Red brick Queen Anne revival features, timber gable decoration
corbelled brick chimneys,
Highly embellished Dutch gable
an encircling verandah
Asymmetric, Picturesque (esp. high Dutch Gable)
Timber trim and skilled joinery. including timber fireplaces
Tiled fireplace surrounds
Projecting 'Flying' Gable decoration
1. Braeside 1885
37 Lorna Street Waratah, NSW 2298
Early Federation
Sold on 23 Mar 2016 for $1,300,000
NSW Heritage Listed(Local Govt) - "A building of considerable architectural merit in a style now rare in Newcastle - largely unspoiled exterior."
Braeside 37 Lorna Street Waratah, NSW 2298 (1885)
"Designed by respected local architect Frederick Menkens and built c1895 as a family home for prosperous spirit merchant Joseph Wood, magnificent 'Braeside' is one of Newcastle's longest standing examples of Queen Anne Federation architecture.
Rich with history and held by only three families, it is on offer for the first time since 1958 and remains virtually untouched by the passage of time: a truly rare opportunity exists for a new generation to share in this home's spectacular grandeur."
Early Federation Queen Anne 'Braeside', Waratah NSW
"Beyond the magnificent gardens containing a circular driveway once used for horse drawn carriages, the perfectly preserved facade is resplendent with all the traditional hallmarks of its era including corbelled brick chimneys, an unusual Dutch gable and an encircling verandah.
Inside soaring 14ft pressed metal ceilings, exquisite leadlight windows and doors, original fireplaces, cedar timberwork and beautiful wallpaper create an elegant home rich in character and destined to impress."
Style
Innovations
Exterior
Interior
Features
Asymmetric
PicturesqueOrnate Dutch Gable
Red brick Queen AnneQueen Anne Gable
Ornate Ceilings
Woodwork trim
Bungalow Verandah
Roof continuous over Verandah
Flying Bedroom Gable
Timber fireplace mantle
Quad/Triple windows
Corbelled chimneys
Pale wallpaper designs
Timber verandah columns
Art Nouveau wallpapers
Original bathroom tiling
....
Architect Frederick Menkens
"Still casting a giant shadow more than a century after his death, German-born Frederick Menkens (1855-1910) was no ordinary architect."
"More than any other man, he shaped Newcastle through his landmarks.
"While responsible for creating more than 100 buildings in the Hunter Valley, some 28 impressive city buildings were erected between Union Street and the city's East End during his era."[1]
NSW Heritage listing for: House "Engadine Court" Including Interior - Other name/s: Owestry The building should be included in the Heritage Schedule of the LEP and should be protected by the Conservation Area Listing. Subdivision should not occur. Consolidation of sites should not occur. The existing use of the site should continue. One storey, two storey, attic additions could occur at the rear of the building.
Builder/Maker: Oliver Harley (c.1908 alterations)
Construction years: 1886-1908
Period Details:
Asymmetric, corner tower
Queen Anne Gable
Art Nouveau Leadlight
Oswestry circa 1887, 234 Glebe Point Road, Glebe NSW
"Owestry", formerly known as "Engadine Court" Glebe Point Road, Glebe
The Residence
"Oswestry" circa 1887, is a magnificent landmark residence of the Inner West, offering space in lavish abundance with soaring decorative ceilings, marble/timber floors, impressive cedar joinery and dramatic roof lines.
Commanding an enviable position behind a security gated entrance, 'Oswestry' is a mansion of remarkable elegance and lavish proportion, coupling contemporary luxury with the ornate grandeur of federation Queen Anne architecture.[3]
It is said that the American influence of McKim, Mead and White is evident in Oswestry's flamboyant architecture."[4]
Style
Innovations
Exterior
Interior
Features
Asymmetric
White Stucco
Queen Anne Gable
Ornate Victorian Ceilings
Art Nouveau Leadlight
...
Physical description:
A two-storey freestanding grand residence that dates from the Victorian "boom" period with a 1908 Federation overlay, within the key period of significance, set on a wide site that has retained its context.
The façade presents a complex asymmetrical elevation and is constructed of rendered masonry with a paint finish on a rendered masonry base course.
