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Poised as a magnificent
Georgian Colonial –style home at Casula near Sydney, this noted home has
benefited from a comprehensive restoration by the Historic Houses Trust
under their Endangered Houses Fund. Glenfield is one of a group of first-generation
properties built along the escarpment between Liverpool and Campbelltown.
Dr. Charles Throsby, a naval surgeon, magistrate member of the Legislative
Council and explorer, built the house circa 1817.
The magnificent 14-room residence features a versatile floor plan with open
airy spaces. This grand family dwelling is sprawled across generous acreage
and has painstakingly conserved its original interior detail and hardware,
and the very fine Australian cedar joinery of Georgian-style detailing,
including architraves, window shutters, doors, skirting boards, and picture
rails. Price Upon Request
Glenfield
Sydney, Australia
The landscape setting
affords superior privacy and features a new garden that includes a
reinstatement of the lawn grass tennis court, an orchard, new fencing, and
gravel paths and drives. The grounds boast views of the homestead as well as
imposing stables and a dairy, which could alternatively be used as an
inspiring retreat, an office, or a studio. Meticulous care and superior
craftsmanship is found at every turn in this most unusual idyllic offering
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