Classic House in Hamilton - Fettercairn built 1903

While we were walking back to the car after our day in Hamilton we passed lots of really interesting old houses. I just loved this particular house and would love to know its history.

Hamilton is a suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, located 4 kilometres from Newcastle's CBD.

Hamilton became a municipality on 11 December 1871 and was named in honour of Edward Terrick Hamilton, who was then Governor of the board of directors of the Australian Agricultural Company from August 1857 to September 1898.

After reading comments on this house I decided to do some research and this is what I came up with.

http://hiddenhamilton.blogspot.com.au/2013/07/survival-of-stately-home.html

[Leana Niemand]

So very British, a stunning building.

[Connie Little]

Wonderful old building.

[Nicole Campbell]

It is beautiful

[Martina]

Very nice building and great capture!

[Sue Cooper]

That is a beautiful building. I do love the colours of the house and the matching green railings.

[Maggiemae]

My maiden name was Hamilton - see this name everywhere! Not me though!- everywhere! Lovely big house- very elegant!

[ChristineL]

Looks like a wonderful old house, I like all the greens!

[Jane Morley]

Wish it was mine, it's gorgeous.

[Chris K]

what a beautifully maintained house. I agree it would be great to know its history

[Valerie Chesney]

A beautiful home....the lace trim & lovely windows make it really stand out.

[Sheralee S]

It is a fabulous house.

[Peter]

Gorgeous architecture captured in lovely detail Babs, I'm sure it has had an interesting history, so nice that its original character has been maintained, well spotted:)

[Beryl Lloyd]

A beautiful , majestic house , great detail in its architectural design !

[sally agnew]

A beautiful and elegant home. Thank you for sharing Babs :)

[Ethel]

There is grace and beauty in these old buildings.

[Kitty Hawke]

What a lovely old house. Pity about the tree sticking up right in front.....cutting off light!

[Chloe]

Nice house!

[Merrelyn]

Lovely architecture and such lovely detail :)

[Diana Moss]

A very grand house

[Margo Sayer]

Whilst I couldn't imagine choosing this colour scheme for a house, it has much grace and favour, enhanced by the (local?) brick.
@cutekitty I wonder if the tree is protected?

[Sue]

Lovely old house. I agree about the tree, it does spoil the lines of the house.

[gloria jones]

Great capture of this lovely home

[Henri Russell]

Wonderful architecture.

[Joyce]

Looks like an `English Edwardian house. Great architecture

[Casablanca]

It looks such a blend of English Edwardian and a Queenslander style verandah - love the colour scheme. Wonderful building. I'd buy it!

[Boo]

nice but wouldn't want to paint it!

[Kathie]

Owners cherish their old home. So well cared for.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Great capture and a beautiful looking house.

[Paul]

What a beautiful looking place :)

[carol white]

A very elegant building

[Pat Knowles]

Very grand Babs, amazing different coloured decoration!

[Diana]

Fabulous shot of this beautiful home. Great architecture.

[Susie]

A very fine building

[Pyrrhula]

A great shot of this beautiful house.

[Gayle]

This is a fabulous old house! Quite elegant! :-)

[Kahsia]

I love old houses and your’ve done a good job of photographing it.

[Helen Jane]

What a grand house. One imagines some cocktail parties and gatherings of note going on here in the past.

[Carole Sandford]

Beautiful house. I bet it could tell some stories!

[KWind]

It's beautiful!! Such a beautiful paint job.

[Suzanne]

A beautiful house, lovely detail

[Lois]

A lovely house!

[Marnie]

Beautiful old place but I'd hate to have to clean those window-panes.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

My maiden name was also Hamilton! I wonder if I'm connected to this man in some distant way. I love old Victorian homes- although I wouldn't want to clean one on a weekly basis. Pretty shot!

[Danette Thompson]

Very nice house.

[Babs]

@leananiemand @littleconnie @nicolecampbell @cherrymartina @susiemc @maggiemae @inthecloud5 @cruiser @happysnaps @pcoulson @beryl @hermann @ethelperry @cutekitty @chloette @merrelyn @snowy @s4sayer @suesouthwood @seattlite @henrir @thistle @casablanca @huvesaker @kathiecb @mittens @paul10 @carolmw @happypat @ludwigsdiana @susie1205 @pyrrhula @gaylewood @moonmtn @helenhall @carole_sandford @kwind @suzanne234 @loweygrace @golftragic @olivetreeann @danette Thanks. After reading your lovely comments I decided to do some research into the history of this house and find it was built in 1903 for Mr and Mrs Ramsay Gow originally from Scotland. It has quite an interesting history and you can read about it here in this link if you are interested. http://hiddenhamilton.blogspot.com.au/2013/07/survival-of-stately-home.html
I agree with a couple of you about cleaning the windows, but I am sure they would pay somebody to do that job.
I suspect the tree has some history too. There are restrictions from Council on taking out trees, so maybe the owners decided to leave it there.
@casablanca @chimfa I wish it was my house too. I discovered that today it would cost you $1.85 million. How about it Jane, if you and Ed sell your house in Spain and we sell our house here in the Bay and we club together our pensions I am sure we could live there quite happily,

The house is called Fettercairn and was severely damaged in the 1989 Newcastle earthquake. Hamilton was at the epicentre of the quake and a lot of houses and buildings were destroyed.

[bkb in the city]

What a beautiful home

[Peter]

Thanks for the link Babs, Fettercairn has indeed a fascinating story to tell:)

[Kathy A]

That's a really lovely house