The roof is complex and features a pyramidal tower and a cupola tower, clad in sheet metal, a projecting faceted bay and gabled bay to side. The roof is hipped with a medium pitch, gabled with a steep pitch, and has broad, boxed, corbelled eaves. The roof is clad in slate with terracotta ridge capping and features corbelled chimneys, terracotta chimney pots and timber finials.
The verandah runs between the towers and has a straight profile. It is clad in sheet metal and features turned timber columns, carved timber brackets and unusual Art Nouveau, cast iron balustrading.
The façade features Art Nouveau and classical motifs, garlands, shield panels, pressed metal skirt, timber battened wall finish.
The front door is centrally located marked by a portico and is multi-panelled with two glazed panels with fanlights and sidelights and features noveau leadlight glazing.
Fenestration comprises vertically proportioned French doors, curved glass sashes to tower and multipane casement timber windows with highlights, leadlight and rendered sills.
The building appears to be in good condition and is substantially intact.
Oswestry circa 1887 - 234 Glebe Point Road, Glebe NSW
Oswestry circa 1887 - 234 Glebe Point Road, Glebe NSW
Most major rooms open to sundrenched terraces, verandahs and perfect North facing, manicured level gardens.
One of the finest mansions on Glebe Point.
"A magnificent landmark residence of the Inner West, offering space in lavish abundance with soaring decorative ceilings, marble/timber floors, impressive cedar joinery and dramatic roof lines.
Most major rooms open to sundrenched terraces, verandahs and perfect North facing, manicured level gardens.
The imposing entrance hall with superb stained glass and marble floor leads to the drawing room, spacious sitting/billiards room (marble fireplace) and formal dining room with ornate ceiling, marble fireplace and decorative bay window."
"The informal entertaining areas incorporate a five star deluxe integrated kitchen (gas and electric), walk-in pantry, butler's pantry/laundry, exquisite carpentry, marble benchtops and marble floors (heated) plus European appliances.
The spacious family/breakfast room flows via French doors to a superb North facing terrace and private manicured level gardens.
The staircase with detailed balustrading leads to the upstairs accommodation of five bedrooms (master with spacious sitting area, marble fireplace and walk-in wardrobe), plus three bathrooms with underfloor heating."
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The building has historical significance for its ability to evidence Federation development.
The scale and quality of the building and site reflect the aspirations of the early occupants of the Toxteth Estate. Significant for its association with the development as a transport node.
The building has historical associative significance for its association with the original owner, FE McMahon and the subsequent owner in 1905 Mr Benjamin Esq and his architect Oliver Harley.
The building is significant for its contribution to the streetscape and to the Toxteth Estate. The site and building provides evidence of the early subdivision of the Toxteth Estate. One of the finest mansions on Glebe Point.
The building has aesthetic significance as an outstanding example of transition from Victorian to Federation Style.
It has a high quality of design intention and is particularly noted for its use of the round tower element.
The Toxteth Estate
George Allen (of Toxteth Park) during his lifetime had acquired 96 acres of the Glebe lands.
Allen and his son died within four years of each other and it was at this time that the estate began to be broken up.
The subdivision and sale of the Toxteth estate began in 1884 and by 1914 the process of building up this estate, lying between Wigram Lane and Victoria Road on the one side, and between Glebe Point Road and Harold Park on the other, was virtually completed.
During this intensive building phase, Joseph Walker and Thomas Sinclair constructed a large number of the Italianate villas and cottages in Glebe Point, Toxteth, Arcadia and Avenue Roads. Ausin Group managing director Joseph Zaja, the salesman who has sold more Australian property to the Chinese than perhaps anyone else, and his wife Sarina have emerged as the buyers of the historic Glebe home Oswestry.
Zaja, who helps wealthy Chinese buy property in Australia, paid $6.25 million earlier this year for the landmark 1880s home.
The Mosman home was sold by former Olympic sprinter turned television presenter Matt Shirvington and his wife Jessica. The champion sprinter-turned-Fox Sports presenter first listed the Canrobert Street property in 2011 and kicked off another campaign earlier this year before McGrath’s Michael Coombs and Claudia Portale took over the campaign.[5]
NOT Heritage listed
Built in 1897, the striking four-bedroom Federation Canrobert St residence was beautifully restored in 2010 and includes a host of classic features throughout, such as original pressed metal ceilings, leadlight windows and formal living areas adorned by fireplaces.
