The Boulevard Cheltenham

The subdivision in 1908 that formed this street comprised land once forming part of Chorley’s Mount Pleasant.
The street trees are listed on the Hornsby Shire Council Heritage Register which comprises Schedule 5 (Environmental Heritage) of the Hornsby Local Environment Plan 2013. [1]
Part of this street has the tennis courts, and croquet lawns and bowling rinks of the Cheltenham Recreation Club on the south east end of it. Tennis was not however restricted to the Recreation Club with newer houses now occupying houses 3, 5, 6, 18, 11 and 22: which were all once occupied by private tennis courts for a contiguous house.
[1] For more information on this avenue see elsewhere on this website under Environment-Parks-Beecroft Railway Reserve.

Southern (or odd numbered) side

The trees are listed on the Hornsby Shire Council Heritage Register which comprises Schedule 5 (Environmental Heritage) of the Hornsby Local Environment Plan 2013.
3 Oban and then Andos was occupied in 1943 by Hector P Tinkler
5, Jenanbe, was built in 1914 to 1917 for Thomas Bailey Nossiter. The house name comes from a combination of each of the names of the Nossiter daughters – Jean, Nancy and Beatrice. Thomas was manager of the Peacock Jam Factory and he went on to be a director of the iconic Australian company Henry Jones IXL after that company took over Peacock. Thomas was also the President of Pennant Hills Golf Club (1923-1932) and appointed a Life Member of the Club in 1944. His wife, Nell (Helen Amy nee Irons), worked on numerous local charities.
In 1929 their yacht Ban Yandah, was described as one of the finest in Australia and they were associated wit the Royal Motor Yacht Club.
The house was designed by local architect William Nixon. It is a large brick house with the upper walls stuccoed, tall and slender chimneys that are also stuccoed and having square brick pots. Ventilation slats are in the side and front gables. The house was sited on the south west corner to maximise space for the garden and tennis court. It also had a horse paddock and stable, a poultry yard and dove cote.
From 1934 the house was leased to Alfred Ernest Morgan and family until shortly before 1943 when the Nossiter’s resumed occupancy. It was then sold in 1952 to Dr Geoffrey Young. They were still in the home at least to 1959.
Between 1990 and 2007 G Mills was a member of the Civic Trust and gave this as his residential address.
The house and garden are listed on the Hornsby Shire Council Heritage Register which comprises Schedule 5 (Environmental Heritage) of the Hornsby Local Environment Plan 2013.
7 was built circa 1925 and has had a number of additions. The first Cheltenham kindergarten was conducted in the then garage. From 1937 until at least 1958 it was occupied by Clifford Vernon Spier, clerk, and his family. .
11 Rosman (and at one time Morngton, The Gables), was built in 1914 for Ernest and Rosabelle Trigg. The name reflects Mrs Triggs name ‘Rose’ combined with ‘mount’ for the rise where the house is sited. Ernest was General Manager of the Meadowbank Manufacturing Company. Their only child died before they moved into this house and they only lived here for some 8 years. They were active Anglicans and attended St Andrews Cathedral where Ernest was a lay canon.
William Nixon was the architect and the house is designed in the arts and crafts style. It has many gables, ends covered in timber shingles, tall chimneys and wide eaves. A number of the windows are of diamond panes with a single ribbon and red and green roses in the upper portion. On the eastern side of the house was the tennis court reached by stone steps. There was a large garden.
The home was sold in 1920 to Charles Potts a grain and produce merchant. Then in 1926 to W Kenrick and in 1928 to Mrs Clara Millicent Pollock a daughter of Thomas Irons – another daughter being Mrs Nossitter of 5 The Boulevard. Her son, Peter Trons Pollock, was living in the house in 1943.
The house is listed on the Hornsby Shire Council Heritage Register which comprises Schedule 5 (Environmental Heritage) of the Hornsby Local Environment Plan 2013.
15 Boambee, was built 1913 to 1916 [1] for Clarence Hardie Gorman of Hardie & Gorman real estate agents who acted on the sale of a number of subdivisions in these suburbs. Mr Gorman was the Chair of the Board of the Cheltenham Recreation Club. In about 1919 the home was sold to Mr & Mrs Thomas Irons the parents of Mrs (Nell) Nossiter of Jeranbee and Clara Pollock of Rosman. This was a deliberate choice as the Irons wished to be nearer their daughters after two sons (Ralph and David) had died in 1916 during World War 1. Another son (Thomas Roy) married the Hon Winifred Smith the daughter of Lord and Lady Colwyn of Colwyn Bay, Wales. When Thomas Irons died, his widow sold this house and commenced to live with her daughter.
In 1920 David Bertram was living here then he moved across the street and this home was purchased by Major (later Lieutenant-Colonel) T G (Thomas George) Millner whose commitment to rugby led to the oval in Eastwood being named in his honour. T G Millner married Mary (nee Pattinson) and as a result T G Millner was heavily involved in W H Soul Pattinson. The Millners were still living there in at least 1972.
The house is listed on the Hornsby Shire Council Heritage Register which comprises Schedule 5 (Environmental Heritage) of the Hornsby Local Environment Plan 2013.
[1] For a contrary view that the house was built in 1910 see Northern District Times, Property Supplement, 4 September 2013.

