History of Lynton Lee
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Lynton Lee staircase, 1930s (Image courtesy of State Library Victoria)
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1916 - Subdivision surveyed and approved by the Shire of Lillydale on 31 December 1916. This land becomes part of lot 22.
1917 - Part Crown Allotment 23A2 owned by John Edmond Taylor and Australias Sharp 1922 - Sonning built by Edna Walling 1924 - Transferred from Taylor and Sharp to Emily Rosa Whisson 1928 - Caveat lodged, possibly giving Edna Walling an interest in the land 1933 - Sub-division of land adjoining Sonning and the creation of Bickleigh Vale Village 1934 - Lynton Lee had been constructed. Lynton Lee was built as per Edna Walling’s plans, for her very good friend Lorna Fielden, so that she could live close by. 1935 - Transferred from Whisson to Lorna May Fielden with Walling covenant. 1951 - Small part of land transferred from Fielden to Walling 1954 - Transferred from Parish to Lillian Beryl Wilson and Elisabeth Wilson 1963 - Lillian Beryl Wilson of Crail Cottage (Lynton Lee), Pine Road, Mooroolbark, spinster is now the surviving proprietor 1993 - Transferred from Wilson to Janet McClure 
Downderry with Lynton Lee behind the shrubs in the background, 1930s.
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Lorna Fielden
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Lorna Fielden was a long time friend to Edna Walling and helped edit and collate many of her books. Edna built Lorna the cottage at Bickleigh Vale which she called 'Lynton Lee'. Their relationship involved a sharing of duties: Edna did the heavy physical work and Lorna often did the domestic work.
A former teacher at Methodist Ladies College (MLC), Kew from 1919-1941, Lorna Fielden was also a published poet. Walling wrote the introduction to her book of poems "The Gardener's Warning", describing Fielden's book: "of all the gardening books I have yet read this one has delighted me the most." Two poems, 'my wife' and 'my husband' mention Gertrude Jekyll, thyme and spanish gardens, and sound as though they might be describing Walling. 
Lorna Fielden (on left)
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Lorna Fielden
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Lorna Fielden moved to Buderim several years after Edna Walling where they lived out the rest of their lives. Fielden and Walling are buried next to each other below two magnificent trees at Buderim Cemetery, Queensland. They died exactly four years apart. |
Lynton Lee - the original plans
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Crail CottageEdna Walling had named the cottage, 'Lynton Lee 'for Miss Fielden as it was the name of Lorna’s home in England. When Ledlie, Betty and Beryl Wilson bought the cottage in 1954, Edna got a bit uppity because it had been specially named 'Lynton Lee' just for Lorna, and asked them to change the name. The name of the house was changed to Crail Cottage, after the Scottish village from which the sisters hailed. Not long after Edna Walling died, the name Lynton Lee was reinstated as the preferred name by the sisters. |
Ledlie and Beryl Wilson
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Glimpses from the '50s and '60s
1958
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The stone room in 1966
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Re-roofing in the '80s
The original cedar shingle roof as Edna Walling built the house had to be imported from England every time it needed replacing and that became too expensive so around 1986-1987, the shingles were replaced with a corrugated colour bond roof.
Lynton Lee with its original cedar shingle roof
1981
1980
1981
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Wisteria pergola, 1982
1981
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Lynton Lee with its new colourbond roof
Stone room, 1986
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Woodshed, 1986
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With new roof and dormer windows, 1987
Bedroom and sunroom, 1987
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Sunroom, 1988
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1990...
Enclosed verandah
Dining Room
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Front door
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Laundry and blousy barmaid rose
2000
Stone room and dining room
June 2003
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Heritage Protection, 2004
In 2004, Bickleigh Vale village was given heritage protection and Lynton Lee received a special mention in the National Trust Classification Report:
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
"Bickleigh Vale, a landscaped estate created by Edna Walling in the 1920s and developed by her and a group of like-minded purchasers to the 1950s, then largely retained within the spirit of its creator, is of state and possible national significance:
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- for the retention of several buildings and works which exemplify Walling's approach to cottage building, the subject of one of her influential books; these include Sonning, The Cabin, Glencairn, Lynton Lee, Mistover, Badger's Wood, Downderry, Winty, Wimbourne, Hurst and The Barn - although many of these have been extended, all retain significant Walling influence;" (pp 1-2)
HISTORY OF BICKLEIGH VALE
"8 April 1935: Purchased of allotment in Pine Road by Lorna Fielden (the Lynton Lee site), transfered by Rosa Whisson but with the special Walling covenant." (p8)
HISTORY OF INDIVIDUAL PROPERTIES
"Lynton Lee, 9 Pine Road
30 October 1916 Subdivision LP7493 surveyed and approved by Shire of Lillydale on 31 December 1916, this land becomes part of lot 22.