Period Details:
Asymmetric red brick Queen Anne Gables
Castellation of roof ridging
Gablet above enlcosed leadlight corner
Exposed rafter ends
Gothic coloured multi-pane glass lights above opening windows
Gothic arched five part window
Three different bay window styles - gothic bricked bay, leadlight corner verandah bay, 5-window bay
Sun hood above bedroom bay window
Probable Art Nouveau leadlighting in bedroom bay window (not well-illustrated) but no leadlight in the front door surround.
Style
Innovations
Exterior
Interior
Features
Red brick Queen Anne Gable
Castellationof roof ridging
Exposed rafter ends
Gothic glass lights
Three different window bay styles
According to CoreLogic RP Data records, the Shirvingtons paid $2.5 million for the property, which they share with their daughters, back in February 2008.
It’s not the first time they have taken the home to market since, having previously listed it in September 2012.
Steeped in refined c1897 details on a large 822sqm corner block, this meticulously updated Federation home presents a spacious single level layout embraced by child-friendly gardens. It's set within metres of Mosman Village, exclusive schools and transport.
Generous open plan living/dining area with natural light
Grand formal dining room with stained glass feature window
Sophisticated family lounge and sunroom with leafy outlook
History has been graciously intertwined with modern living in the most sophisticated way.
Beautiful, established trees line the entire perimeter of the 2934sq m estate, ensuring the utmost privacy
Kumdibar, (1898) 62 Braeside Street Wahroonga, NSW 2076
Kumdibar (1898) is a breathtakingly beautiful example of early Federation architecture lovingly revived to its former grandeur.
The stately residence is nestled among 2,934m2 (approx) of impeccably manicured formal grounds, complete with a championship sized tennis court and pool.
The home contains five bedrooms and three tasteful stone bathrooms, the main with a spa bath, including an expansive master wing encompassing a travertine ensuite and a dressing area.
Original sandstone verandahs wrap around three sides of the home
Period details:
Red brick Queen Anne Gable
Corbelled Chimneys
Extensive encircling 'return' verandahs under sweeping hipped roof
Tiled fireplaces
Picture rails
Extensive lawns (not popular in earlier times)
Style
Innovations
Exterior
Interior
Features
Red brick Queen Anne GableCorbelled Chimneys
Sandstone Verandah
Slate Roofing TilesMultipaned Bay Window with Sunhood
Federation tiled fireplaces
Elaborate Formal Gardenwith Californian Redwoods
Meticulously Revived
Kumdibar’s ornate classic details have been lovingly brought back to life or replicated, creating an atmosphere of enduring elegance, with double brick construction ensuring solid bones.
As you enter the residence you are greeted by an extra-wide hallway with an impressive archway heralding your arrival.
Soaring 13 foot ceilings are enhanced by ornate cornices and picture rails, while whitewashed timber-panelled walls, a slate roof and parquet floors are a nod to its heritage.
The wide verandah which wraps around the home is finished with original sandstone, still in impeccable condition.
Kumdibar’s traditional features are enhanced by a host of modern touches for your comfort and enjoyment.
The residence has been newly painted and carpeted, with the traditional Federation interior colour scheme replaced by a palette of cool grey tones adding a calming contemporary sophistication.
Elegant cabinetry has been custom-designed to reflect the home’s traditional air.
Additional details include a security system, plantation shutters and ducted air conditioning to keep the surroundings temperate year round. The grounds are professionally lit and irrigated.
Gowrie sits on a 1525 square metre Ardmillan Road block which comes with a large rear garden with pool..
It is a showpiece Edwardian residence, rich in period detail.
There's four bedrooms, two living zones and two dining areas.
The home was owned by football champion Wayne Carey when sold at a record $1.15 million in 1999. It traded at $620,000 in 1995.
The Kangaroos captain owned elsewhere on Ardmillan Road selling in 2000 for $530,000 having bought for $420,000 a year earlier.
Minimal inglenook around Federation fireplace includes leadlight, and window seat in bay window at Gowrie, 1898
One of Moonee Ponds' finest homes, this landmark Edwardian showpiece delivers an aspirational lifestyle of period grandeur, contemporary luxury and family versatility surrounded by landscaped gardens on approximately 1525sqm of land.
