Specifications

Name of Mansion

The Garrell

Owners and occupiers

Renwick, Samuel

EAD

Dem

Location details

Old Municipality

Caulfield

Current Municipality

GLEN EIRA

Current Suburb

CaulfieldCurrent AddressGlen Eira Rd,(north side betw Hawthorn & Kooyong Rds, vicinity current Garrell St)

Record

Current Standing

Record no

Last amended

27/6/1997

Owners & Occupiers

Architect

Tayler, Lloyd ?

Secondary Architects

Watts, Thomas

YEAR

1854 c?

Agent

Secondary Agent

Source, ilustrations and features

Sources

Argus, 24 Oct 1874, p 10 - TW tenders for stable bldgs &c at Glen Eira Rd, Caulfield for SR. | A'asian, 15 July 1876, p 88. The Garrell: The residence of Mr Samuel Renwick. Extensive article principally on the garden states that the property has been occupied by the present proprietor for over 14 years and was one of the first places in the locality to be improved. Two entrances to the 'ornamental portion' of the grounds, from the east & west ends onto Glen Eira Rd. There is also a drive off Glen Eira Rd leading to a cottage occupied by Mr Renwick Jnr. | Murray, Sand, Swamp, 163 - SR's house, The Garrell, was opposite Pennington�s, and Watts as Shire president suggested buying 2 acres of it for a shire hall; Renwick refused, but agreed to approach his daughters-in-law, the Langdons, to sell land from 'Tarqua'; p 39 - plans for subdividing the Garrell approved by Council in 1917 | Australian Antique Collector, 30 (July-December 1985), p 70 - SR was an emigrant from Dumfries who became a partner in James McEwan's, 1859 | [could be George Wharton, 1884, but seems likely to be earlier and to be by Watts] | Solomon, Caulfield's Building Heritage, p 35.

Illustrations

Murray, Sand, Swamp, Heath, p 7 - map shows Renwick with a house in Glen Eira Rd by 1854; p 230 photo, from B McCrae. Australian Antique Collector, 30 (July-December 1985), p 70 - same photo, said to be pre-1888, lent by Bruce McC.

Features

MMBW & Melway

MELWAY

67 K1 - K2

MMBW_40

MMBW_160

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