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Bronte House is an historic house in the Sydney suburb of Bronte. It is situated at 470 Bronte Road and is listed on the Register of the National Estate〔The Heritage of Australia, Macmillan Company, 1981, p.2/121〕 as well as having a New South Wales state heritage listing.〔(State Heritage website )〕 ==History and description== Bronte House was originally designed by the Colonial Architect Mortimer Lewis, who set it on the edge of what is now known as Bronte Gully. Construction began circa 1838, but Lewis sold the house in 1843, when it was still incomplete, to the barrister Robert Lowe (later to be known as Viscount Sherbrooke). Lowe completed the construction of the house in 1845 and its gardens and named it after Lord Nelson, who was known as the Duke of Bronte (a town in Sicily).〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.waverley.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/8679/Bronte_House.pdf )〕 Lowe's wife Georgina was a skilled watercolour artists, botanist and gardener. Georgina's sketches and watercolours provide the earliest images of Bronte House and the surrounding area. Georgina also sketched images of the New South Wales countryside. Her sketchbook is held at the State Library NSW. Georgina also took an interest in the estate and established the first Bronte House gardens which have become so well celebrated. Georgina's original sketches note some of the original plants including a giant bunch of bamboo which is still there presently. The Lowe's lived in the residence for four years.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.waverley.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/8679/Bronte_House.pdf )〕 The house has been described as a "magnificent, mid-Victorian mansion".〔(State Heritage website )〕 It is a sandstone, one-storey bungalow with verandahs on the west and east sides. It features a service wing that extends to the south, plus two octagonal rooms with cone-shaped roofs. The garden was neglected over the years, until well-known Sydney restaurant critic, Leo Schofield, became the tenant. Schofield has been credited with restoring the garden.〔(Bronte House Website )〕 The house is now owned by Waverley Council and is leased to private tenants, who are expected to maintain the house and gardens and open it to the public a few times a year. Since 2001 the garden layout has been directed by landscape designer Myles Baldwin. 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「Bronte House」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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