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The Abbey and neighbouring Johnston Street houses, Annandale. Photograph: Date unknown. Margaret Quinn, “My Granny, the Abbess”, Leichhardt Historical Journal No. 4 (1973), pp. 20–21, including the editorial photograph caption. Photographer not identified in the checked caption.
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272 Johnston Street, Annandale NSW 2038

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Cover photo: The Abbey and neighbouring Johnston Street houses, Annandale. Photograph: Date unknown. Margaret Quinn, “My Granny, the Abbess”, Leichhardt Historical Journal No. 4 (1973), pp. 20–21, including the editorial photograph caption. Photographer not identified in the checked caption. — Date unknown

Year builtFrom 1881
Timeline entries3
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  • House typeCottage
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The story of this house

The Abbey stands on the corner of Johnston and Weynton streets.

The caption accompanying Margaret Quinn’s 1973 recollections dates its construction from 1881, names John Young as its builder and leaves the architect unidentified.

Quinn remembers visiting in 1916, when her grandmother Sarah O’Brien lived there with three married daughters and their families.

Her account describes a busy family home behind the building’s imposing exterior, including children’s pranks that encouraged stories of a haunting.

In 1919, her cousin Irene’s wedding breakfast took place in a marquee over the Weynton Street courtyard, followed by music and dancing inside the house.

Source: Margaret Quinn, “My Granny, the Abbess”, Leichhardt Historical Journal No.

4 (1973), pp.

20–21, including the editorial photograph caption.

Journal pp.

20–21 Address cross-check

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  1. From 1881 — Construction of The Abbey

    The journal caption dates construction from 1881 and identifies John Young as builder; the architect is not named.

  2. 1916 — Sarah O’Brien and family in residence

    Margaret Quinn recalls Sarah O’Brien, three married daughters and their families living at The Abbey.

  3. 1919 — Family wedding celebration

    Quinn recalls her cousin Irene’s wedding breakfast in the courtyard and dancing inside the house.

  1. From 1881 — Construction of The Abbey

    The journal caption dates construction from 1881 and identifies John Young as builder; the architect is not named.

  2. 1916 — Sarah O’Brien and family in residence

    Margaret Quinn recalls Sarah O’Brien, three married daughters and their families living at The Abbey.

  3. 1919 — Family wedding celebration

    Quinn recalls her cousin Irene’s wedding breakfast in the courtyard and dancing inside the house.

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