Drysllwyn Homestead, Now Known As Raymont Lodge, Auchenflower, 1944
Drysllwyn may refer to: * Drysllwyn, Brisbane, a heritage-listed house in Queensland, Australia * Dryslwyn Castle Dryslwyn Castle ( cy, Castell y Drysllwyn) is a native Welsh castle, sited on a rocky hill roughly halfway between Llandeilo and Carmarthen in Wales. It stands on high ground overlooking the Tywi Valley with extensive views. It was built in about ...

Drysllwyn, Brisbane
Raymont Residential College (commonly known as Raymont College) is a student residential college with its offices in Drysllwyn, a heritage-listed mansion at 47 Cadell Street, Auchenflower, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is an activity of the Uniting Church in Australia, Queensland Synod. The college shares its grounds with Trinity College Queensland and the Queensland Synod office. It was designed by architect Claude William Chambers and built c.1904 to c.1905. It is also known as Raymont Lodge and Drysllwyn. Drysllwyn was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992. History This large, two-storey brick residence was built c.1904 to c.1905 for mining entrepreneur William Davies. Davies, who was involved in the gold industry in Gympie, moved to Brisbane around the turn of the century and purchased the Auchenflower site in 1903. Architect Claude Chambers, whose Brisbane work spanned fifty years (1885-1935), won a competition to design the residence ...
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