Showing posts with label house. Show all posts
Showing posts with label house. Show all posts

Saturday, 27 November 2021

auction sign change...

Saturday, 13 November 2021

house inspection anxiety...

Thursday, 15 July 2021

house plan dialogue...

Sunday, 16 May 2021

Siberian merchant's 1913 house...

Friday, 16 April 2021

uncluttered photos...

Sunday, 7 February 2021

house floats...

Krewe of House Floats - February 16, 2021

in a Temora zone...

one life abandoned...

Thursday, 21 January 2021

love me a Victorian house...

Wednesday, 6 January 2021

Midnight Oil House...

Thursday, 17 December 2020

it's Veggie Day...

Monday, 16 November 2020

mini treehouse...

Friday, 25 September 2020

stone house fragments...

Wednesday, 16 September 2020

storybook house...

The house is in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland...

Dunfermline is also famous for being the birthplace of philanthropist, Andrew Carnegie.

Monday, 17 August 2020

beauty of iron...

Saturday, 1 August 2020

morning walk...

I wish I knew the history of this grand lady...
There is no sign to identify her near the front and there never seems to be anyone there...
(Tried Google images with no luck)...
She seems to be always sleeping behind tree foliage...

Now I have just contacted the Dromana and District Historical Society on Facebook
to see if they can help me with information.

Just replied...


The name of the house is 'Piawola'....
The home is a double-storey Italianate residence, built in 1894 for Nelson Rudduck (1849-1935).
Originally called 'The Nest',
it was re-named 'Piawola' (meaning 'nest') by Ruddock's wife Jane Sophia in 1905.
Rudduck was a prominent figure in the Dromana community around this time.
He built a General Store in Dromana, was a JP and councillor,
donated land for the Dromana Bush Nursing Hospital
and is believed to have financed the construction of the former Methodist manse. 

MORE information from the Dromana and District Historical Society...2.8.20
PIAWOLA - This two-storey Italianate brick cement rendered house in Point Nepean Road, Dromana was built by Nelson Rudduck for his wife Jane. The bricks for his home were made from clay from the brick pit on ‘Karadoc’ owned by his brother Samuel. Nelson Rudduck arrived in Melbourne in 1868 on a ship carrying cargo for his brother Samuel’s store in Dandenong. In 1870 Nelson married Jane Sophia Chapman who was the sister of his brother Samuel’s wife. Nelson decided in 1871 that there were greater opportunities in Dromana and moved his family there. Camped under a tarpaulin thrown over a post and rail fence, he built a small shop and home near the corner of today’s Pier Street. The family grew, and Nelson’s business prospered. However, in the depression following the land boom, Nelson went bankrupt. He vowed that given time he would repay every penny he owed his creditors, and this he did. He was also able to build ‘Piawola’. The Rudducks were very hospitable and took into their home people from the slums of Melbourne for holidays. ‘Piawola’ remained in possession of Rudduck family members for over a century. The property was sold in the late 1990’s to a Melbourne couple who retain ownership to this day.

He rests in Dromana Cemetery.

Tuesday, 7 July 2020

storybook house...

Just checked out where this gorgeous house may be...It's Rose Castle Cottage. The romantic 19th-century cottage is set high above Tarn Hows. It is a holiday cottage in the Lake District, England. Now, if I had the money (no covid-19) to travel to England, I'd be staying there...

Monday, 6 July 2020

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