New – The Green Book website
Recent comments
- Donald Holdsworth on DRAFT COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN
- Christine Hanrahan on Loss of Heritage Sandstone kerbs
- Juanita Mosterd on 2 Vernon Street saved from demolition
- Glenys Brown on Hunters Hill gardens open for inspection
Links
- Australian Conservation Foundation
- Australian Heritage Photographic Database
- Bushland and biodiversity
- Discover Hunters Hill
- Environment Defenders Office (NSW)
- Gladesville Community
- Glebe Society
- Green Book
- Habitat Network
- Historical photographic collection Ryde Library
- Hunters Hill Bushcare Volunteers
- Hunters Hill Council
- Hunters Hill Historical Society
- Lane Cove Bushland and Conservation Society
- National Trust of Australia
- Nature Conservation Council NSW
- Ryde Hunters Hill Flora & Fauna Preservation Society
- Sydney Living Museums
The Priory
In 1857 the architect William Weaver was commissioned by the Marists to construct a Georgian building incorporating Stubbs’ cottage. The named the site Villa Maria. Thomas Salter purchased the property in 1874 for £2,000 and renamed it The Priory. The site included shed, latrines, out house, tennis court, stables, poultry yard, cultivation paddock and coach houses.
The Priory was sold to the NSW government and became part of the Tarban Asylum in 1888. The surrounding land was farmed by the patients and provided fruit and vegetables for the use of the hospital. During the Second World War an air raid shelter was cut into the terrace.
The Priory was restored in the mid 1980s for the use of the NSW Mental Health Review Tribunal. Hunters Hill Council now has responsibility for the Priory.