Authors: Dr Sue Rosen & Liz Gorman
Client: Private Client
Our team prepared a Heritage Impact Statement for the client's Development Application for demolition of their existing garage and construction of a new garage at 67 William Street Hornsby. As part of the Statement, a history of the property was compiled.
The property is located on part of 2000 acres leased from the Crown by affluent timber merchant Thomas Hyndes. Subsequently, John Fitzgerald Burns, George Withers and Robert Burdett Smith purchased the land. The trio were all Members of Parliament; and were responsible for much subdivision of the land at Hornsby.
Anne Roberts and husband Oscar Roberts purchased a large amount of land from this sale and re-subdivided the allotments as ‘Roberts’ Subdivision, Mount Errington Hornsby’, in October 1913; the study site is located in Lot 2. The land was subdivided sequentially and the current residence constructed c. 1926.