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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