History of the Property - 354 Argyle Street, North Hobart

History

As understood by Jacob A Miller

Occupier: Feb 2014 -

Email: [email protected]

Mob: 0488 048 659

Title Details Vol 58708 Folio 1 Strata Plan 58708

Friday, April 25, 2014

354 Argyle St, North Hobart

formerly Argyle St, New Town

[first on left side from Hobart boundary]

formerly 1 Hobartville Terrace,

The Lords Estate

of the property Gargoyle of Queen

Victoria located in

between the four

terraces

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PROPERTY PLAN

SITE PLAN

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CONTEXT IMAGES

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KITCHEN 2009

Back Bedroom

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Front Bedroom

Bathroom

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HALLWAY Top of Stairs

The section between the kitchen and the boundary where

Mrs Pitts Hobartville store was located which was latter part

of the house as a dining/sun room.

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TIMELINE

1832

The land on which The Friends School now stands was originally owned by

David Lord and given to his daughter, Grace, at the time of her marriage to Capt

William Wilson. Wilson commenced building Hobartville the mansion.

1873 or prior

An amount of land (7 acres) was granted to Sir J M Wilson KCMG, alongside the

land of his brother of Capt William Wilson. J M Wilson was once Premier of

Tasmania, the first Hon Sec to the Theatre Royal and for 14 years

tenant/proprietor of the Cascade Brewery. J M Wilson was asked to be Mayor of

Hobart for the arrival of Prince Alfred; Wilson accepted and was awarded with a

knighthood. This land was dissolved in to the Hobartville estate; Hobartville

Terrace were later built on this land.

1888

Hobartville estate was divided in to allotments and sold off.

1888, Sep 10

Hobartville Terrace first advertised to let.

New Brick Houses, six rooms, coper, gas, water. Apply J Long, Mathinna,

Hobartville Upper Argyle Street.

1889, Jan 28

Hobartville Terrace first advertised for sale:

1890-1891

Occupier Mrs. J Long

1892-1892

Owner John Long

1894-1895

Occupier John King

1894, Feb 02

, May 08

, Apr 30

, Jun 13

1895, Oct 12

On these above dates an article was published for the terrace to either let or buy

6 room brick house with mention and inclusion to Pitts Hobartville Store.

The Pitts lived in brick building opposite the driveway entrance in what was then

Carr Street. S Pitt taught at the school on Argyle St. Caroline Pitt is stated below

as having had an easement to the property both dwelling and backyard. There

had been a building erected around 1892 that was Pitts Hobartville Store. This

was when the window outside the backdoor was bricked over and the store was

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attached to the terrace filling the section from the kitchen to the road. There was

a large opening in this section facing the road from where purchases could buy

goods.

As at May 04, 2009, the Title reads: The full free and uninterrupted right and

liberty of way and passage for Caroline Pitt her heirs and assigns jointly with the

Purchasers his her and their heirs and assigns at all times hereafter both in daylight

and in the night for the said Caroline Pitt and her heirs executors administrators

and assigns and her tenants and servants and all other persons by her authorized

or permitted with or without horses and carts and other vehicles either loaded or

empty to go and come and pass and repass in through over and along and upon all

that strip or piece of land marked

I am led to believe too that along the very rear of the lane there was a

shed from which bottled vinegar was sold made from the fruit grown

in the orchard of the property 362 Argyle. The shed still exists at the end

of the drive on the side which is now Auburn House.

[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13278119]

1896-1897

Occupier Henry Galley

1898

Occupier Henry Percy

1899-1900

Owner Mrs. Sarah A Morgan

1900, Jul 21

Storekeeper Caroline Pitt Robbed


1901

Occupier Miss Isobel Maple

1902-1906

Occupier Mrs M Taffin

1906, Dec 15

Storekeeper Mrs Caroline [Mary] Pitt dies:

The store could not be rented with the Terrance so it was closed and

became part of the house often acting as a sunroom / dining room or on

occasion a further bedroom.


1907

Occupier Mrs Sarah E Morgan

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1908

Occupier Vernon E Wickins

1908, Oct 07

Lost & Found.

1909

Occupier Stephen Crabtree

1910-1911

Occupier Jack Hill

1912 1913

Owner Mrs SA Morgan

1913, May 21

Advertised as Vacant in The Mercury contact Morgan.

1914

Occupier Robert White

1915-1916

Occupier Percy H Clark

1917

- Property addressed as 354 Argyle St

- Occupier Fredrick Jackson

1918

Occupier John Lloyd

1918, May 11

Lost & Found:

"LOST, Baby's Blue and White Woolen Cap, between P.O. and Argyle

St. Reward. 354 Argyle Street."

1919, Feb 13

Lost & Found:

LOST Silver Sunrise Brooch, Bathurst/Argyle. Reward 354 Argyle st"

1919-1925

Occupier/Owner Walter Clark Walter was admitted to hospital (c1921) and the

house was placed in trust with Perpetual to be leased out until the time of his death,

1921 furniture was sold by Roberts & co.

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1921, Jun 16

As Advertised The Mercury:

"ROBERTS AND COMPANY LTD.

FORTHCOMING SALES.

SALE OF SURPLUS FURNITURE AT 354

ARGYLE STREET. Wednesday, June 15"

1924, Feb 23


FOR- SALE, Canaries, 7/ pair. 354 Argyle Street.

1925, Feb 24


TO LET, House. No. 354 Argyle St., immediate possession. Rent 25/

p.w. Further particulars apply PERPETUAL TRUSTEE CO."

