John Horbury Hunt

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John Horbury Hunt and his wife outside 'Cranbrook Cottage', Bellevue Hill, Sydney.
South Head Cemetery, Vaucluse
, Sydney

John Horbury Hunt (1838 – 30 December 1904), often referred to as Horbury Hunt, was a Canadian-born Australian architect who worked in Sydney and rural New South Wales from 1863.

Life and career

Born in

University of New England
.

Hunt's distinctive, radical architecture was considered to be twenty years in advance of his peers, some of it unequalled in the world at that time, and sowed the seeds of some aspects of modern architecture in Australia. It has been said that "Undoubtedly men such as Hunt... have, through their buildings and their ideas, stiffened the intellectual backbone of Australian architecture."

Wahroonga, Sydney, Highlands is listed on the Register of the National Estate.[3] Another notable example is Pibrac, designed by Hunt for Frederick Ecclestone du Faur. Pibrac is also on the Register of the National Estate.[4]

Hunt was ruined by the

South Head Cemetery, Vaucluse
(the story that he was buried in a tomb with his wife and pet pony is a popular myth).

He was close to destitute at the time of his death. His home, Cranbrook Cottage, had been repossessed by the mortgagor; it was demolished in 1925 to make room for the widening of

Burradoo, now part of Chevalier College, still survives and is thought to be similar in design to Cranbrook Cottage, having been commissioned by Henry Osborne around the same period (c1875).[5]

Partial list of works

The following buildings designed either in part or in full by Hunt are listed on various national, state and local government heritage registers:

Buildings designed either in part or in full by John Horbury Hunt
Building name Location Year
completed
Australian National
Heritage List
 NSW State
Heritage Register 		Local government
register 		Notes
All Saints Church
Hunters Hill
, Sydney		 1885
Belltrees (shearing shed) Scone 1907
Booloominbah University of New England, Armidale 1883 Yes [6][7][8][9]
Camelot
 Kirkham 1888 [10][11][12][13][14]
Catherine Hayes Building Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick 1867 completed by Thomas Rowe
Cloncorrick Darling Point, Sydney 1884 [15][16]
Christ Church Cathedral and Church Hall Grafton
  • 1881 (cathedral)
  • 1890 (church hall)
Christ Church Cathedral Newcastle 1869
Church of St James
Jerrys Plains
 1875
Church of the Good Shepherd and Rectory
Kangaroo Valley
  • 1870 (church)
  • 1879 (rectory)
Cranbrook School, Sydney additions Bellevue Hill, Sydney 1874–75
Fairwater
 Double Bay, Sydney 1881 Yes [17]
Havilah homestead
Hunter Valley
Havilah property extensions Mudgee area 1890
Highlands
Wahroonga
, Sydney		 1891
Osborne Memorial Church of St Luke
Dapto
 1882
Pibrac
Warrawee
, Sydney		 1888
Public School Rozelle, Sydney 1877
Public School and Headmaster's Residence Frederickton 1880
Riversdale House at Chevalier College
Burradoo
 designed by Hunt.[18]
Sacred Heart Convent, (now part of Kincoppal School) Vaucluse, Sydney 1888
Sir John Robertson Memorial
South Head Cemetery
, Sydney
St Alban's Anglican Church
Muswellbrook
 1869 Yes [19]
St Bartholomew's Church of England, Ollera Station
Guyra
 1876
St James' Anglican Church Morpeth partly designed by Hunt.[20]
St Matthias Church Denman 1871
St Paul's Church of England Murrurundi 1872
St Peter's Anglican Cathedral Church Armidale 1871 [21]
Superintendent's Cottage, Prince of Wales Hospital Randwick, Sydney 1863

Gallery

  • Sacred Heart Convent, c. 1930s, Vaucluse
    Sacred Heart Convent, c. 1930s, Vaucluse
  • Cloncorrick, Darling Point
    Cloncorrick, Darling Point
  • Highlands, Wahroonga
    Highlands,
    Wahroonga
  • All Saints Church, Hunters Hill
    All Saints Church,
    Hunters Hill
  • Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle
    Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle
  • Pibrac, Warrawee
    Pibrac,
    Warrawee
  • Public School, Rozelle
    Public School, Rozelle
  • Superintendent's Cottage, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick
    Superintendent's Cottage, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick
  • Catherine Hayes Building, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick
    Catherine Hayes Building, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick
  • Sir John Robertson Memorial, South Head Cemetery, Vaucluse
    Sir John Robertson Memorial, South Head Cemetery, Vaucluse
  • Church of the Good Shepherd, Kangaroo Valley
    Church of the Good Shepherd,
    Kangaroo Valley

See also

References

  1. ^ Dictionary of Australian Biography
  2. ^ A Pictorial Guide to Identifying Australian Architecture, Apperly (Angus and Robertson) 1994, p.17
  3. ^ The Heritage of Australia, Macmillan Company, 1981, p.2/26
  4. ^ The Heritage of Australia, p.2/33
  5. ^ Wingecarribee Heritage Survey 1991 prepared by JRC Planning Services for the NSW Dept of Planning and Wingecarribee Shire Council
  6. Department of Planning & Environment. Retrieved 1 December 2017. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence
    .
  7. ^ "Booloominbah (Place ID 287)". Australian Heritage Database. Australian Government. 21 March 1978. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  8. ^ "Booloominbah Lodge (Place ID 13919)". Australian Heritage Database. Australian Government. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  9. ^ "Booloominbah Sub Lodge (Place ID 13920)". Australian Heritage Database. Australian Government. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  10. Department of Planning & Environment. Retrieved 1 December 2017. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence
    .
  11. Department of Planning & Environment. Retrieved 1 December 2017. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence
    .
  12. ^ "Camelot, Kirkham La, Kirkham, NSW, Australia (Place ID 3236)". Australian Heritage Database. Australian Government. 21 March 1978. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  13. ^ "Camelot Gardeners Lodge, Kirkham La, Kirkham, NSW, Australia (Place ID 3237)". Australian Heritage Database. Australian Government. 21 March 1978. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  14. ^ "Camelot Stables, Kirkham La, Kirkham, NSW, Australia (Place ID 3238)". Australian Heritage Database. Australian Government. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  15. Department of Planning & Environment. Retrieved 1 December 2017. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence
    .
  16. ^ "Cloncorrick, 1 Annandale St, Darling Point, NSW, Australia (Place ID 2480)". Australian Heritage Database. Australian Government. 21 March 1978. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  17. Department of Planning & Environment. H01381. Retrieved 2 June 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence
    .
  18. Department of Planning & Environment. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence
    .
  19. Department of Planning & Environment. H00458. Retrieved 1 June 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence
    .
  20. ^ State Heritage Site
  21. ^ Armidale Dumaresq Local Environmental Plan, 2008
  • John Horbury Hunt: Radical Architect 1838–1904, author: Peter Reynolds, Historic Houses Trust Of New Sou, 2008. Paperback.
  • Architect Extraordinary – the Life and Work of John Horbury Hunt: 1838–1904, author: J. M. Freeland, Cassell, Melbourne, 1970. Hard Cover.

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