Comfort Lodge

Comfort Lodge
Comfort Lodge, 62 Prospect Street, Rosehill, New South Wales
Location	62 Prospect Street, Rosehill, City of Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates	33°49′25″S 151°00′54″E
Built	1880
New South Wales Heritage Register
Official name	Comfort Lodge
Type	State heritage (built)
Designated	2 April 1999
Reference no.	283
Type	House
Category	Residential buildings (private)
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Comfort Lodge is a heritage-listed former residence and boarding house, now offices, at 62 Prospect Street, Rosehill, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney, Australia. It was built in 1880. It is also known as Cransley. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.^[1]

History

The land on which Comfort Lodge stands was auctioned as part of the first subdivision of Elizabeth Farm in February 1883, at which time it was bought by builder William Cameron. He built the house c. 1889, naming it "Cransley". One subsequent owner was Edwin John Brown OBE, a 29-year Parramatta alderman. It was renamed Comfort Lodge in 1982, when it was turned into a boarding house. A Permanent Conservation Order was placed over Comfort Lodge on 2 December 1983. Since 1989, it has been used as professional chambers. It was transferred to the State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.^[1][2]

Description

Comfort Lodge is a two-storey Victorian Italianate villa of stuccoed brickwork with gabled corrugated iron roof. Three sided bay front on gabled wing with stucco string courses and label moulds and elaborately fretted bargeboards. Two storey verandah to north and east sides has bullnose corrugated iron roof, timber floors and cast iron posts, balustrading and valence. Set well back from the road.^[1]

Heritage listing

Comfort Lodge is a very good example of a mid-Victorian house in the Parramatta district. It is complemented and enhanced by the adjoining Victorian residence "Camden" which is identical in design. Only six other buildings of similar period and architectural style exist in the Parramatta region.^[3][1]

Comfort Lodge was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999 having satisfied the following criteria.^[1]

References

1. "Comfort Lodge". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H00283. Retrieved 1 June 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC BY 4.0 licence.
2. "A rare commercial building with links to John Macarthur hits the market". Raine and Horne Commercial. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
3. Branch Managers Report No. 163/83

Bibliography

• Heritage Branch. Branch Managers Report 163/83.
• Walker, Meredith (1993). City of Parramatta Heritage Study.

External links

Media related to Comfort Lodge at Wikimedia Commons

Attribution

This Wikipedia article was originally based on Comfort Lodge, entry number 00283 in the New South Wales State Heritage Register published by the State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) 2018 under CC-BY 4.0 licence, accessed on 1 June 2018.