Raywell is a heritage-listed residence at 144 Louisa Road, Birchgrove, Inner West Council, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is also known as Carnegie House. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. History The Birchgrove section of the Balmain peninsula was known to the Wangal as Yur(r)ulbin or "swift running waters". It is referred to as "waters meet" as it is where Port Jackson's waters meet the Parramatta River at the harbour's narrowest. In 1796, 30 acres were granted to George Whitfield, a private in the New South Wales Corps, resulting in "Whitfield's Farm", later "Birch Grove" and "Birchgrove", which was excluded from William Balmain's large 1800 grant of the surrounding area. In 1810, it passed to John Birch, paymaster of the 73rd (Macquarie's) Regiment, who then built Birch Grove House, the focus of what was subsequently known as the Birch Grove Estate. It was sold and tenanted by a number of people thereafter. In 1860, it was subdivided by Didier Joubert; however, it was largely unsuccessful, only selling seven allotments in six years. The subdivision was later altered by a new consortium of Archibald McLean, Thomas McGregor, and Lancelot Edward Threlkeld, and again put up for sale in 1878, with considerably more success. Louisa Road is named after Joubert's wife, Numa Street for his son, Rose Street for his daughter, and Ferdinant Street for his nephew. The alignment of Louisa Road was crucial to the subdivision. It had to be aligned along the central ridge the spit to create the maximum number of lots, in a single row, with deep water access. It had also been planned not to impinge on Birch Grove House, hence the road's "bend". Birch Grove House was retained, with a summer house added, on a large waterfront block. 36 lots in the state were bought by the Government of New South Wales for the Birch Grove Recreation Ground (later Birchgrove Oval). Public concerns about pollution and health led agitation to reclaim Snail's Bay. A trust was formed in 1882, and architect Ferdinand Reuss Jnr. prepared a plan of landscaped gardens, walks, shrubbery and "big oval cricket ground". Reclamation reduced Birch Grove House's garden, but improved the area. The park was fenced in 1884 and had a practice cricket pitch by 1885. By 1887 a dyke wall was formed to reclaim the swamp. In that year the