30-429: Elizabeth Bay may refer to: Elizabeth Bay, New South Wales , a harbourside suburb in eastern Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Elisabeth Bay, Isabela Island (Ecuador) , a natural bay on the coast of Isabela Island, Galapagos. Elizabeth Bay, Namibia (formerly Elisabethbucht) is a ghost town in southern Namibia. See also [ edit ] Elizabeth Bay House ,
60-527: A land grant . The first land grant in 1829, he took up land on the Williams River, south of Dungog , New South Wales, called Lyndhurst Vale. The second land grant in 1838, he took up land on the Macleay River named Austral Eden . Having insufficient capital to pursue pastoralism, Verge returned to the building industry between 1830 and 1837, fortuitously at a time when the colonial economy
90-688: A Regency style home that was completed in 1837. Elizabeth Bay has many heritage-listed sites, including the following listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register : Ashton , located at the bottom of Elizabeth Bay Road, was designed by Thomas Rowe in the Victorian Italianate style and built c. 1875 . It was originally part of a group of villas built for well-off clients who included Thomas Rowe, John Grafton Ross, Charles Henry Hoskins and Sir Cecil Harold Hoskins. In more recent years,
120-700: A backdrop for Hollywood films, including Mission: Impossible 2 , and is heritage-listed. Elizabeth Bay House is a historic house managed by the Historic Houses Trust , located in Onslow Avenue with views across Sydney Harbour. It was designed by John Verge in the Regency style and is listed on the (now defunct) Register of the National Estate . The adjacent grotto is also listed on New South Wales Heritage Register. Across
150-513: A historic home in the suburb of Elizabeth Bay, Sydney Australia. Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Elizabeth Bay . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Elizabeth_Bay&oldid=1027409756 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
180-404: A terracotta hipped roof. The exterior colour is dull brown. The interior maintains the theatrical air with rooms decorated in different styles from various historical eras. The gardens, which have significantly matured, are an amalgamation of palm trees, shrubs and fountains with tennis court and boathouse. A private residence, it sold for A$ 20.7 million in 2005 to Lindsay Fox . It has been used as
210-646: Is Gurrajin, Dharag language . Elizabeth Bay was named in honour of Governor Lachlan Macquarie 's wife, Elizabeth. Elizabeth Bay is one of the places around Sydney Harbour that has been officially gazetted as a dual named site by the Geographical Names Board (GNB). The official dual name for this place is 'Elizabeth Bay / Gurrajin'. Nearby officially assigned dual names are 'Elizabeth Point / Jerrowan' and 'Macleay Point / Yurrandubbee'. The GNB dual naming policy applies to already named geographical features or cultural sites. Dual naming means that
240-509: Is a mimic of the church at Denham in England. Those churches were designed by John Verge as well with the style of it is Gothic, where mostly this style is taking over the style of every church. Elizabeth Bay House, which is a historic home, is located in the suburb of Elizabeth Bay in Sydney, New South Wales, and Australia. It is built between 1835 and 1839. It was known as 'the finest house in
270-519: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Elizabeth Bay, New South Wales Elizabeth Bay is a harbourside inner city suburb in the Eastern suburbs of Sydney , in the state of New South Wales , Australia . Elizabeth Bay is located three kilometres east of the Sydney central business district and is part of the local government area of
300-418: Is giving a colonial elegancy sense of looking, where there are white stucco walls, stone porch and window trimming that results a visual excellency of feeling. This colonial house's floor level is very near to ground level, which gives an air of intimacy, and also the overhanging roof has a secret gutter that avoids the ugly-looking gutter which usually put it in the front façade of the wall. Denham Court which
330-638: Is located in the local government areas of the City of Campbelltown and City of Liverpool placed on south west of the Sydney Central Business District. Originally, this building was a single-storey house but around 1832 to 1833, Captain Richard Brooks as an architect was enlarging this house by adding two-storey wings with two flanking bow-fronted one storey room. This court is regency influenced with trim lines, stucco walls, and
