Dec 30, 2021
"Bidura" (1860). Among the earliest colonial houses still standing in the Inner West. Originally the home of Sydney's chief Colonial Architect, Edmund Blackett. Later used as an orphanage, then property expanded for use as a juvenile remand centre in the 1970's, also a Children's Court until closing in the 2000's. The house is Heritage Listed, but the good chunk of land is owned by a property developer who wants to build 60 apartments out the back. Approval is at a long impasse, so it's currently vacant and not maintained. Glebe.
