Purulia, Heritage-listed house in Wahroonga, Sydney, Australia

Purulia is a house in Wahroonga near Sydney, built between 1912 and 1913, featuring white walls and a roof covered in multicolored tiles. The building has rectangular windows with shutters and a simple geometric layout designed for practical living without extensive household staff.

William Hardy Wilson, an architect interested in traditional building styles, designed Purulia as a contrast to the more ornate Queen Anne homes in the neighborhood. The house became a symbol of honest construction and good taste, despite early criticism from neighbors.

Wilson named the house Purulia and lived in it himself; it was his own home, not a family inheritance. He planned it as a "maidless flat", making the kitchen a family room, and its plain white walls and lack of ornament were meant to embody honesty and simplicity. Neighbours sent a deputation claiming the design would lower property values, but the house became a prototype for North Shore homes.

Purulia stands at 16 Fox Valley Road in Wahroonga, north of the Sydney central business district. The house is a private residence, so visitors see it from the street; the boxed eaves, louvered shutters and colonnaded garage facade are visible from outside. The site lies in the Ku-ring-gai Council area.

Wilson built Purulia as a "maidless flat", making the kitchen a family room rather than a service space. He gathered curved, uneven, overburnt and many-coloured reject shingle tiles for the roof, which he likened to a venerable Persian rug. Neighbours sent a deputation claiming the plain house would undermine their property values.