- The Manor (Mosman, NSW)
The Manor is a mansion in the
Sydney suburb of Mosman. Built circa 1911 loosely in theFederation style , it stands in the harbour front street of Iluka Road, in the Mosman locality ofClifton Gardens .Built by its owner, a Mr Bakewell, who originally planned a cottage of eight rooms. However, the cottage kept growing until it was a mansion with over thirty rooms, most of which were lined with beaten copper. It was known locally as Bakewell's Folly. ["The Theosophist", magazine (Theosophical Society) August 1997, pp.460-463] In 1922, the
Theosophical Society rented The Manor for a community of some fifty people. The community was headed byCharles Leadbeater , an allegedclairvoyant and heavyweight in the Theosophical Society. The Manor became an important centre in the Society and was regarded as a great "occult forcing-house".The English writer
Mary Lutyens stayed at The Manor in the 1920s and described it as "a huge and hideous villa". [To Be Young, Mary Lutyens (Corgi Books) 1959, p.153] The young IndianJiddu Krishnamurti , who was presented as the new "World Teacher", stayed in nearby David Street with his brother Nitya while Lutyens—his eventual biographer—stayed at The Manor. [Krishnamurti: The Years of Awakening, Mary Lutyens (John Murray) 1975, p.202]The Theosophical Society bought the house in 1925, holding it under a trust deed. In 1951, they set up The Manor Foundation Ltd to own and run the house. The Society still uses The Manor today.
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Heritage homes of Sydney References
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