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Woollahra

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Detached five-bay two-storey house, built c.1780, having projecting porch to south, single-bay single-storey wing to west and four-bay projection beneath cat-slide roof to north. Pitched artificial slate roof with overhanging eaves and rendered chimneystacks having clay pots. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed window openings having render surrounds, limestone sills and recent timber casement windows. Rendered masonry wall to Douglas Road.
Woollahra, formerly known as Beaufield, is one of the earliest houses in this area of the city, and though much altered, constitutes an important part of the architectural heritage of this area.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 20867014

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Michael O'Sheil, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • P L Chadwick, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

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