Dictionary of Sydney

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

Clairvaux House

House on the ridge at Vaucluse overlooking Rose Bay. The house still existed in 1910 when much of the land around it was subdivided.

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Milestone
Constructed
1871 - 1872
Died
17 Jan 1881
Died
29 Mar 1909
Demolished
1929
Property
Owned by
1872 - 1881
Owned by
1872 - 1881
Owned by
1881 - 1901
Owned by
1881 - 1911
Occupied by
1902 - 29 Mar 1909
Owned by
1911 - 1921
Owned by
1921 - 1929
Owned by
1921 - 1929
Type

Clairvaux House

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By the early twentieth century many of Sydney's old estates were subdivided. Their large grounds were too expensive to maintain and as Sydney expanded, land became a premium. Clairvaux House, a grand Victorian house, was built on land purchased from the Wentworth Estate c 1871. A domestic residence until the early twentieth century, the house underwent three subdivisions before being demolished in 1929.