1926

Occupier Mrs Ellen Shepheard

1927

Occupier John W Holmes

1927, May 26

, July 27

, Aug 10

, Oct 06

1928, Mar 21

, Mar 27

Property Listed consecutively in The Mercury For 22/6 by Perpetual Trustees.

Advertisements included the addition of Electric Light.

1928

Listed as Vacant Post Office Directory

1929

Leishmans arrive in Hobart from Scotland Hynds already in Hobart

1930-1931

Occupier Vivian A Brock

1932

Occupier Robert Moore

1935-1936

Occupier Mrs E Kerslake

1936, Oct

Occupier Osmond Saunders

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1936, Nov

Owner listed as David Hynd

1936, Nov 06

Bereavement notice listed for the wife of Mr John Strang (the Daughter of Daivd

Hynd). The listing includes the address 354 Argyle St The Deceased died in

hospital.


1938, Nov 01

Letter received from Granny and Grandpa. The Letter was addressed to Nancy

and Jessie, believed to be the children of John Strang. The Letter is believed to be

from the paternal grandparents. The Letter now hangs framed in the rear bedroom

it was found in the fireplace here C2002. Letter overleaf.

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1939-1945-1947

Owner listed as David Hynd

1940, Aug 24

Advertised Engagement of Nancy Duncan Strang.

House address is listed in advertisement


1941, Dec 20

Engagement of Margaret Leishman to D Spaulding Announced.

Margaret was the Granddaughter of D Hynd.

The House address was listed in advertisement.


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1942, April 06

As Listed in the Mercury..

1942, Nov 07

Marriage of Margaret Leishman to D Spaulding announced.

House address listed in advertisement.


1946, Mar 19

Lost & Found:

"LOST, Black Ferret, Thurs, night, In

Carr St. Return 354 Argyle St. Rew."

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1946, Jun 22

Lost & Found:

"LOST, Friday, 14th, Pea Rifle, Hobart

Melton Mowbray. Good reward. 354 Argyle St."

Both the Ferret and the Pea Riffle were rabbit hunting tools of Derek

Spaulding, Margaret Leishmans husband it was a great hobby of the

men in the household to hunt rabbits and indulge in a drink at the Melton

Mowbray on these occasions.

1948, Aug 25

Lost & Found:

"LOST, Opal from Pendant, North Hobart,

24th. Reward. 354 Argyle St."

Margaret Leishman Spaulding had lost and never found an opal from a

gold ring.

1950, July 17 & 18

As advertised in The Mercury Deaths:

John Leishman slept in the front bedroom and died in the night of a

heartattack his jovial and lively Scottish spirit is said to remain in the

house.

1951, Jan 23

David Hynds death notice. Aged 73.

House Address Listed. Died RHH.

Names Elizabeth Leishman, Anne Hughes & Peg Miller Listed


David was listed as owner and was generous to the family having always

provided a home for his daughters and the Strang/Leishman families.

David indulged in a single glass of Scottish whiskey as he sat in bed and

read every night. David and his wife sleep in the rear bedroom upstairs.

The house was always full of guests with the Leishmans in the front

bedroom, Spauldings in the little room, Ramsay Leishman on the upper

landing, the Strangs in the front room downstairs, the back room as the

living room, the kitchen had a wash space and copper and the sunroom

was either a dining space or bedroom the lavatory was located at the

top of the block closest to the laneway.

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1951, Nov 23

Lost & Found:

"LOST, Purse, containing Money, in

Argyle St., Thursday, between

Cherry's Corner and Ryde Street.

Reward. 354 Argyle St."

The Purse was Elizabeth Leishmans and was never found.

Cherrys Corner is now the Argyle St North Community Store located on

the corner of Yardley and Argyle Sts. Mr Cherry was said to be a fat and

jovial character with a white apron with strings done up on the front.

1953-1955

Owner listed as Margaret Hynd widow of David Hynd

1955, Feb 01

Elizabeth Watson Leishman (nee hynd) dies no further record of the hynd,

Leishman, Miller, Strang or Hughes family.

1980

354-356 Building addition plans held with Tas Archives. (current bathroom)

1983, Nov 29

Property Sale $30, 500

1994, Mar 18

Property Sale $99,000

2002, Aug 26

David WJ Pulmpton and Michelle A Plumpton purchase property for $145,600

Renovations and Restoration completed.

2009, Aug 24

Anna (& Patrick) Stam purchase property for $371,500

Kitchen renovated and attic/loft room added.

2014, Feb 06

Occupiers Jacob A Miller & Lauren E Moon.

2014, April 22

Margaret Spaulding (aged 90) contacted regarding her recollections

2014, April 24

David Ronald Pitt, Great Grandson of Caroline Pitt contacted regarding his

recollections

2014, April 25

At 10am at the home of Margaret Spaulding, Jacob Miller conducts an interview

regarding her memories and gathers the below photos.

Margaret Spaulding with

Jacob Miller 2014.

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Margaret Spaulding and her father John R Leishman

Nancy Strang,

(recipient of the

1938 letter)

standing in the

house in a dress

made with

flowers hand

painted by her

husband H J

Jack Cole.

John R Leishman in his Scottish attire,

and above with dog The family always kept a pet

Margaret Spaulding (nee Leishman), her husband Derek Spaulding,

her mother Mrs Elizabeth Leishman (nee Hynd) and Mr J R Leishman

Owners: Mrs Margaret Hynd and

Mr David Hynd

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History of the Property - 354 Argyle Street, North Hobart