14b. Avondale
Style
Late Victorian period house
Year
1888
About Avondale
Once part of John Glade’s grant of 1802, the property went through various owners after 1838 and eventually, in 1887, was purchased by Sydney solicitor Edwin Sandys Lumsdaine, the son of William Lumsdaine.
Lumsdaine oversaw the house being built in 1888 and named it Blanerne after family property in Berwickshire in Scotland. A later owner of the house, Alfred Edwin Knibbs named the house Ercildoune. It was named Avondale more recently.
The property has had several modifications over the years. The stables have been converted to a self-contained guesthouse and a swimming pool has been added. According to a 2012 real estate description, Edwin Lumsdaine had a small chapel built within the house, now used as a study.
Location
76 Wharf Road, Gladesville 2111 View Map
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76 Wharf Road ,
Gladesville 2111
76 Wharf Road ,
Gladesville 2111
14b. Avondale