Rosebank and Cairngorm, 11–13 Jane Street — shared view of both houses. Photograph: Date unknown. Bruce Crosson, Leichhardt Historical Journal No. 19, printed p. 25 (PDF p. 27).Print options & photo selection
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Rosebank and Cairngorm, 11–13 Jane Street — shared view of both houses. Photograph: Date unknown. Bruce Crosson, Leichhardt Historical Journal No. 19, printed p. 25 (PDF p. 27).
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13 Jane Street, Balmain NSW 2041
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Cover photo: Rosebank and Cairngorm, 11–13 Jane Street — shared view of both houses. Photograph: Date unknown. Bruce Crosson, Leichhardt Historical Journal No. 19, printed p. 25 (PDF p. 27). — Date unknown
Year built1881
Timeline entries5
Memories0
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- House typeCottage
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The story of this house
CairngormCairngorm at 13 Jane Street was built in 1881 alongside Rosebank at No.
11 by stonemasons William and James Burt.
The substantial attached houses are described as Victorian Filigree, built in stone, with decorated verandahs and tall openings.
Early Cairngorm tenants included James H.
Palmer in 1881–1883, ironfounder A.
A.
Milne in 1884, and machinery merchant John Kirkland in 1885–1895.
In June 1896 James Burt gave Cairngorm to his son Frank Henry Burt and daughter Mary Helen Mein.
Frank sold his share to their sister Marion Jardine in December 1899.
Mary and Marion sold to Isabella Smith in October 1905.
Isabella and her husband Alexander, a Balmain ironmonger, lived there until 1910; Isabella continued to be listed until 1912.
Designer Sydney Woolley Cathels became a tenant in 1913 and inherited the house in March 1915 after Isabella’s death.
He remained listed in 1932.
The Cathels family sold Cairngorm to coppersmith John J.
Pepperall and his wife Alice in August 1943.
The journal says they were probably the tenants, so prior tenancy is not asserted as certain.
Bruce Crosson’s photograph is a shared view of Cairngorm and Rosebank at 11–13 Jane Street.
Peter Reynolds, Leichhardt Historical Journal No.
19, From Adolphus Street to Gladstone Park: Part 3, printed pp.
24–25.
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- 1881 — The Burt brothers build Cairngorm and Rosebank
William and James Burt built the pair of attached stone houses at 11–13 Jane Street.
- June 1896 — James Burt gives Cairngorm to his children
James Burt gave the house to Frank Henry Burt and Mary Helen Mein.
- October 1905 — Isabella Smith purchases Cairngorm
Mary Helen Mein and Marion Jardine sold Cairngorm to Isabella Smith.
- March 1915 — Sydney Woolley Cathels inherits Cairngorm
Designer Sydney Woolley Cathels inherited Cairngorm after Isabella Smith’s death.
- August 1943 — John and Alice Pepperall purchase Cairngorm
The Cathels family sold Cairngorm to John J. Pepperall and Alice Pepperall.
- 1881 — The Burt brothers build Cairngorm and Rosebank
William and James Burt built the pair of attached stone houses at 11–13 Jane Street.
- June 1896 — James Burt gives Cairngorm to his children
James Burt gave the house to Frank Henry Burt and Mary Helen Mein.
- October 1905 — Isabella Smith purchases Cairngorm
Mary Helen Mein and Marion Jardine sold Cairngorm to Isabella Smith.
- March 1915 — Sydney Woolley Cathels inherits Cairngorm
Designer Sydney Woolley Cathels inherited Cairngorm after Isabella Smith’s death.
- August 1943 — John and Alice Pepperall purchase Cairngorm
The Cathels family sold Cairngorm to John J. Pepperall and Alice Pepperall.
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