Wolseley Road

Wolseley Road is a road in the Sydney suburb of Point Piper. It is one kilometre long. It starts at New South Head Road and curves around the west side of Point Piper, terminating in a dead end above Lady Martins Beach.

Wolseley Road, Point Piper

Description

Wolseley Road is the most expensive residential road/street in Australia and its status stands as Australia's ultimate address, with 16 of the top 100 most expensive houses in Sydney being located on this road.[1] Property writer Cindy Martin calculated in 2002 that the total value of the properties on the one-kilometre waterfront section of Wolseley Road was worth, in total, A$720 million.[2] More recently, the Andrew Banks property on Wolseley Road was made an offer of $50 million, which was declined.[3]

Craig-y-Mor, a non-waterfront house on Wolseley Road and Australia's most expensive residential property, was sold in 2008 for $32.4 million. It was previously owned by Rene Rivkin who sold it to businessman Ben Tilley in 2004 for $16.15 million. The house has six bedrooms and a nine-car garage.[4]

Many of Sydney's top businessmen, doctors, barristers and judges reside on Wolseley Road.

Housing styles

Houses in the area are designed according to the limited availability and price of land, as well as the physical nature of the location. There is considerable variety because every house is unique; in contrast to many Sydney suburbs, there has been no mass development with identical houses. The range of styles goes from Federation Arts and Crafts cottages to multi-storey mansions and some towers of home units.

Heritage Listed
Note: Heritage listed Norfolk Island Pine (RHS), at the start of Wolseley Road, Point Piper

The following items are Heritage Listed by the Woollahra Council:

Danmark - residential flat building, 16-18 Wolseley Road Point Piper Woollahra

Chinese Boatshed, 20 Wolseley Road Point Piper Woollahra

28 Wolseley Road Point Piper Woollahra

Stone walling, 63-67 Wolseley Road Point Piper Woollahra

Residential flat building, 66 Wolseley Road Point Piper Woollahra

Vaynol - house, sandstone walling, entrance archway, 69 Wolseley Road Point Piper Woollahra

134-136 Wolseley Road, Point Piper Woollahra

138-140 Wolseley Road, Point Piper Woollahra

142 Wolseley Road, Point Piper Woollahra

Lady Martins Beach, Wolseley Road Point Piper Woollahra

Norfolk Island Pine, Wolseley Road, within road reserve, Point Piper Woollahra

Seven Shillings Beach, Wolseley Road Point Piper, New South Wales Woollahra


These photos give some idea of the variety of housing along Wolseley Road:

  • Danmark House Apartments, Point Piper
  • Federation House, Point Piper
  • Uig Lodge, Point Piper
  • 93 Wolseley Road, Point Piper
  • Point Piper house
  • Point Piper house
  • Houses at Lady Martins Beach, Point Piper, Sydney

See also

Australian roads portal

References
  1. Sydney Morning Herald (27 April 2002). "A city and its multi-million dollar digs". SMH.
  2. Cindy Martin (24 December 2002). "Extreme Sydney, Wealthiest". SMH.
  3. Anthony Klan and Turi Condon (2007). "Prestige house price record set to soar". The Australian.
  4. Jonathan Chancellor (14 March 2008). "$32m for Rivkin Point Piper pile". The Sydney Morning Herald.

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