The Warren, Cook’s River, Residenc…

Rare colonial engraving of the “Warren owned by Thomas Holt (1811–1888) a Sydney businessman who built the Victorian Gothic mansion in 1857 in Marrickville south. It was designed by architect George Mansfield, and contained an impressive art gallery filled with paintings and sculptures from Europe. It had elaborate stables built into imposing stone walls, and large landscaped gardens filled with urns overlooking the Cooks River. Holt gave it that name because he bred rabbits on the estate for hunting, as well as the grounds being stocked with alpacas and other exotics.  

From the original edition of the Illustrated Sydney News.

Collections:
State Library New South Wales: TN115
State Library Victoria: RARENSL N.S.W. 1875