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Abercrombie House was built in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia in the 1870s by the Stewart family who were Bathurst pioneers. William Stewart came to Australia from England in 1825 as part of the colonisation of the penal colony (Australia). William was the Lieutenant Governor General of New South Wales; which meant he was hypothetically 2nd in command to running Australia. William was given land in Bathurst as a reward for doing his job well. William Stewart's eldest son James built Abercrombie House. The house is considered to be of extreme historical significance. It is listed on the National Trust Register. It is also on the New South Wales Heritage Register〔NSW Heritage Register. (Online reference )〕 and the Australian Heritage Database which describes it as "an outstanding example of Victorian Tudor style architecture. It is built of granite with sandstone dressing to the quoins and window surrounds, and there are two storeys together with an attic floor. The building's most striking feature is its array of curvilinear parapeted gables topped by iron finials."〔Australian Heritage Database. (Online reference )〕 The land and house is currently owned by the Rex Henry Morgan Family. Since 1969 the Morgan family has made major restorations to the house. The House is currently occupied by Christopher Morgan and his family. ==The Stewart Family== James Horne Stewart, the son of William Stewart built Abercrombie House in about 1870. It was then called “The Mount” and took eight years to construct. A photo taken 15 years after its construction was included in an 1893 Brochure on Bathurst〔“Bathurst guide : embracing particulars descriptive of the rise and progress of the city and its public institutions, including illustrations of the principal buildings, parks, and scenery of the district” 1893. (Online reference )〕 and is shown on the right. James lived there until his death in 1920〔Obituaries Australia “James Horne Stewart” (Online reference )〕 when he was 95 years of age. James was born in 1825 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He came with his family to Australia at the age of ten in 1835.〔Mudgee Guardian and North Western 9 September 1915, p. 29. (Online reference )〕 In 1855 he married at Toxteth Park〔Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal, 3 November 1855.(Online reference )〕 in Sydney Harriet Eliza Boyce who was the daughter of the Rev. William Boyce, a very prominent clergyman. The couple had five children, three sons and two daughters. Over the years James had many tenant farmers and several newspaper articles mentioned his kindness as a landlord. In times of drought he cut the rents by half so that the families did not endure undue hardship.〔The Bathurst Times, 23 January 1920, p. 1. (Online reference )〕 When James died in 1920 his son Athol took over the management of the property. Athol was born at Abercrombie House in 1867. He married Frances Helen McDougall (called Helen) in 1905. A photo of her is shown below in the gallery. On the death of his wife in 1927,〔Sydney Morning Herald, 19 October 1927. (Online reference )〕 Athol shut the house down and moved to Sydney. The house remained empty and gradually fell into decline until it was bought by the Morgan family. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Abercrombie House」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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