Mosman dance hall days property that triggered Gavin Souter's historical passion listed for sale
A Mosman residence, nicknamed Cannons Hall in respect to its dance hall days past, has been listed for sale.
Set on a level 718-square-metre Mandolong Road block, it last traded when bought by the Hewson family in 1998 for $1,375,000.
It was once home of Gavin Souter, the author of Mosman, a History and his wife, Ngaire.
In the book he writes about the dance hall that John Cannon operated there in the late 1890s.
In 1905 there was a move by the Methodist Church to shut down the dancing saloon from operating – especially on Sundays – through it continued until around 1912.
“My wife and I moved to Mosman in 1965 and we lived in Mandolong Road down near Balmoral, No 28,” Souter told Mosman Faces a fascinating 12-minute vidoe prepared in 2010.
“It used to be quite a long while ago, Cannon’s dance hall," Souter recollected.
"There was no trace of it left in our back garden, but we knew it had been there and it sort of interested my wife, Ngaire, in Mosman’s early history.
"She lived in Mosman since the age of three and she soon after we arrived in Mandolong Road, started doing articles for the Mosman Daily about the streets of Mosman, and that ran in 1966/67.
"There were a lot of them and that was quite a good introduction for me as well too – the history of Mosman.
"But I didn’t really get involved in doing Mosman’s history for quite a few years after that.”
Offers on the five-bedroom house close with Richardson & Wrench agent Stephen Patrick on September 5 with $3.75 million plus hopes.
