The Hughenden, Woollahra sold

The Hughenden, Woollahra sold
Jonathan ChancellorAugust 1, 2016

The Hughenden hotel in Woollahra has been sold having been listed in May with expectations of $20 million plus.

The buyer has not been disclosed, but the 1356-square-metre site was likely acquired by a developer. No sale price was offered on realcommercial.com.au for The Hugheden which was built in 1870 as a grand Victorian residence for Dr Frederick Harrison Quaife, president of the British Medical Society who brought the first X-ray machine to the colony. 

It later served as a Masonic Hall, nurses home, dance hall and ladies college before falling into disrepair in the early 1990s.

The 32-room hotel was offered by the children's author Susanne Gervay who commissioned agents Lincoln Blackledge and Philip Gartland of Stonebridge Property Group to sell the Queen Street property.

Jonathan Chancellor

Jonathan Chancellor is one of Australia's most respected property journalists, having been at the top of the game since the early 1980s. Jonathan co-founded the property industry website Property Observer and has written for national and international publications.

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