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#1732787341734360-482: Is quite close to Tusculum. The Rockwall House shows Verge in his most restrained and pleasing mood, although the columned porch seems to overpower the flanking verandas in scale. St Scholastica's College, which used to be Toxteth Park George Allen Estate, is located in Avenue Road, Glebe, built in 1831. Toxteth Park was built for George Allen (1800–77). It was a rectangular two-story block with single-story wings, s
390-473: The City of Sydney . The suburb of Elizabeth Bay takes its name from the bay on Sydney Harbour . Macleay Point separates Elizabeth Bay from Rushcutters Bay. The suburb of Elizabeth Bay is surrounded by the suburbs of Rushcutters Bay and Potts Point . Kings Cross is a locality on the south-western border and Garden Island is a locality, to the north. The original name of the land now known as Elizabeth Bay
420-912: The age of 79 in Austral Eden . He was buried as an Anglican in St. Thomas's burial ground in Port Macquarie . In the 1830s, Verge produced a number of fine houses in Sydney's eastern suburbs , notably several of the 'Villas of Woolloomooloo Hill', the spine of elegant villas largely built by the senior civil servants of the colony on a series of land grants that stretched from Darlinghurst Hill to Potts Point. These villas included Rockwall, built for surveyor John Busby, Tusculum for merchant Alexander Brodie Spark for whom Verge also designed Tempe House, and Goderich Lodge, for Thomas Macquoid. Others including Barham and Rose Bank have been attributed to his hand. Further east he built Rose Bay Lodge for James Holt. To
450-470: The character of the area was changed radically by the building of blocks of flats, but Ashton survived as one of the few original buildings in the area. Boomerang is perhaps the best surviving suburban estate of its period on the harbour foreshores. It was designed by Neville Hampson in 1926 for Frank Albert, a music publisher. This Hollywood Spanish Mission style dwelling and flats are of stuccoed brick with vaguely classical windows and decoration, under
480-458: The colony' as well as a home in the Regency style, originally surrounded by a 54-acre garden, but now situated within a densely populated inner city suburb. It shows Verge at his best and worst as a designer. The main elevation is a simple Regency front, whilst the sides, less ambitious but perhaps more pleasing, have large curved bays, running through the two floors. The general impression given by
510-509: The design is of quietness and good taste, the severely stuccoed walls being relieved only by the somewhat stiff mouldings run in the plaster work and the elaboration of the entrance. The rear of the house is unstudied and lacks the neatness of the other elevations. The interior has some splendid rooms, the stair hall being one of the finest and perhaps the best, of such things in Australian Colonial architecture. Elliptical on plan,
540-502: The houses of New South Wales and their heritage. She is creditted with reviving interest in the works of John Verge. Camden Park House is completed on 1835, a year after John Macarthur, the client's death. This house is still occupied by the Macarthur family and become one of the great mansions of Australia. The style of this house is Palladian style with central two-storey block, one-storey wings and extensions at each side. The façade
570-724: The original Aboriginal place name has been officially reassigned by the Geographical Names Board, and is recognised along with its more recent European place name. An earlier source claims this area was originally known by the Aboriginal name 'Yarrandabby' and what is now Macleay Point was 'Jerrewon'. Alexander Macleay (1767–1848), the Colonial Secretary of New South Wales, was granted 22 hectares (54 acres) here in 1828. He commissioned architect John Verge (1788–1861) to build Elizabeth Bay House ,
600-564: The project and James Hume from Scotland supervised the building. The relative contributions of Verge, Bibb and Hume are unknown. The house's beautiful oval saloon, with its geometric stair and domed lantern, is likely the most celebrated interior in early Australian architecture. Verge's work was not confined to Sydney. Bedervale homestead, near Braidwood , built in 1842, was designed by Verge. Aberglasslyn, built for George Hobler near Maitland, NSW, has been attributed to Verge. Like Elizabeth Bay House it never received its intended colonnade,
