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31 Waterview Street
Eleanor Cottage (right), 31 Waterview Street
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31 Waterview Street, Balmain NSW 2041

31 Waterview St, Balmain NSW 2041, Australia

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Cover photo: Eleanor Cottage (right), 31 Waterview Street — Date unknown

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  • House typeCottage
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The story of this house

Eleanor CottageSculptor Thomas Vallance Wran bought this land in February 1878 and built Eleanor Cottage as the twin of neighbouring Carrington Cottage.

Early tenants included engineer John B Davis and shipwright John Davenport.

Bootmaker George Kensey purchased Eleanor in 1890 and continued Davenport’s tenancy.

Jonathan Hutchinson bought it in 1924 and lived there until selling in 1940.

The journal photograph shows Eleanor on the right; the cottage on the left is Carrington, a separate house later demolished.

Peter Reynolds, “From Cooper Street to Waterview Street: Waterview Estate 1835–1970, Part 3”, Leichhardt Historical Journal 24, pp.

83–84 (PDF pp.

85–86).

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  1. September 1890 — Kensey buys Eleanor Cottage

    Thomas Vallance Wran sold the cottage to George Kensey.

  1. September 1890 — Kensey buys Eleanor Cottage

    Thomas Vallance Wran sold the cottage to George Kensey.

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