Millers Point : Richmond Villa
From about 1820s onward Jack Leighton operated a mill here, and the area was referred to as 'Jack, the Miller's Point' (later shortened to 'Miller's Point').
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This particular building is Richmond Villa, Kent St. Designed by Mortimer Lewis and constructed 1849 as his private residence, it was later (shortly after Lewis’ death) resumed by the NSW Government.
In 1975 it was relocated to its present site (reopening in 1978), to make room for additions to Parliament House. The building is now home to the Society of Australian Genealogists.
Millers Point, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Richmond Villa (left) and Glover Cottage, Kent Street. Richmond Villa was designed by Colonial Architect Mortimer Lewis (as his own home), constructed 1849-1851.
Originally sited next to the domain, it was disassembled and relocated 1975-1978 as it was in the way of planned additions to Parliament House.
Glover Cottage was constructed 1820s by cooper Edward Ewen, but later sold to publican James Glover - who built two more cottages nearby. These later buildings were demolished 1820s and rebuilt 1880s, and again demolished during the plague resumptions in 1900.
NB : both houses sit atop a sandstone rock shelf which resulted from quarrying in the area c1810-1830s.
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