Elizabeth Bay House
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Façade of Elizabeth Bay House
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 Location in Sydney
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| Etymology | Elizabeth Bay |
| General information | |
| Status | Used as a museum |
| Type | Government home |
| Architectural style | Georgian Australian Colonial |
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| Location | Elizabeth Bay |
| Address | 7 Onslow Avenue, Elizabeth Bay, NSW 2011 |
| Town or city | Sydney, New South Wales |
| Country | Australia |
| Coordinates | 33°52′12″S 151°13′35″E / 33.8701°S 151.2264°ECoordinates: 33°52′12″S 151°13′35″E / 33.8701°S 151.2264°E |
| Construction started | 1835 |
| Completed | 1839 |
| Client | Alexander Macleay, NSW Colonial Secretary |
| Owner | Sydney Living Museums |
| Landlord | Office of Environment and Heritage, Government of New South Wales |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | John Verge / John Bibb |
| Main contractor | James Hume |
| Other information | |
| Parking | No parking; public transport: |
| Website | |
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Elizabeth Bay House is an historic Colonial style home in the suburb of Elizabeth Bay in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Built between 1835 and 1839, Elizabeth Bay House was known as 'the finest house in the colony'. Elizabeth Bay House is a home in the Regency style, originally surrounded by a 54-acre (22 ha) garden, but now situated within a densely populated inner city suburb. It is managed by the Sydney Living Museums as a museum that is open to the public, on behalf of the Office of Environment and Heritage, an agency of the Government of New South Wales.
Elizabeth Bay House is a superb example of Australian colonial architecture, best known for its central elliptical saloon with domed lantern and geometric staircase, and is listed on the Australian Register of the National Estate and the New South Wales Heritage Register.
Elizabeth Bay House was built for NSW Colonial Secretary Alexander Macleay between 1835 and 1839 on land granted in 1826 by Governor Ralph Darling. The designer of the house is uncertain, with recent research suggesting that the accomplished colonial architect John Verge (1788–1861) was the main designer, but that he was presented with an imported scheme that he modified for Macleay. The fine detailing demonstrates the role of Verge's partner John Bibb. The house's facade is severe, owing to its incomplete nature: like many colonial houses begun in the late 1830s, the house is unfinished, the victim of Macleay's growing financial distress and the severe economic depression of the 1840s. It was originally intended to have an encircling single-storey Doric colonnade (included in several views by Conrad Martens, and akin to the colonnade at Vineyard, designed by Verge for Hannibal Hawkins Macarthur); the small portico was only added in the early 20th century.
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