This house was built for my great-great-grandfather in 1888. The name came from Cleveland Terrace – a row of shops with residences above – in Bath, England, where he lived as a child.

“Cleveland” is now on the market for around nine million dollars. In 1980 I was privileged to have a personal tour of the house just before it was auctioned for $202,000 - which seemed a huge amount in those days, but pales into insignificance compared to its present value.

Judging from the video, there have been major additions and much refurbishment since 1980, and I wonder how much of the house my grandfather, who was ten years old when the family moved there, would remember.

I have a photo of my grandfather and his twin brother standing next to the corner veranda post.