Venetia... Vanetta Now Bellevue - 55 Leichardt Street - Glebe - New South Wales

Bellevue, Glebe Point 1899 (G'mpa Warden in photo), [with the house Venetia in the background] ... c.1899 ... W. F. Hall Photo ...

Vanetta is perhaps either a pet name for the house employed by the Warden family, or a mistransliteration or corruption of Venetia [the two storey house, right, in this photograph]. The Warden family rented Bellevue 1898-1903 - Michael Foster (Sept 2005) ...

Previosly titled: "Vanetta" Glebe Point 1899 (G'mpa Warden in photo)

The residence is now known as "Bellevue" and is situated at 55 Leichhardt Street Glebe and is Classified by the National Trust of Australia (NSW).

Venetia was built about 1877 in Kennedy Street (later Leichhardt Street), Glebe for William Jarrett and demolished about 1915. Bellevue, probably a rental property, was built by local architect and builder Ambrose Thornley Junior for Jarrett. It first appears in the Glebe Rate books in 1896, unnamed, and in the Sands Directory in 1897, named Bellevue. It was acquired derelict by Leichhardt Council and was often incorrectly referred to as Venetia, long demolished, in the press and in minutes of the Heritage Council. -- Information supplied by Michael Foster (Sept 2005) ... State Library of New South Wales

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Hereford House - Glebe

 

 Hereford House - Glebe 

Toxteth Park - Glebe - New South Wales

 

Toxteth Park - Glebe - NSW

Toxteth Park  was built in 1829 for Mr George Allen. Owned by 2 Generations Of the Allen Family, & in 1901 was purchased by the Catholic Church & it became a Convent School . 
The Building Is Now Used By The Sisters Of Good Samaritan as The Good Samaritan Congregational Centre

George Allen was born 1800 in London. His Father died at 6 years & his mother remarried 
In 1812 he was  convicted of Not Affixing Revenue Stamps to the medicine bottles and was transported to Australia. 
The Family followed in 1816.
George was articled out as a Solicitor & was a practising Solicitor in 1822. He was the first Solicitor to receive legal training in Australia.
In 1829 He Commissioned John Verge to Build Toxteth House on 39 Hectares (96 Acres). Over the years George Allen built other houses on the estate including "Tranby" 7 "Emslee"

In 1847 he built a Wesleyan Chapel. He died in 1877 and eldest son George Wigram Allen inherited the property.