'Colwyn' 50 Victoria Avenue, Claremont

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Overview

Two photographs of 'Colwyn' 50 Victoria Avenue, Claremont.

05.275a
Large red brick house with white banding, verandah columns and woodwork to gables of steep tiled roof which extends to form verandahs. Tall chimneys with pots and decorative ridge capping. Low stucco finish front fence with cyclone gate and curved pathway to front door. Lawn, shrubs and herbaceous border.

05.275b
Rear of house. High white foundations and balustrades to balcony with enclosed section on south west corner. French doors and central doors, the lower one with sidelights and fanlight, opening onto verandah and balcony. Bay windows to rooms on right. Brick out buildings on right and steps down steep slope to terraced lawn with boat and equipment.

Historical information

Home built by Arthur Bunning in 1909. Large two-storey house with steeply pitched terracotta shingle roof extending over verandah. It was named 'Colwyn' after a bay in Wales on the Irish Sea. The property appears to be Lots 1 & 2 of portion of Swan location P253 which was originally a pensioner guard block. Mrs Evelyn Bunning disliked the strong winds off Freshwater Bay and 'Colwyn' was sold to J.B.L. Weir in 1921, B.W. Nairn in 1947, The Waddy Waddy Pastoral Company Ltd in 1949 and then to J.H.C. & E.V. Macaulay in 1953. It was then sold in 2006 and underwent extensive conservation. During this time, the block was subdivided, and the lower, riverside portion was sold. The upper block, 'Colwyn', was sold again in 2011.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-28--5-275-a,b

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-31.98972095194, 115.78512340738

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