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盐炒栗子 发表于 2020-11-30 17:34 
请问这个材料是传说中的sandstone吗?
是的。nsw heritage网站上有关于这个房子和第一任主人Henry Willis的详细介绍
In 1903, Willis decided to build a permanent residence on the site whereupon the original weekend cottage became the gardener's cottage. The foundation stone was laid in 1904, a year before the family moved in. An architect named Hill from Parramatta, was commissioned to design a building in late Gothic, perpendicular style, which was constructed of local sandstone, quarried on-site and dressed by local masons. During construction, the 30-40 or so men working on the building lived on-site in tents, many with their families. A stone wharf, stables, reservoirs, a tennis court and formal gardens were part of the original estate. 'Innisfallen' was named after a ruined Abbey at Killarney in South-west Ireland and means 'Isle of the Field.'
Willis was quoted at the time: 'I think Middle Harbour is Australia's Killarney and, in some resepects, the castle resembles the old Irish abbey' |
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