Cremorne Point Manor is a 4 star

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in North Sydney,

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. It is established in a 19th-century

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style 2 story building on Cremorne Road,

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, which has been designated by the government of

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as a North Sydney Heritage.

History

Cremorne Point Manor was once a

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named ''Redcourt''. According to a

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advertisement of 1927/28, one Miss L. F. Carl was a contact person for ''Redcourt''. Public records show that the 19th century federation style 2 story building used to be 8 Cremorne Road until the property was split in a

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in 1988, then it became 6 Cremorne Road. The building overlooks Cremorne Point and

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. It was once restored, later renovated and modernised, but maintains its 19th-century federation style. As Lex Hall wrote in

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of 24–25 February 2007, "The hotel is believed to have been built in the late 1880s, when a

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was discovered in Cremorne. Fortunately, the plan to mine the seam was scotched, thanks to stiff opposition from locals. Cremorne Point Manor has been a guesthouse for about 50 years". In July 2012, indexing of the Cremorne Point Manor brand was approved by

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; the

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number is 1504272. Cremorne Point Manor has 29 rooms.

References

External links

Official website
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