Gee it looks like June is selling month on Cambridge Street. Number 47 selling today (& the McGrath agent door-knocking the street to let us all know the eye-watering price it sold for) and now 79 is up for grabs. Marketed by Belle Property who are good on the styling but probably need to brush up on the Sands Directory, describing this 1895 terrace as 'turn of the century'. I've been through this terrace before so the open house was an opportunity to see if there's been any renovations apart from the new grey paintjob to the exterior. I think they are sensibly leaving it to the new owner to decide!
I've included a shot of the 1895 Sands Directory above. This is 79's first appearance so it looks like Joseph Chamberlain was the original inhabitant. Not much on Joseph in the archives but a resident of 79 Cambridge in the early 1900s shot to fame with a few wins in the Sydney Sunday Times quizzes. S. Robberds picked up 5 shillings for the monogram on a quite a few occasions! That was about it for Trove but this house has also featured on the blog's art section, with a nice pencil drawing appearing in the book the Paddington Pictures. Link here.
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