Northern (or even numbered) side

2 Novar was built in 1929 in the bungalow style by John Russell, an engineer, and his family. They were still residing here in 1943. Note the bulky columns on brick bases and small paned windows.
4 is a cream bricked home of 1943 when it was occupied by Richard M Webb. Between 1991 and 2004, at least, Diane Boyages was a member of the Civic Trust and gave this as her residential address.
6, Chepstow, was built as the second home for Henry ‘Harry’ Chorley. It was named after the birthplace of Harry’s wife, Amy, in Monmouthshire, Wales. In 1913 it was occupied by Amy’s parents John William and Lucy Fowler. Her father was an accountant. The Chorleys and Fowlers moved to 52 The Crescent in 1931. From then until at least 1954 it was the home of Frederick Henry Perdiau (a railway engineer) and his family – they having moved from next door at 8.
Extensive alterations were made in the 1950s and again more recently so that very few original features can still be seen.
8 was occupied until 1932 by Frederick W Perdriau and his family. Then they moved to live in Chepstow next door.
10 – 12 Kuraroo is a rambling bungalow style home with small leadlight front windows. Of particular note is the garden with palms, old spruce with glaucous foliage giving a park like setting that is complemented by a gravel driveway. This is in keeping with the era of the house. The house was occupied in 1925 by John Wiseman Buckle, an architect. The house may have been designed by J W Buckle or his brother, also an architect, Francis (Frank) Buckle. J W Buckle had previously lived in 30 The Crescent from at least 1924. The Buckles left here in 1933 and the house was occupied by John & Mary Lyon formerly of The Promenade and of Tatworth, Cheltenham who were also the parents of Primrose the wife of J W Buckle. The Lyons were still in the house in 1956.
The garden is listed on the Hornsby Shire Council Heritage Register which comprises Schedule 5 (Environmental Heritage) of the Hornsby Local Environment Plan 2013.
14 Tatworth, was built for John Harry Joseph Lyon in 1913. He was an accountant. John Lyon was the son of William John Debenham Lyon who lived in 34 Copeland Road Beecroft. He lived here with his family until 1933 when they moved next door into Kuraroo.
Again, note the ventilator louvres in the front gable. Note the stone gate posts and the clipped hedge. Each of the neighbouring houses also previously had hedges.
In 1937 it was the home of Ebenezer Parsons House and his family. Then in 1940 by John Norman Lawson and then in 1945 by the Felton family. In 1953 William and Marion <cDonald lived here.
Between 1995 and 2003 M Thompson was a member of the Civic Trust.
The house and garden are listed on the Hornsby Shire Council Heritage Register which comprises Schedule 5 (Environmental Heritage) of the Hornsby Local Environment Plan 2013.
16 A house on this site was occupied in 1943 by James D Stewart. The current house is more likely to have been built in the 1970s and was first occupied by the current owner in 1988.
18 Framar dates from circa 1910 and by at least 1923 it was occupied by Francis William Young (a produce merchant) and his wife Mary (nee McCubbin). Framar presumably derives from the first letters of Francis and Mary. The family were still living here in at least 1956.
It is a good example of the federation style with a country feel – by showing more timber than would be expected in a city setting. There are patterned leadlights on the front door, dormer windows and, as elsewhere, ventilator windows.
W Figtree was a member of the Civic Trust between at least 1990 and 2006.
