments (four in the original house and three in the waterfront addition).
In 1856, merchant Edwin Thomas Beilby purchased a 99 year leasehold on the land from owner Daniel Cooper. Beilby sold the lease two years later to merchant, pastoralist and politician Samuel Deane Gordon for 800 pounds.
Gordon had architect William Munro design the home in a picturesque Gothic style that was favored on the Sydney foreshore. The house, which was originally called ‘Glenyarrah’ was ready to move into by 1864. Roman numerals for 1857 are carved into the stone lintel above the entrance. This date, however, is thought to refer to the date of the original lease to the land. Read the rest of this entry »
Juniper Hall in Paddington, Sydney, sold at auction today for $4.551 million to Peter Moran. The Moran family reside in the sprawling 130-year old Swift mansion in Darling Point, which has 56 rooms and was last valued at $60 million. Peter’s mother is said to have been related to the wife of Mr. Robert Cooper, who built Juniper Hall in 1824. He has plans to turn the ground floor into a public gallery, while the upper level will be used as a private residence. Read the rest of this entry »
Benacre is a 2-storey bluestone Italianate Victorian mansion in Adelaide. The house was originally a single storey bluestone home built in 1844 by William Bickford. The house was stood proudly on a 16 acre allotment which was purchased from G.F. Shipster’s original estate of 134 acres.
Thomas Graves, a founder of the Glenelg Railway Company, purchased the property in the 1870s and created the home we see today. He added a second story and ornate features, spending eight years completing his dream home. Read the rest of this entry »
Lansellstowe is a 3-storey mansion built in 1913 for Leonard Vere Lansell, son of mining entrepreneur George Lansell. Leonard originally bought ‘Vahlands’ (58 Barkly Street) and had Lansellstowe built in the extensive gardens. The block was later subdivided into two blocks.
The home was designed in an Italian Renaissance style by architects William Beebe and G.D. Garvin. Beebe had also designed ‘Fortuna Villa’ (also currently for sale) and together with Garvin, designed ‘Dendereh’ for the Lansell family. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Old Linton’ was originally called ‘Alfriston Cottage’ and was a spacious, yet simple home built in 1857 by ex-convict Moses Moses – a London born glass-cutter and son of a rabbi.
In 1877 it was purchased by James Peter Ritchie, a missionary, and named ‘Linton’ in recognition of Ritchie’s birthplace.
The house was added to, stage by stage, over the next century, with many of the additions carried out by its third owner, Arthur Bryant Triggs. Mr. Triggs, a grazier and collector, arrived in Sydney in 1887 from London. He moved to Yass one year later to work as an accountant at the local branch of the Bank of New South Wales. He married Maria Sophia, daughter of Mr. Ritchie, in 1892, and inherited the house upon her passing in 1898.
Linton was the first house in Yass to have electricity, which was provided by generator, and the first to have gas. The very first telephone in Yass was connected to Linton. Read the rest of this entry »
“The Valleys” is a Georgian manor estate on 36 hectares just east of Adelaide. The two storey stone mansion was built in 1844 for Matthew Smillie. Mr. Smillie was a legal prosecutor who arrived in 1839 aboard the Indus from Edinburgh, Scotland. He had a grant of 4,000 acres, and donated part of the land to start the town of Nairne, named after his wife Elizabeth’s maiden name. He was not a farmer himself, so he decided to lease tracts of land to farmers. Read the rest of this entry »
There are currently two adjoining offices in the Cook Terraces listed for sale. This could present an opportunity to purchase both and combine them into one large office or residence.
The Cook Terraces were built in 1888 – 1889 by Joseph Blain Cook as an investment property to rent out to wealthy tenants. Cook acquired the land in 1888 from squatter John Frederick MacDougall and raised a mortgage of 6,000 pounds to finance construction.
They were originally built as rental-only terrace homes as the Queensland Undue Subdivision of Land Prevention Act of 1885 prohibited the granting of titles to individual terrace houses. The six 2-storey brick terrace houses with attics and sub floors were all designed with identical floor plans. Each house has two double chimneys and a detached two-storey timber service wing accessed from the rear verandah. Read the rest of this entry »
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