Wednesday 15 April 2009

Penshurst, West Maling

West Maling is a magnificent house located high on King Georges Road, in the southern suburb of Penshurst. It's one of the earliest examples of Queen Anne style built in Australia. These days it is used for church services by the Assemblies of God Church.

12 comments:

  1. Great house - I like the chimneys and these wooden details! Nice shot!

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  2. Very nice house! I like the brick chimneys!

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  3. Thanks for dropping by. I really enjoy looking at your photos. You sure can find some good landmarks.

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  4. That main one is a mighty fine chimney, Jim.

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  5. Great blogs . Sydney is a beautiful city and you have captured some great shots. I grew up in Sydney (Loftus) Maybe you can get down there sometime The Royal national Park is not far off.

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  6. Nice little bungalow there. Old houses have such great character.

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  7. y gosh, how pretty is this? lovely brick work!

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  8. It's a lovely building, a style I don't associate with Australia. But hey! I've never been there so what do I know? I love what can be learned through blogging!

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  9. Popular though it was, I wonder what makes this sort of architecture Queen Anne. Great house though, isn't it?

    Where is Penshurt and why did it become some popular in the Federation period?

    Hels
    Art and Architecture, mainly

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  10. Hels, Penshurst is a southern suburb of Sydney, next to Hurstville. There are a lot of Federation houses there because the railway station opened in 1890 and development followed in that era. I don't know a lot about Queen Anne style architecture but West Maling certainly is a magnificent house.

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