Elizabeth Bay House: A History & Guide Carlin, Scott
127487 Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales Sydney 2000 23.5 x 18.0cms, 104pp, Colour Illusts, very good+ paperback with French flaps Alexander Macleay built Elizabeth Bay House, as Sydney's most elegant and sophisticated house of the 1830s. It is 'an extraordinary achievement of early Australian craftmanship, which is most evident in its cedar joinery and graceful cantilevered stone stair. Its wealth of Greek revival detailing includes imported fittings such as plaster ceiling roses, iron stair balusters and marble chimneypieces'. This book details the houses history and its various occupants. ISBN: 0-949753-95-5 $15.00AUD Click here to order or message the dealer
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