A level of opulence and elegance rarely seen, the home's breathtakingly-beautiful interior boasts a grand central hallway accessing four large bedrooms (master with private ensuite), main bathroom with spa, guest powder room (third WC), stately formal lounge and dining rooms.
Other luxuries include hydronic heating and ducted refrigerated cooling, extensive home automation (lighting/blinds/audio-visual/gas-log fireplace/cameras at front and rear), towering ceilings with ornate plaster detailing, integrated climate-controlled cellar and so much more, plus an expansive north-facing backyard with entertaining patio, gas-heated pool, large storeroom and double garage via gated driveway (both remote-controlled).
Period Details:
Arched Inglenook fireplace
Extensive beautiful Art Nouveau leadlighting
Ornate stucco decoration in main gable (spelling 'Gowrie')
Corbelled chimney
Tessellated tiled bathroom floor
Style
Innovations
Exterior
Interior
Features
Red brick Queen Anne GableFull Art Nouveau Leadlight
Art Nouveau Bay Windowand Door Set
Ornate stucco decorationabove Bay Window
Inglenook fireplace
Grand Dining RoomGarden of silver birches
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Property Observer - 14 DECEMBER 2016: Gowrie, Moonee Ponds trophy home listed
Hartford (on the subdivided Toxteth Estate) was built for dentist E Randolph Magnus (his preferred name), the driving force behind the establishment of Sydney’s Dental Hospital.
Hartford’sfeatures included multiple public rooms, two bathrooms, five bedrooms plus a nursery and servants’ quarters (Protestant ‘help’ included a housemaid, general servant, parlour maid, cook and laundress).
During the Magnus family’s occupancy gardens and lawns were established, a conservatory and bush house built, and a croquet court laid out.
In 1907 Hartford, together with its specially made and bought furniture, was offered for auction.
The ‘artistic modern residence’ at 244 Glebe Rd was finally purchased by the Levy family who had moved in by 1910: Henry ‘Harry’ Phillip ‘of independent means’, his brother Joseph Angel, a wholesale jeweller, Joseph’s wife Elizabeth ‘Lizzie’, and Basil Angel, in adult life a partner in his father’s jewellery business.[6]
Hartford, (1899) 244 Glebe Point Road, Glebe NSW
Hartford, (1899) 244 Glebe Point Road, Glebe NSW
'Hartford' is a stately Federation mansion in a fabulous harbourside suburb. It offers grand scale family living and entertaining in a quiet village setting.
Built in the 1890s for Scottish medico E. Randolph Magnus, the Kennards bought it from recruitment executive Randall Maple and his wife Erica Maple-Pols.
They secured approved plans for a contemporary conservatory at the rear by architect Otto Cserhalmi.
The Kennard's listed through McGrath agent Michael Glynn who expected it to fetch about $4.5 million. Title Tattle gleans $4.2 million was secured.
The Queen Anne mansion Hartford was sold by the yoga devotees Jim Kennard and his wife Ananda Kennard in 2015 only 19 months after they bought it for $3.85 million, with plans to move to the United States.[7]
‘Hartford’ was owned by the Presbyterian Church until a sale to private hands occurred in December 1998 for $1.52m.
According to publicly available records, the home last traded hands in April 2006 for $3.24m.
Hartford is an outstanding example of a Federation Queen Anne style grand house, with Art Nouveu detailing, in a garden setting.
It is stylistically related to 242 Glebe Point Road and together they make a strong contribution to the streetscape.
The building's size and quality reflect the development of Glebe Point Road as a prestige address and the aspirations of the Allen family and the early residents of the Toxteth Estate.
Hartford reflects the social importance in late nineteenth century Sydney of English cultural references and Scottish baronial architecture.
A freestanding Federation Queen Anne style grand house set on a wide corner site that has retained its context.
It reads as two storeys but also has a lower ground floor level. It is set on a wide corner site at the corner of Glebe Point Road and Park Avenue that has retained its context.
The building is set back from the street with front fence of stone-capped face brick on a stone plinth with cast iron quatrefoil motif panel.
The front garden is large and informally landscaped and features a central concrete path, mature trees and provides an appropriate setting for the house.
Soaring pressed metal ceilings, stunning original fireplaces.
