House "Toxteth Lodge" Including Interior

Item details


Name of item:	House "Toxteth Lodge" Including Interior
Type of item:	Built
Group/Collection:	Residential buildings (private)
Category:	House
Primary address:	9 Toxteth Road, Glebe, NSW 2037
Local govt. area:	Sydney

All addresses

Street Address	Suburb/town	LGA	Parish	County	Type
9 Toxteth Road	Glebe	Sydney			Primary Address

Statement of significance:


	Toxteth Lodge is a good example of a late 19th century cottage built in the Picturesque Gothic Style to a design in a contemporary architectural pattern book. It was built as a gatehouse for the former Toxteth Park Estate and is one of the few surviving cottages erected on the estate during George Wigram Allen's lifetime. The Lodge has strong associations with Sir George Wigram Allen, a solicitor, politician and philanthropist, the works of notable architect, George Allen Mansfield, and it was the home of a former mayor of Glebe, Joseph Beasley.
	Date significance updated: 11 Sep 08
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Description


Designer/Maker:	attributed to George Allen Mansfield
Construction years:	1877-1881
Physical description:	Picturesque Gothic style two storey stone building with slate roof, dormer gables, a ground floor bay window, front portico, and lancet arched door openings and windows. It was built as a gate lodge for Toxteth Park, now part of St Scholasticas College. It is believed to have been built according to a design for a cottage in the architectural pattern book, The Builder's Practical director, published by James Hagger and etcher Albert Henry Payne in Leipzig, London and Dresden in 1855. Gardens include hedges, citrus, frangipanis and other exotic species.There is a timber picket fence. The interior is largely intact, containing original chimney pieces and joinery.
Modifications and dates:	A single storey addition was built on to the south-west corner of the building in 1973. Original decorative bargeboards have been removed.
Further information:	Heritage Inventory sheets are often not comprehensive, and should be regarded as a general guide only. Inventory sheets are based on information available, and often do not include the social history of sites and buildings. Inventory sheets are constantly updated by the City as further information becomes available. An inventory sheet with little information may simply indicate that there has been no building work done to the item recently: it does not mean that items are not significant. Further research is always recommended as part of preparation of development proposals for heritage items, and is necessary in preparation of Heritage Impact Assessments and Conservation Management Plans, so that the significance of heritage items can be fully assessed prior to submitting development applications.


Current use:	Residential
Former use:	Residential

History

Historical notes:

The "Eora people" was the name given to the coastal Aborigines around Sydney. Central Sydney is therefore often referred to as "Eora Country". Within the City of Sydney local government area, the traditional owners are the Cadigal and Wangal bands of the Eora.

With the invasion of the Sydney region, the Cadigal and Wangal people were decimated but there are descendants still living in Sydney today.

Toxteth Lodge built between 1877 and 1881 for Sir George Wigram Allen ( 1824 -1885), a solicitor, politician and philanthropist and then owner of Toxteth Park, the grand home built for the Allen Family in 1831, by eminent colonial architect John Verge. The Lodge is attributed to George Allen Mansfield, (1834 - 1908) brother- in- law to George Wigram Allen, and architect of a number of notable Sydney buildings, who appears to have drawn on a pattern book design in his planning of the cottage.

George Wigram Allen commissioned George Allen Mansfield to design a series of additions to Toxteth Park, including a third storey to the main black, a tower and ballroom c 1880. Toxteth Lodge is assumed to have been built at the same time.

Mansfield also designed Emslee ( c 1857) and Tranby ( c 1858) at Toxteth Park.

Allen died in 1885, and a series of subsequent subdivisions of Toxteth Park saw the gradual development of the former estate into a grid of streets and fashionable houses in the later 19th and early 20th centuries. Toxteth Lodge, as well as other cottages that had been erected on the estate during George Allen's lifetime, such as Emslee and Tranby, were alienated from the house at Toxteth Park during these subdivisions.

At the turn of the century Toxteth Lodge stood on 2 acres, 1 rood and 9 1/2 perches, now sited on small corner block.

Since the Allen family Toxteth Lodge has been owned by Joseph Russell Crane (a gentleman), James Jackson (a grazier) from 1896, Clara Beattie (a widow) and her sons James and Alfred from 1940, then Joseph Beasley (Mayor of Glebe) from 1949 and Dominic Williams (a solicitor) from 1971 and then utilised as a small cottage industry leather works by students in the early 1970s. The current owner, Dr Peter Stanbury, purchased the house in 1973.

Historic themes

Australian theme (abbrev)	New South Wales theme	Local theme
4. Settlement-Building settlements, towns and cities	Accommodation-Activities associated with the provision of accommodation, and particular types of accommodation – does not include architectural styles – use the theme of Creative Endeavour for such activities.	(none)-

Assessment of significance


SHR Criteria a) [Historical significance]	Toxteh Lodge provides enviden of the former Toxteh Park Estate which was gradually developed and subdivided through thelater 19th and early 20th centruies.
SHR Criteria b) [Associative significance]	Has strong associations with Sir George Wigram Allen, a solicitor, politician and philanthropist and owner of Toxeth Park when Toxteth Lodge was built. It is also associated with a notable architect, George Allen Mansfield, and it was the home of a former mayor of Glebe, Joseph Beasley.
SHR Criteria c) [Aesthetic significance]	The Lodge is an attractive and largely intact 19th century stone cottage built in the Picturesque Gothic style.
SHR Criteria f) [Rarity]	This item is a lcoally rare example of an intact late 19th century gatehouse built for a private Sydney Estate.
SHR Criteria g) [Representativeness]	Representative example of a late 19th century cottage built in the Picturesque style to a design in a contemporary architectural pattern book..
Integrity/Intactness:	This item has integrity values.
Assessment criteria:	Items are assessed against the State Heritage Register (SHR) Criteria to determine the level of significance. Refer to the Listings below for the level of statutory protection.

Recommended management:

The building should be retained and conserved. A Heritage Assessment and Heritage Impact Statement, or a Conservation Management Plan, should be prepared for the building prior to any major works being undertaken. There shall be no vertical additions to the building and no alterations to the façade of the building other than to reinstate original features. The principal room layout and planning configuration as well as significant internal original features including ceilings, cornices, joinery, flooring and fireplaces should be retained and conserved. Any additions and alterations should be confined to the rear in areas of less significance, should not be visibly prominent and shall be in accordance with the relevant planning controls.

Listings

Heritage Listing	Listing Title	Listing Number	Gazette Date	Gazette Number	Gazette Page
Local Environmental Plan	Sydney Local Environmental Plan 2012	I812	14 Dec 12
Heritage study

Study details

Title	Year	Number	Author	Inspected by	Guidelines used
Statement of Heritage Significance & Statement of Heritage Impact	2019	B59G	Nigel Parsons & Associates Architects		No

References, internet links & images

Type	Author	Year	Title
Written	Anita Heiss		Aboriginal People and Place, Barani: Indigenous History of Sydney City
Written	B & K Smith	1973	Architectural Character of Glebe, Sydney
Written	Clive Lucas Stapleton and Partners	2008	Statement of Heritage Impact
Written	M Herman		Victorian Sydney
Written	MM Hargreaves and P Stanbury	1986	National Trust Listing Card

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Data source


The information for this entry comes from the following source:
Name:	Local Government
Database number:	2427743

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