18c. Woodstone

Single storey house with a water fountain out front surrounded by a neatly trimmed hedge

Style

Victorian Georgian

Year

1867, 1889 (modifications)

About Woodstone

Woodstone is associated with Walter Scott Campbell the son of Doctor Francis Campbell, superintendent of the Tarban Creek Lunatic Asylum (Gladesville Mental Hospital).

Walter grew up in Gladesville and recorded much of the local history. He was Chief Draftsman in the Department of Mines, later Chief Inspector of Agriculture, an Alderman in the first Ryde Council in 1871, and he contributed to the construction of Christ Church.

W.S. Campbell constructed a four-room cottage with an attic on this site in 1867. This was extended by Edwin R. Mackenzie in 1889, sold to Frederick A. Elgood, a dental surgeon, in 1925, then to Malcolm H. Pike who added a mansard roof to the upper storey.

In 1985, attempts were made to return the dwelling to its original form and in 1990 it was leased to the University of Technology, as the Vice Chancellor’s residence. The property was purchased by a private buyer in 2002 for residential use.

Location

39 Wharf Road, Gladesville 2111 View Map

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