Sandgate Cottage

Built c. 1870 on land granted in 1853 to Simeon Henry Pearce later Randwick's first mayor.

Formerly a private residence known as "Kilkerran" later "Felton." Used in early 1920s as Red Cross facility for World War veterans.

Simeon Pearce built this two storey sandstone residence and rented the property. It was one of five built in a line facing Belmore Road from High Street. Known as "Kilkerran" when occupied first by James Cullen, an importer, in 1885 and later by Henry Hinton, wine merchant who lived there from 1886 to 1890. In 1903 Timothy Fahey took up residence and renamed the house "Felton."

After World War 1 the Commonwealth acquired the house and used it as a Red Cross facility for war veterans for several years before it passed into the hands of Catherine and Harold Tippler in 1928. The Tipplers owned the house until September 1966 when it changed ownership three times within a week. Ownership of Sandgate was transferred from the developers of the neighbouring Coles New World Supermarket in July 1979. During the 1980s the building was restored and in September 1987 the then mayor of Randwick, Ald. John Scullion presented the keys of the cottage to Randwick Historical Society's president Mrs Kate Schlink.

Sandgate Cottage currently houses a commercial business. The courtyard entrance is enhanced by the Proud of Our Elders Mural that has recently been conserved, on the side wall of the adjoining shops. This artwork showcases some of the local historical figures of Randwick City.