'Colwyn', 50 Victoria Avenue, Claremont

1997
Overview

Five photographs of 'Colwyn'.

04.5a
04.5b
Large old brick home with steeply pitched terracotta shingle roof with two gables, finials, decorative ridge capping and double chimneys with pots. Unsympathetic alterations and additions include concrete verandah posts. solar panel, brick wall, steel gate and concrete drive.

04.5c
04.5d
View showing two storyed rear of house on steeply sloping, lawned block. French doors to verandah and balcony with white balustrade and enclosed end. Modern redevelopments on either side. Old cotton palm near picket fence with cyclone gate to foreshore reserve.

04.5e
View of south east corner showing brick construction and two storey rear section through garden with Norfolk Island pine.

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

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-28--4-5-a-e
Item type
Year
Last modified
Thursday, 28 August, 2025
Completeness
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'Colwyn'
'Colwyn'
Source: Claremont Museum 04.5a
'Colwyn'
'Colwyn'
Source: Claremont Museum 04.5b
Rear of 'Colwyn'
Rear of 'Colwyn'
Source: Claremont Museum 04.5c
Rear of 'Colwyn'
Rear of 'Colwyn'
Source: Claremont Museum 04.5d
View of south east corner
'Colwyn'
View of south east corner
Source: Claremont Museum 04.5e

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