By Cathy Jones (2024)
3 Abbotsford Road Homebush is an interwar bungalow built in 1937.
Local and prolific builder Ernest Scarborough Barnett (1882-1950) acquired Lots 20 and 21, section 3 of deposited plan 477 (Village of Homebush Estate) from Horace Edward Silvester in February 1937[1]. Each lot had a 50 foot frontage with a 200 foot depth. Ernest Barnett was born in 1882 in England and married Ellen Elizabeth Moyse (1882-1951) in 1906 and migrated to Australia in 1911.
Barnett applied for building approval to construct a brick dwelling of eight rooms at an estimated cost of ₤1100 on Lot 21. Barnett is noted the builder as E Barnett & Son, 63 Burlington Road Homebush. The house was numbered 1 Abbotsford Road and was renumbered 3 Abbotsford Road in 1954.
In June 1938, Barnett sold Lot 20, a vacant lot which is now 5 Abbotsford Road, to Anne Isabel Moyes[2]. 5 Abbotsford Road was built in 1939 for Miss Moyes by builders Hildtich Brothers. In July 1950, Barnett transferred ownership of 3 Abbotsford Road to his son, John Ernest William Barnett, of Homebush, builder[3]. Ernest Barnett died in November 1950.
In August 1973, the property transferred to Harry Hintze, an accountant and his wife, Dawne as joint tenants[4]. The property was then sold in 1982[5].
References
Department of Valuer-General, Valuation Lists, Municipality of Strathfield 1945, 1960 and 1966
Fox & Associates, Strathfield Heritage Study, 1986
NSW Land Registry, Certificate of Title v.512 f.198, Certificate v.3933 f.137, Certificate of Title v.4950 f.216
Strathfield Council Building Register 1935-1940
Footnotes
[1] Certificate of Title v.512 f.198
[2] NSW Land Registry, v.3933 f.137.
[3] NSW Land Registry, v.4950 f.216
[4] NSW Land Registry, v.4950 f.216
[5] NSW Land Registry, v.4950 f.216
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