1 on the first floor to match style of window below it on ground floor, installing three new bathrooms, providing a new kitchen in the north-west wing and installing a new northern window and doors, and providing an open air car parking space in south-west corner of site. In 1987, it underwent further alterations to the first floor front interior of the rear wing of the building. In 1993, it received heritage approval to relocate the garage and a substantial garage was created on the south west corner while retaining the line of the main level of the house. Description Raywell is a classical single storey Victorian period residence of bungalow form dating from 1883 with a later two-storey Victorian addition of terrace style house form on the north side. It is sited prominently on the ridge of Long Nose point with sweeping harbour frontage and views spanning from the West towards the Gladesville Bridge, Hunters Hill, Cockatoo Island and Woolwich, North East towards Berry Island Reserve and to the south capturing the skyline of the City of Sydney and the Harbour Bridge. The frontage to Louisa Road is bounded by an attractive sandstone and palisade fence. Much original interior fabric survives. Internally and at the rear the building had suffered from vandalism and its conversion into flats, but many interior details have survived and been carefully restored. The marble fireplaces were lost through theft, and have been replaced. Heritage listing Raywell, constructed in 1885 is a single storey Victorian period residence of bungalow form situated in a prominent position on the ridge of Long Nose Point. It is recognised as the only building with obvious architectural merit in the locality Raywell was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. See also References Bibliography Attribution New South Wales State Heritage Register Birchgrove, New South Wales Houses in New South Wales Articles incorporating text from the New South Wales State Heritage Register