Carthona, Darling Point facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Carthona
Carthona, Darling Point, c. 1870 before the 1880s extensions at the back were made.
Location	5 Carthona Avenue, Darling Point, New South Wales, Australia
Built	1841
Built for	Sir Thomas Mitchell
Architect	George Allen Mansfield
Architectural style(s)	Gothic Revival architecture
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Carthona is a large Gothic Revival architecture style house situated at 5 Carthona Avenue, on a promontory of Darling Point, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The mansion is listed by the New South Wales Heritage Council as a building of historical significance and is listed as being of local significance on the New South Wales Heritage Database.

Architecture

Carthona is described by the Heritage Council as an "impressive two storey mansion with cellars, of mannerist Tudor Gothic style. Built of sandstone, exterior there is a profusion of gabled slate roofs having castellated parapets and balconies dominated by tall tudor chimneys. Ground floor windows are pointed Gothic style having three centred heads and fretwork while first floor windows are flat arched and shuttered.". It was built in 1841 by Sir Thomas Mitchell and it is believed that many of the keystones of doors and windows were carved by him. Carthona has had many residents some of whom were historically interesting.

Images for kids

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  Sir Thomas Mitchell

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  Blanche Mitchell, youngest daughter of Sir Thomas Mitchell

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  Holmes Samuel Chipman

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  Carthona seen from Murray Rose Pool, Double Bay