Jon Ruwolt
Forest Lodge and Garden
'Forest Lodge' House, buildings and garden is an example of the grand houses and gardens constructed for Adelaide's wealthy in the Adelaide
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Jon Ruwolt
- Feb 17, 2020
- 5 min
Fancy a Hills Brewery?
One of the Adelaide Hills’ oldest landmark properties might return to its commercial brew house origins. The vernacular early Federation...
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Jon Ruwolt
- Dec 19, 2019
- 3 min
Historical Homesteads for sale
Here are two old Federation properties now available:
1. Mawallok 3802 Geelong Road, Stockyard Hill
2. Highbury Homestead, 11 The Promenade
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Jon Ruwolt
- Sep 20, 2019
- 3 min
Queen Anne total renovations
Here are three (actually four) elegant, spacious, and totally renovated Federation Queen Anne houses at the top end of their streets, in...
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Jon Ruwolt
- Aug 5, 2019
- 3 min
Buxton Mansion (or 'Buxton Manor') of North Adelaide
North Adelaide's 10 bedroom 'Buxton Manor' (with six reception rooms!) was never built for a Lord of the North Adelaide 'Manor', although...
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Jon Ruwolt
- Mar 18, 2019
- 3 min
Heritage-rich Federation mansions - Adelaide Hills, and Pymble, NSW
Kincraig in Stirling, in the Adelaide Hills, and Hamilton Park, Pymble, are two Federation mansions with plenty of room. Stirling's...
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Jon Ruwolt
- Mar 2, 2019
- 3 min
Which Garden Designers preceded Edna Walling's Green Gardens?
Garden Historian Chris Betteridge wrote in the final chapter of "Towards the Dawn" (Federation Architecture in Australia 1890-1915)...
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Jon Ruwolt
- Oct 27, 2018
- 2 min
Top Federation Homes
Derived from sales reports and heritage listings, here are my choice of the best Federation homes for each state of Australia. I have...
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Jon Ruwolt
- Sep 11, 2018
- 2 min
Woodville's largest Federation Bungalow
South Australian Woodville’s largest residential landholding is up for sale, all 3685 sqm of the property at 90 Woodville Rd, Woodville,...
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Jon Ruwolt
- Aug 26, 2018
- 2 min
Kensington Gardens Bungalow sells for over $3m, with pool turned into rainwater tank!
First listed on August 23 2018, the 38 East Tce home attracted well over 60 groups to open inspections, about a third of whom elected to...
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Jon Ruwolt
- Aug 15, 2018
- 2 min
Federation splendour fit for a Lord Mayor
Fit for a Lord Mayor and built for one in c1912, this sympathetically restored 5-bedroom, 2-bathroom sandstone Federation villa claims a...
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Jon Ruwolt
- Jul 25, 2018
- 2 min
A federation home renovation by an award-winning painter and an interior designer
2 Lansdowne Terrace, Walkerville OWNED by an award-winning painter and an interior designer, this is not your average character home....
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