simplicity, sincerity and integrity. Wilson claimed it was not a masterpiece. But it was his. He never produced anything better and its influence was widespread. It became a prototype for all North Shore homes and, to the next generation, the epitome of respectability. A house and garden built by one of our most outstanding architects. The garden has some fine trees planted by Wilson - ginkgos, weeping elms and maples, copper beeches, dogwoods and citrus trees. Purulia was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. See also Australian residential architectural styles Eryldene (Gordon) References Bibliography Attribution External links New South Wales State Heritage Register Houses in Wahroonga, New South Wales Articles incorporating text from the New South Wales State Heritage Register Houses completed in 1913 1913 establishments in Australia