Fernleigh Castle facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Fernleigh Castle |
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| Alternative names | Fernleigh |
| General information | |
| Status | Complete |
| Type | Castle; mansion |
| Architectural style | Victorian |
| Location | 5 Fernleigh Gardens, Rose Bay, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Country | Australia |
| Coordinates | 33°52′05″S 151°16′21″E / 33.8681°S 151.2726°E |
| Client | Frank Bennett (1892) |
| Technical details | |
| Material | Sydney sandstone; cedar joinery |
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| Number of rooms | c. 30 |
| Official name | Fernleigh Castle, 5 Fernleigh Gdn, Rose Bay, NSW, Australia |
| Designated | 21 March 1978 |
| Reference no. | 2495 |
| Class | Historic |
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| Official name | Fernleigh Castle - main building |
| Type | Built |
| Designated | 10 March 1995 |
| Reference no. | Local register |
| Group/collection | Residential buildings (private) |
| Category | Mansion |
Fernleigh Castle is a historic house in the Sydney suburb of Rose Bay, New South Wales, Australia. Completed in the Victorian architectural style, the house is listed on the (now defunct) Australian Register of the National Estate and the Woollahra local government heritage database.
History and description
Fernleigh Castle was built in 1892 on the site of a sandstone cottage built in 1874, and incorporates the original walls of that building. Castle-like in appearance, it is constructed of sandstone and features a square Norman-style tower, smaller towers with their own turrets, and castellated walls. Although it also includes wrought iron balconies similar to homes in Paddington. The house has thirty rooms and a number of stained-glass windows.
Heritage listing
One of the very few large Victorian mansions still intact in Sydney. A product of the 1890's boom, the structure is a highly decorated example of the stonemason's craft using pink to brown fine dressed sandstone, still in very good condition. The interiors of the main rooms are very decorative contained elaborate plaster ornamentation to walls, piers and archways. Much original cedar joinery remaining and fine crafts example in the main stair. Other notable items include large tiled fireplaces framed by finely carved mahogany mantels with marble pillars supports, intricate stained glass windows, large bedroom (35ft by 18ft) three feet deep porcelain bath in cedar and marble frame, figured of white zinc.
