Chislehurst, Chatswood

Chislehurst was a former house and former school building located in Chatswood West, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Completed in 1892 by the merchant and pastoralist John de Villiers Lamb, the former house was originally known as Maroomba.

Chislehurst
Chislehurst, in 1913
Location in greater Sydney
Former names	Maroomba
General information
Status	Demolished
Type	House (1892–1954) School (since 1959)
Location	24 Centennial Ave, Chatswood West, Sydney, New South Wales
Country	Australia
Coordinates	33°47′55″S 151°10′29″E
Completed	1892; 133 years ago (1892)

History

In 1900, the house was bought from Lamb by a K. Weidlmann. Weidlmann sold the house in 1906 to Edward Carr Hordern, a member of the Hordern family.. It was renamed Chiselhurst after the birthplace of Carr Hordern's wife, Lillie. Hordern expanded the house significantly and lived there until his death in 1940. His widow and sister continued to live there until the house was vacated in 1954.

The property was then acquired by the NSW Department of Education as a site for Chatswood High School, which opened in 1959.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}