630-783: The road from Ashton is Tresco , a two-storey home designed by Thomas Rowe and built in 1868. It was constructed by Italian stonemasons who were brought to Australia by the Joubert brothers, who were prominent in the early settlement of Hunters Hill . In 1913 it became the official residence of the Flag Officer in Charge, Royal Australian Navy, Eastern Australia. According to the 2021 census , there were 4,878 living in Elizabeth Bay. 59.9% of people were born in Australia, with
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#1732787341734660-426: The simple shallowly recessed panels projecting porch. Denham Court's room is 14 feet high with a geometrical stair along the west wall of the house and also there is a large living hall that extending across the width of the house between the bows fronted. The floor in this house is paved with flagstones diagonally with 18 inches square each. Moreover, in the west of this court, there is a Denham Court chapel, which
690-415: The stair and its upper landings sweep completely round the curved walls. The French windows on the northern front give beautiful light and superb views to main apartment. Verge seems to tire and falter when trying to coordinated all the parts into a whole. Rockwall House, which is still well-known, is located at Rockwall Crescent that is the well-preserved Regency house that Verge designed for John Bushby. It
720-515: The top other countries of birth being England (5.8%), New Zealand (4.1%), United States of America (2.1%), Brazil (1.4%) and South Africa (1.1%). 78.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Spanish (1.7%) and French (1.7%). The most common responses for religion were No Religion (53.2%) and Catholic (16.2%). 33°52′17″S 151°13′42″E / 33.87143°S 151.22841°E / -33.87143; 151.22841 John Verge John Verge (1782–1861)
750-470: The victim of the crippling colonial depression of the 1840s. Wyoming Cottage , built between 1832 and 1843, is located in the suburb of that name north of Gosford. The house he built for himself at Austral Eden was unfortunately destroyed by flood in 1864, three years after Verge's death, and no known sketches survive. Most of his papers were also lost in the flood. Verge's best known work is Camden Park House , built south west of Sydney for John Macarthur ,
780-526: The west of the town he built Lyndhurst, for Dr James Bowman, and Toxteth Park for George Allen, in Glebe . Verge is also credited with Elizabeth Bay House , built at adjacent Elizabeth Bay for Alexander Macleay , the Colonial Secretary . It is theorised that Verge largely worked on a plan provided by Macleay, as his business ledger does not denote amounts that would reflect a full commission. John Bibb, an accomplished draftsman employed by Verge, also worked on
810-509: The wool pioneer and successful colonial businessman. As Macarthur was debilitated towards the end of his life with mental illness his son William seemed to have administered much of the building, and is named in Verge's ledger rather than his father. This has caused confusion with some architectural historians as to the actual client. From 1947 to 1954 G. Nesta Griffiths , who had stayed at many Australian country houses, wrote several books about
840-560: Was an English architect , builder, pioneer settler in the Colony of New South Wales , who migrated to Australia and pursued his career there. Verge was one of the earliest and the most important architect of the Greek Revival in Australia. He also brought more comprehensive range of Regency style than any contemporary architects. His design indicates the increasing of sophistication compared to previous architect's design. John Verge
870-549: Was born in Christchurch , Hampshire . Many generations of the Verge family had been bricklayers and stonemasons. Verge married to Catherine Bowles at the age of twenty-two and went to London. From 1804 to 1828, he worked in London in the building trade, becoming a man of means. Verge's marriage eventually failed and, in 1828, he migrated to Sydney , New South Wales, Australia, with his son George Philip, intending to take up
900-573: Was prospering and designers and builders were in high demand. Between 1830 and 1834 was his maximum architectural activities. He was patronised by many of prominent businessmen and colonists. After 1837, his architectural work was decreasing and restricted. Retiring from architectural practice, he settled at Austral Eden , a pastoral property by the Macleay River in northern New South Wales. In 1858, Verge married Mary, 50-year-old daughter of John Alford at Austral Eden . Verge died on 9 July 1861 at
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