24 February 1917 Part Crown Allotment 23A2 owned by John Edmond Taylor and Australias Sharp
27 February 1924 Transferred from Taylor and Sharp to Emily Rosa Whisson (vol 4820 fol 963824)
7 September 1928 Caveat 77119 lodged, possibly giving Walling an interest in the land; 1933 lot 4 created with subdivision LP13762 from existing lot 22 (LP7493); by 1934 Lynton Lee constructed (Watts, p.28)
16 February 1951 small part of land transferred from Fielden to Walling (vol 5968 fol 1193495; vol 7738 fol 028
20 August 1951 bulk of lot transferred from Fielden to Alan Charles Parish and Joan Parish (vol 5968 fol 1193495; vol 8046 fol 575)
23 July 1954 Transferred from Parish to Lillian Beryl Wilson and Elisabeth Wilson [vol 8046 fo1575]
20 September 1963 Lillian Beryl Wilson, of Crail Cottage, Pine Road, Mooroolbark, Spinster, is now the surviving proprietor [vol 8046 fol 575]
30 March 1993 Transfer from Wilson to Janet McClure [vol 8046 fol 575]"
DESCRIPTION
"Lynton Lee, 9 Pine Road: A single storey residence with rustic stone chimney, casement windows, steeply pitched shingled roof with dormer window, and weatherboard gable ends (contrasting with vertical boarding of the walls)."
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
"Bickleigh Vale, a landscaped estate created by Edna Walling in the 1920s and developed by her and a group of like-minded purchasers to the 1950s, then largely retained within the spirit of its creator, is of state and possible national significance:
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- for the retention of several buildings and works which exemplify Walling's approach to cottage building, the subject of one of her influential books; these include Sonning, The Cabin, Glencairn, Lynton Lee, Mistover, Badger's Wood, Downderry, Winty, Wimbourne, Hurst and The Barn - although many of these have been extended, all retain significant Walling influence;" (pp 1-2)
HISTORY OF BICKLEIGH VALE
"8 April 1935: Purchased of allotment in Pine Road by Lorna Fielden (the Lynton Lee site), transfered by Rosa Whisson but with the special Walling covenant." (p8)
HISTORY OF INDIVIDUAL PROPERTIES
"Lynton Lee, 9 Pine Road
30 October 1916 Subdivision LP7493 surveyed and approved by Shire of Lillydale on 31 December 1916, this land becomes part of lot 22.
24 February 1917 Part Crown Allotment 23A2 owned by John Edmond Taylor and Australias Sharp
27 February 1924 Transferred from Taylor and Sharp to Emily Rosa Whisson (vol 4820 fol 963824)
7 September 1928 Caveat 77119 lodged, possibly giving Walling an interest in the land; 1933 lot 4 created with subdivision LP13762 from existing lot 22 (LP7493); by 1934 Lynton Lee constructed (Watts, p.28)
16 February 1951 small part of land transferred from Fielden to Walling (vol 5968 fol 1193495; vol 7738 fol 028
20 August 1951 bulk of lot transferred from Fielden to Alan Charles Parish and Joan Parish (vol 5968 fol 1193495; vol 8046 fol 575)
23 July 1954 Transferred from Parish to Lillian Beryl Wilson and Elisabeth Wilson [vol 8046 fo1575]
20 September 1963 Lillian Beryl Wilson, of Crail Cottage, Pine Road, Mooroolbark, Spinster, is now the surviving proprietor [vol 8046 fol 575]
30 March 1993 Transfer from Wilson to Janet McClure [vol 8046 fol 575]"
DESCRIPTION
"Lynton Lee, 9 Pine Road: A single storey residence with rustic stone chimney, casement windows, steeply pitched shingled roof with dormer window, and weatherboard gable ends (contrasting with vertical boarding of the walls)."
2010 to 2018...
Lynton Lee c 2010
c 2010
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Woodshed, undated
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Front to verandah
August 2018
October 2019 - 85 years young!
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