Description
The façade presents a complex asymmetrical elevation and is constructed of tuck pointed face brick timber shingles and rusticated stone panels.
The roof is complex and gabled with a steep pitch, and has broad timber-boarded exposed eaves. It is clad in terracotta tile and features tall corbelled brick and rough cast chimneys with terracotta chimney pots and conical turrets, gabled ends, shingled and timber fretwork.
The verandah runs across the corner and above the entry and has a straight profile. It is clad in terracotta tile and features turned timber columns upstairs and tapered painted stone columns below. Other features include a delicate turned timber valance and balustrade, shingled skirt, tessellated tiles and slated edging.
The façade features highly decorative carved stone panels and carved stone corbels and sills. The front door is centrally located and is panelled and glazed with fanlight.
Fenestration is varied and comprises vertically proportioned arched casement timber windows with highlights, some leadlight and an oval-shaped window to the verandah. Fenestration to other facades is double hung timber sashes.
Internally significant features of the main house include the original room layout, timber stairs, timber joinery, brass hardware, decorative ceilings, fire places and leadlight glazing.
Keen-eyed readers should be able to discern the recent renovation away from flamboyant details to serene (from Gothic Victorian 'boom' to lighter Edwardian interiors)
A Gallery of Federation House Styles, - all 'Trophy' Homes recently for sale
Table of Contents
1885
1887
1897
1898
1898
1899
Queen Anne
Victorian Boom, Federation extensions
Early Federation Queen Anne
Period Details:
Queen Anne 'Braeside', Waratah NSW
1. Braeside 1885
37 Lorna Street Waratah, NSW 2298
Early Federation
"Designed by respected local architect Frederick Menkens and built c1895 as a family home for prosperous spirit merchant Joseph Wood, magnificent 'Braeside' is one of Newcastle's longest standing examples of Queen Anne Federation architecture.
"Beyond the magnificent gardens containing a circular driveway once used for horse drawn carriages, the perfectly preserved facade is resplendent with all the traditional hallmarks of its era including corbelled brick chimneys, an unusual Dutch gable and an encircling verandah.
Architect Frederick Menkens
"Still casting a giant shadow more than a century after his death, German-born Frederick Menkens (1855-1910) was no ordinary architect."
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2. Oswestry circa 1887
234 Glebe Point Road, Glebe NSWIt last sold in 2004 at $3.55 million having previously changed hands in 1997 at $1.27 million.[2]
The building should be included in the Heritage Schedule of the LEP and should be protected by the Conservation Area Listing.
Subdivision should not occur. Consolidation of sites should not occur. The existing use of the site should continue. One storey, two storey, attic additions could occur at the rear of the building.
Period Details:
The Residence
"Oswestry" circa 1887, is a magnificent landmark residence of the Inner West, offering space in lavish abundance with soaring decorative ceilings, marble/timber floors, impressive cedar joinery and dramatic roof lines.Physical description:
A two-storey freestanding grand residence that dates from the Victorian "boom" period with a 1908 Federation overlay, within the key period of significance, set on a wide site that has retained its context.The roof is clad in slate with terracotta ridge capping and features corbelled chimneys, terracotta chimney pots and timber finials.
The façade features Art Nouveau and classical motifs, garlands, shield panels, pressed metal skirt, timber battened wall finish.
One of the finest mansions on Glebe Point.
"A magnificent landmark residence of the Inner West, offering space in lavish abundance with soaring decorative ceilings, marble/timber floors, impressive cedar joinery and dramatic roof lines.
"The informal entertaining areas incorporate a five star deluxe integrated kitchen (gas and electric), walk-in pantry, butler's pantry/laundry, exquisite carpentry, marble benchtops and marble floors (heated) plus European appliances.
- The spacious family/breakfast room flows via French doors to a superb North facing terrace and private manicured level gardens.
- The staircase with detailed balustrading leads to the upstairs accommodation of five bedrooms (master with spacious sitting area, marble fireplace and walk-in wardrobe), plus three bathrooms with underfloor heating."
.......The Toxteth Estate
George Allen (of Toxteth Park) during his lifetime had acquired 96 acres of the Glebe lands.
- Allen and his son died within four years of each other and it was at this time that the estate began to be broken up.
