Woollahra House, Heritage residence in Woollahra, Sydney, Australia
Woollahra House was the name of two mansions built on the same site in Point Piper, Sydney, both now demolished. The surviving gatekeeper's lodge, built in 1871, is a single-storey yellow building with a red terracotta tiled roof and a cream frieze reading "ROSE BAY POLICE STATION". Four cream pilasters divide its facade, and a central entrance with steps and handrails sits between arched windows.
Two mansions stood on this Point Piper site. Sir Daniel Cooper began the first in 1856, laying its foundation stone before 400 guests; his son William Charles Cooper built the second in 1883, its stone laid by his wife. Both were demolished, but the 1871 gatekeeper's lodge survives as the Rose Bay Police Station and the stables as Wyuna Court.
The gatekeeper's lodge of Sir Daniel Cooper's Woollahra House, built in 1871, now serves as the Rose Bay Police Station, and its cream frieze carries that name above the entrance. The stables of the estate became Wyuna Court, an apartment block. The beach in front of the former house was named Lady Martin Beach after Isabella Martin, who rented Woollahra House from 1889 to 1892.
The former gatekeeper's lodge stands on New South Head Road in Point Piper, a short walk from Rose Bay. It is a working police station, so the interior is not open to the public; the yellow facade, cream arches and "ROSE BAY POLICE STATION" frieze are best seen from the street. The stables survive as Wyuna Court apartments nearby.
The gatekeeper's lodge of Sir Daniel Cooper's Woollahra House, built in 1871, now serves as the Rose Bay Police Station. Its stables survive as Wyuna Court, an apartment block. The main houses were demolished, so these two structures are the last built remains of the estate on Point Piper.
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