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October 23: Ladies and gentlemen, I am currently reposting all my image restorations, as those posted so far have, it turns out, been reduced in size by the Blogger platform. This means you have been viewing low resolution, low quality versions instead of the actual restored images. I didn't realise this. I intended you to see, upon clicking, the restored historic details of the original pictures. The fix should be complete in the next week or so.

Lost Villas of Sydney: Potts Point, Grantham


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Rebuilt in 1870, Grantham estate ran from Macleay Street down to the water at Woolloomooloo, which is where the stone was quarried for it. Sold in 1917, it was progressively subdivided until ultimate demolition in 1937. This photo is from the 1880s.

Some more pics outlining its history follow the jump -
The first pic below shows the house from Macleay Street in the 1870s
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Below is the estate in the 1870s, showing some of the upper level gardens. I can't figure out why, with all that land, they chose to build such a big house hard up in the corner against the road and the neighbour's property line.
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In the 1890s-
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At the front door in 1907, the Dangars ready for a day out in their heyday.
In the 1920s, it had been turned into serviced flats.
By the 1930s, the last of the land is up for sale -
And here is why. The inheriting generation were happy with the fortune provided by the land sale in the densely populating Cross area.
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