Inglebrae

The house known as Inglebrae was built for Henry and Sarah Buttsworth and family on the northern bank of Buttsworths Creek, Wilberforce, New South Wales.

Henry Buttsworth arrived as a convict aboard the transport ship Guildford in January 1812 and was assigned to Sarah, the youngest daughter of Thomas Rose. whom he married in November 1813. Henry and Sarah married in November 1813 and in 1828 they acquired about 115 acres on the northern bank of the Hawkesbury River at Wilberforce. On this site a steam-powered sandstone grain mill building, timber wharf and two-storey brick dwelling were constructed by the mid 1830s.

Stylistically similar to several other Hawkesbury dwellings of the era including Stannix Park, Ebenezer; Caddie Park, Cattai; Rocky Hall, North Wilberforce, Inglebrae was constructed in the colonial vernacular style with a jerkin-head or half-hipped roof with an attic window set into each gable end.

Following the death of Henry Buttsworth in 1853, the property remained in the Buttsworth family until purchased in 1902 by James Hancock of East Kurrajong. In 1913, the site was again up for sale and the new owner was Amos Turnbull. In February 1915, tenders were called for the demolition of the mill buildings, however the wharf and residence remained on the site. It is possible that the name Inglebrae was bestowed during the ownership of Amos Turnbull as he had owned another property of the same name in Scone, New South Wales.

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