- The subdivision and sale of the Toxteth estate began in 1884 and by 1914 the process of building up this estate, lying between Wigram Lane and Victoria Road on the one side, and between Glebe Point Road and Harold Park on the other, was virtually completed.
During this intensive building phase, Joseph Walker and Thomas Sinclair constructed a large number of the Italianate villas and cottages in Glebe Point, Toxteth, Arcadia and Avenue Roads.Ausin Group managing director Joseph Zaja, the salesman who has sold more Australian property to the Chinese than perhaps anyone else, and his wife Sarina have emerged as the buyers of the historic Glebe home Oswestry.
3. MOSMAN Federation Home, 1897
1 Canrobert Street, Mosman, NSW 2088
The champion sprinter-turned-Fox Sports presenter first listed the Canrobert Street property in 2011 and kicked off another campaign earlier this year before McGrath’s Michael Coombs and Claudia Portale took over the campaign.[5]
Built in 1897, the striking four-bedroom Federation Canrobert St residence was beautifully restored in 2010 and includes a host of classic features throughout, such as original pressed metal ceilings, leadlight windows and formal living areas adorned by fireplaces.
Period Details:
Steeped in refined c1897 details on a large 822sqm corner block, this meticulously updated Federation home presents a spacious single level layout embraced by child-friendly gardens. It's set within metres of Mosman Village, exclusive schools and transport.
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4. Kumdibar, 1898
62 Braeside Street Wahroonga, NSW 2076
Sold on 03 Apr 2017, was listed with $7.5 million plus hopesPeriod details:
Meticulously Revived
The residence has been newly painted and carpeted, with the traditional Federation interior colour scheme replaced by a palette of cool grey tones adding a calming contemporary sophistication.
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5. Gowrie, 1898
10 Ardmillan Road Moonee Ponds Vic 3039
One of Moonee Ponds' finest homes, this landmark Edwardian showpiece delivers an aspirational lifestyle of period grandeur, contemporary luxury and family versatility surrounded by landscaped gardens on approximately 1525sqm of land.
Period Details:
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6. Hartford, 1899
244 Glebe Point Road, Glebe NSWHartford (on the subdivided Toxteth Estate) was built for dentist E Randolph Magnus (his preferred name), the driving force behind the establishment of Sydney’s Dental Hospital.
In 1907 Hartford, together with its specially made and bought furniture, was offered for auction.
- Built in the 1890s for Scottish medico E. Randolph Magnus, the Kennards bought it from recruitment executive Randall Maple and his wife Erica Maple-Pols.
- They secured approved plans for a contemporary conservatory at the rear by architect Otto Cserhalmi.
- The Kennard's listed through McGrath agent Michael Glynn who expected it to fetch about $4.5 million. Title Tattle gleans $4.2 million was secured.
The Queen Anne mansion Hartford was sold by the yoga devotees Jim Kennard and his wife Ananda Kennard in 2015 only 19 months after they bought it for $3.85 million, with plans to move to the United States.[7]Hartford is an outstanding example of a Federation Queen Anne style grand house, with Art Nouveu detailing, in a garden setting.
Description
The façade presents a complex asymmetrical elevation and is constructed of tuck pointed face brick timber shingles and rusticated stone panels.
- The roof is complex and gabled with a steep pitch, and has broad timber-boarded exposed eaves. It is clad in terracotta tile and features tall corbelled brick and rough cast chimneys with terracotta chimney pots and conical turrets, gabled ends, shingled and timber fretwork.
- The verandah runs across the corner and above the entry and has a straight profile. It is clad in terracotta tile and features turned timber columns upstairs and tapered painted stone columns below. Other features include a delicate turned timber valance and balustrade, shingled skirt, tessellated tiles and slated edging.
- The façade features highly decorative carved stone panels and carved stone corbels and sills. The front door is centrally located and is panelled and glazed with fanlight.
- Fenestration is varied and comprises vertically proportioned arched casement timber windows with highlights, some leadlight and an oval-shaped window to the verandah. Fenestration to other facades is double hung timber sashes.
Internally significant features of the main house include the original room layout, timber stairs, timber joinery, brass hardware, decorative ceilings, fire places and leadlight glazing.(from Gothic Victorian 'boom' to lighter Edwardian interiors)
Period details:
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