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Raywell — 144 Louisa Road
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144 Louisa Road, Birchgrove NSW 2041

144 Louisa Rd, Birchgrove NSW 2041, Australia

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Cover photo: Raywell — 144 Louisa Road — 28 August 2019

Year built—
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At a glance

  • House typeCottage
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  • HeritageYes
  • Current statusUnknown

The story of this house

RaywellJeffery dates Duncan Smith’s stucco house to shortly after his July 1883 purchase.

Rachel Cole Wells acquired it in 1888, named it Raywell and lived there until 1928.

Sisters Margaret Euphemia (Pheme) and Catherine (Kate) Lycett bought Raywell in April 1930.

Their husbands George and Norman and their extended family lived here.

Norman and Kate later moved to Waitara at 45 Wharf Road; George and Pheme remained at Raywell.

Family ownership continued until 1960.

Raywell, also known as Carnegie House, is recorded on the NSW State Heritage Register as item 00093.

The heritage record gives both c.1883 and 1885 construction dates; the exact year is therefore left unset.

Pamela Jeffery, “Birchgrove: 1796–1985”, Leichhardt Historical Journal No.

15 (1986), p.

26.

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NSW heritage record: Raywell / Carnegie House.

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  1. February 1888 — Rachel Cole Wells acquires the house

    Wells acquired the house, named it Raywell and lived there until 1928.

  2. April 1930 — The Lycett sisters purchase Raywell

    Margaret Euphemia and Catherine Lycett bought Raywell.

  3. 1960 — End of Lycett family ownership

    The journal records Raywell remaining in the family until 1960.

  1. February 1888 — Rachel Cole Wells acquires the house

    Wells acquired the house, named it Raywell and lived there until 1928.

  2. April 1930 — The Lycett sisters purchase Raywell

    Margaret Euphemia and Catherine Lycett bought Raywell.

  3. 1960 — End of Lycett family ownership

    The journal records Raywell remaining in the family until 1960.

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