Eryldene, Gordon
Erydene was the home of the late Professor E.G. Waterhouse C.M.G, & Mrs Waterhouse The house was designed by architect William Hardy Wilson & built in 1913. The Garden was designed by Professor Waterhouse inaugural president of the international camellia society. Eryldene was designed by William Hardy Wilson, Australia’s leading advocate of the Old Colonial Georgian Revival movement, with major input from Prof. Waterhouse.
It is a single storey cement rendered brick bungalow of conventional domestic construction with a hipped roof of terracotta roof shingle. Its symmetrical facade faces the formal garden frontage from which a central sandstone path and steps lead to an entrance verandah beneath the roof line.
It is a single storey cement rendered brick bungalow of conventional domestic construction with a hipped roof of terracotta roof shingle. Its symmetrical facade faces the formal garden frontage from which a central sandstone path and steps lead to an entrance verandah beneath the roof line.
William Hardy Wilson
William Hardy Wilson was an Australian architect, artist and author. He “is regarded as one of the most outstanding architects of the twentieth century”.
Wilson designed mainly homes and small commercial buildings. Having been impressed by the Colonial Revival style in the US, he sought to do something similar in Australia. Nowadays he is particularly remembered for three of his homes, all of them on Sydney’s North Shore and all of them now heritage-listed. He is regarded as a key practitioner of the Inter-War Georgian Revival style. We have worked on 2/3 properties; Eryldene & Purulia.
Our Work
Eryldene, located in McIntosh Street, Gordon, was designed by Wilson and Prof. Eben Gowrie Waterhouse and built circa 1913. Wilson designed the layout of the gardens as well as garden structures like a moon gate, tea house, fountain, pigeon house, summerhouse and garden furniture. The garden is heritage-listed along with the house. The house shows the influence of the Indian bungalow style. It is open to the public at set times. An experience to say the least! Here’s a classical walkthrough of one of Sydney’s oldest Heritage listed homes.
We were given the honour to help repair & restore this old terracotta shingle roof, sheltering the heritage listed interior & overall character of the house. We love projects like this because it reinstates our passion for Heritage style homes / buildings / structures. It truly is the core of our business & we can’t wait for the next challenge.
