Architects - John Sulman
Renowned architect and North Shore resident Sir John Sulman (1849-1934) was well known for his design of church buildings, commercial projects and his involvement in town planning. While living in Warrawee he built Ingleholme, in Boomerang Street, Turramurra, originally as a cottage for his parents. Sulman later redesigned the cottage into a sprawling home to accommodate his own family of seven children. The family lived in the house until 1910.
Fireplace in the New Room, Ingleholme, Turramurra, 1902, by John Sulman
Watercolour PXD 963 Vol. 5/12
Sulman was continually changing and extending Ingleholme. The building work was said to have 'caused a good deal of comment' from the neighbours who would 'drive round in their buggies on Sunday afternoons to see rooms "up in the air" as they phrased it…' (The Story of Ingleholme by John Sulman, 1927, manuscript MLMSS 4480/84).
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The cottage had a formal garden which featured a substantial glasshouse and large eucalyptus trees. An array of topiaried evergreens, trimmed into shapes such as balls and spears, became something of a talking point in the neighbourhood. As did the children’s pet cow which grazed in the paddock beyond the formal garden.
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