Ethel Ford Bryant - "Esleta" Eyres House, Soldiers Hill, Ballarat
snow @ 810 ligar st., soldiers hill, sept. 25, 1905
joseph bryant (1849-1917), englishman altarnun in cornwall, england, arrived in australia in 1863, had been successful investor , mine manager in gold mines @ clunes, victoria, including north clunes mining co., 1 of richest in district in day commissioned local architect f.w. turton build large residence in american-swiss style, according article in ballarat , district 1901. house designed around central skylight foyer rooms , corridors radiating it. house had 7 bedrooms, have been converted bathroom , toilet.
originally on outskirts of ballarat, property took entire ligar street frontage between gregory , howitt streets, , had elaborate front fence. residence in ligar street dominated landscape, few villas in howitt street, otherwise in open country.
the house constructed in refer in australia federation architectural style prevalent around 1890 1915.
broadly speaking, australian version of edwardian style, differed edwardian in use of australian motifs. cream painted decorative timber features , elaborate fretwork, tall chimneys, leadlight windows , tudor type look, on gables, part of federation style , particularly evident @ eyres house.
his first wife, elizabeth gilbert ( 1853-1884 ) died in 1884, , following year, joseph bryant married younger sister, selina gilbert (1858-1887). died 2 years later , 18 years before bryant 6 children - 5 first marriage , 1 second - moved house named, esleta . curious name made first names of joseph bryant s children - 5 first wife; ethel ford bryant, selina gilbert bryant (1880-1958), lillian parker bryant (1881-1957), elizabeth curtis bryant (1883-1951), thomas gilbert bryant (1884-1949); , ada violet bryant (1886-1952), child second wife, .
there number of grand homes in close vicinity, including grange in lydiard street north, , linlithgow in gregory street, ballarat. indication of existence of grange short eponymous street leading houses , townhouses occupy subdivided site. linlithgow still stands in substantial grounds.
joseph bryant , brother r.f. bryant had borne brunt of miners anger during clunes riots of december, 1873 against importation of chinese strike breakers. miners, accompanied troops of women , children proceeded residences of several miners had rendered obnoxious ... continuing work ... . warnings given offending men leave town ... marched mr. bryant s home demand resignation mine manager. however, of men claimed consideration bryant s family, , bryant assured them had along been opposed bringing chinamen . allowed stay.
entrance hall decorative , structural cast iron embellishments local ballarat foundries
this may have been part of reason bryant brothers move clunes , ballarat.
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