The house and garden are listed on the Hornsby Shire Council Heritage Register which comprises Schedule 5 (Environmental Heritage) of the Hornsby Local Environment Plan 2013.
20 This house was built in 1968 on the neighbour’s tennis court by Dr Peter Pickering, and ophthalmogist and his wife Joan. This family sold it in 2018 [1]. Dr Pickering was a member of the Civic Trust between at least 1970 and 2008.
[1] Northern District Times, 14 November 2018.
22 Maidavale dates from circa 1906 and has painted rendered walls. While originally single storey, it had a second storey added in about 2010. Note the large timber brackets on the verandah. The driveway is brick. It has a simple, rural air. The large unbroken roof line and overhang is characteristic of the bungalow style.
From 1915 until 1918 it was occupied by W B Bull and in 1919 it was leased by Walter Kerridge who then moved to 28 The Boulevard and 50 The Crescent. From 1921 it was occupied by David Benjamin Bertram who gave it the name Maida Vale. He was of the legal firm A S Boulton, Lane, Rex & Co. The family still lived here until 1954.
24 Carmylia was built in 1914 in the bungalow style with a slate roof featuring an uplift at each end and is white painted brick. It has an unusual window treatment and solid timber verandah posts on brick. It has two gables offset to each other – one over the main house and the other over what was a projecting room. Note the tecoma hedge which originally was common to this street – and elsewhere in the suburb. The garden was re-designed in the 1970s with trees and shrubs replacing lawn, to give a greater sense of seclusion.
Angus E Cameron lived here from 1918 to 1919. From 1920 to 1923 it was the home of A Cox when it was occupied by Henry I F Cox. The home was bought in 1930 by Lorna Arnott, who was formerly living nearby. Lorna was the widow of Keith was the son of Herbert Arnott who lived in Brunoy on Beecroft Road but unfortunately he died at only 29 years of pneumonia following an attack of influenza. While a student at The Kings School he had been active in sport. He left a widow and three young boys.
It was then sold in 1939 to the family who still reside in it.
Between 1988 and 2008 at least, Carolyn Watt was an active member of the Civic Trust including, at one stage, its President.
The house is listed on the Hornsby Shire Council Heritage Register which comprises Schedule 5 (Environmental Heritage) of the Hornsby Local Environment Plan 2013.
26, Glenview, is an excellent example of a Californian bungalow built in 1913 for Harold Arthur Sindel (a collar maker) was living here from at least 1913 to 1936. The occupants were then:
1936 John Alexander McCubbin
1937 John Norman Lawson
1943 Arthur Thomas Hannan and his wife Ann Arghyria Hannan
1947 A E White
It has an unusual patterned slate roof and sunray motif on the front gable. It has a period formal front garden.
The house is listed on the Hornsby Shire Council Heritage Register which comprises Schedule 5 (Environmental Heritage) of the Hornsby Local Environment Plan 2013.
28, Tibbereenah and then Verona. It was built in 1912 for Frank W Sindel. The architect was W Henry Lumley. Frank was the brother of Harry who lived next door at Glenview. It has a slate roof, white painted brick, bull’s eye window with coloured glass. The Sindel family moved to Lismore in 1919 and the home was temporarily occupied by Walter Kerridge. In 1926 it was occupied by William Percy Davies (merchant) and his wife Doris Isabel. They stayed until between 1954 and 1958 when they were living at 23 Mary Street Beecroft.
The house is listed on the Hornsby Shire Council Heritage Register.