Ashburton — 87 Renwick Street (architectural detail). Photograph date unknown. Solomon Mitchell, reproduced in Leichhardt Historical Journal No. 17, printed p. 73 (PDF p. 75).Print options & photo selection
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Ashburton — 87 Renwick Street (architectural detail). Photograph date unknown. Solomon Mitchell, reproduced in Leichhardt Historical Journal No. 17, printed p. 73 (PDF p. 75).
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87 Renwick St, Leichhardt NSW 2040
87 Renwick St, Leichhardt NSW 2040
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Cover photo: Ashburton — 87 Renwick Street (architectural detail). Photograph date unknown. Solomon Mitchell, reproduced in Leichhardt Historical Journal No. 17, printed p. 73 (PDF p. 75). — Date unknown
Year built1883
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The story of this house
AshburtonMary Ann Hagarty, a widow from Glebe, bought lot 43.1 in October 1883 and built the two-storey brick house at 87 Renwick Street that year.
She lived there in 1884–1885.
In January 1886 Hagarty sold the property to Charles Kieley, who occupied it that year and was listed as a sugar planter.
Later tenants included grocer George Hunter in 1888 and William Robertson in 1889–1890.
Robertson called the house Ashburton.
Kieley sold it to George Vincent in September 1897.
The journal describes the house as Victorian Filigree.
Particularly distinctive are the three arched ground-floor windows, the slender decorative columns between them, and the elaborate ornament above the windows and doorway.
Solomon Mitchell’s photograph records this ground-floor detail rather than the whole building.
Peter Reynolds, Leichhardt Historical Journal No.
17, The Excelsior Subdivision: Part 1, printed pp.
73.
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- 1883 — Mary Ann Hagarty builds the house
Mary Ann Hagarty bought lot 43.1 in October 1883 and built the two-storey brick house that year.
- January 1886 — Charles Kieley purchases the house
Mary Ann Hagarty sold the house to Charles Kieley, who lived there in 1886.
- 1889–1890 — William Robertson calls the house Ashburton
Tenant William Robertson used the name Ashburton during his occupancy.
- September 1897 — George Vincent purchases the house
Charles Kieley sold 87 Renwick Street to George Vincent.
- 1883 — Mary Ann Hagarty builds the house
Mary Ann Hagarty bought lot 43.1 in October 1883 and built the two-storey brick house that year.
- January 1886 — Charles Kieley purchases the house
Mary Ann Hagarty sold the house to Charles Kieley, who lived there in 1886.
- 1889–1890 — William Robertson calls the house Ashburton
Tenant William Robertson used the name Ashburton during his occupancy.
- September 1897 — George Vincent purchases the house
Charles Kieley sold 87 Renwick Street to George Vincent.
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