Residence for Mr & Mrs H. S. English, at Killeaton St, St Ives / architect Sydney Ancher 1950-1958

PXD 780

fonds

1950; 1958

Graphic Materials, Textual Records, Architectural and Technical Drawings

395370

Architectural and Technical Drawings - 2 architectural drawings (dyelines coloured for council submission)
Textual Records - 2 specifications of works

Sydney Ancher (1904-1978) studied at the Sydney Technical College (1924-1929) and worked as a draughtsman with Prevost, Synot and Ruwald. In 1929 Ancher was awarded the Australian Medallion and Travelling Scholarship from the NSW Chapter Board of Architects and spent 5 years travelling and working in Europe and England. He returned to Sydney in 1935 and accepted a junior partnership with RA Prevost in 1936. He later became a founding member of the architectural firm Ancher, Mortlock, Murray and Woolley. Ancher also devoted much time to the education of younger architects.

1. Coloured dyeline showing proposed plans, sections, elevations and site plan for new residence, undated

2. Coloured dyeline showing proposed plan, section, elevations and site plan for additions and renovations to house, undated

3. Specification of works for proposed new residence, undated

4. Specification of works for proposed additions and renovations to house, Sept 1958

Reference: An Australian identity : houses for Sydney 1953-63 / Jennifer Taylor. Sydney : Dept. of Architecture, University of Sydney, 1972 (p.17)
Anecdotal evidence suggests that Ancher thought this house one of his finest works (see ML 20/99). The donors of these plans sold the house in the late 1980s. Not long after it was demolished, and another residence built on the site.