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Street view of Oybin
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Oybin’s tower/gazebo beside The Abbey — shared Johnston Street streetscape. 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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270 Johnston Street, Annandale NSW 2038

270 Johnston St, Annandale NSW 2038, Australia

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Cover photo: Oybin’s tower/gazebo beside The Abbey — shared Johnston Street streetscape. 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 built1880–1881
Timeline entries1
Memories0
Photos4

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  • House typeCottage
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  • Current statusUnknown

The story of this house

Oybin is the historic villa identified by Heritage NSW at 270 Johnston Street.

The inventory dates its construction to 1880–1881 and associates architect Charles H.

E.

Blackmann with its design and early occupation.

Alan Roberts’s 1978 account places a proposed restoration and community use in the narrative of March 1972.

He reports that Oybin escaped demolition but that the restoration scheme later failed.

His reference to 268–270 Johnston Street concerns that redevelopment site; this entry uses the heritage record’s house address of 270.

The accompanying journal photograph is a shared streetscape dominated by The Abbey.

Its caption identifies Oybin’s neighbouring tower or gazebo; it is not a close view of the whole villa.

Source: Alan Roberts, “The Annandale Gates Re-Erected”, Leichhardt Historical Journal No.

7 (1978), p.

10.

Address/building details: Heritage NSW inventory 1940066.

Image: LHJ No.

4 (1973), p.

20.

Journal p.

10 Heritage inventory Image and caption

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  1. March 1972 (narrative sequence) — Restoration and community-use proposal

    Roberts reports an agreement to restore Oybin for community use. The house escaped demolition, but the scheme later fell through…

  1. March 1972 (narrative sequence) — Restoration and community-use proposal

    Roberts reports an agreement to restore Oybin for community use. The house escaped demolition, but the scheme later fell through…

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