Sydney Guided Walks - The Glebe

The Glebe Walk

Glebe Grandeur – Grande and Historic Houses

$20 p.p.

The Glebe means a piece of land given to the church. This area was given to the Anglican Church by Governor Arthur Phillip in 1789. Appropriately this walk starts at the church of St. Johns Bishopthorpe which stands on the corner of Glebe Point and St. Johns Roads. It follows a route past the grand and historic mansions, houses, terraces and churches of this suburb, which was declared a conservation area by both the National Trust and the National Estate in 1976. The buildings are magnificent.

Glebe is a history of early Australian urban architecture from gentleman class to working class. This walk concentrates on the grandeur of Glebe.

Some of the highlights are the John Verge designed ‘Toxteth Park’ (1831) now a private school ‘Tranby’ (1840) now an Aboriginal Co-operative College and Bidura (1860) where the great architect Edmund Blacket lived while designing Sydney University. We also visit the very interesting and historic Sze Yup Chinese Temple

The stories of these houses, and the people who lived them, will be part of the commentary. This walk is a visual delight. Glebe is an attractive built environment, as a townscape it is handsome, coherent and largely complete.

The tour finishes back at Glebe Point Road amongst the many pubs, delis and cosmopolitan shops that make up the unique Glebe shopping strip.

This walk has a very easy grade and there is a place to rest along the way.

Highly Recommended
 

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