 It was definitely Munro who built the gate pillars as there was an advertisement placed by Munro for stonemasons to build these at this house in 1864.The site of the building originally formed part of the "Point Piper Estate" being a portion of the granted to Captain John Piper by Governor Lachlan Macquarie in 1820.Following Piper's financial difficulties, the holding was purchased in 1826 by the merchant Daniel Cooper of Cooper & Levy.