The Tenterfield Saddler Building is Heritage Listed is blue granite structure built around 1860 that gained international fame through Australian singer-songwriter, Peter Allen. The song Peter wrote 'Tenterfield Saddler' was written about his grandfather and the time Peter spent growing up in Tenterfield, NSW.
My recent post "On the way to Tenterfield [ here ]
Photo borrowed of Peter.
Early uses of the building served various functions over the decades, including operating as a bank in 1874 and a private residence in the late 1890's before returning permanently to a saddlery. George Woolnough, the grandfather to Peter Allen took over the saddlery, running it for 52 years until his retirement in 1960.
Today the building is a museum.
St. Joseph's Primary School in Tenterfield and the Convent 1914. In 1880 the Sisters of St Joseph founded the local Catholic school which was the first regional parish the order entered. The nuns initially lived in a modest shack outside the town. In 1992 the Nuns finished there tenure in Tenterfield.
Today the convent building operates as part of the local Catholic Primary School campus serving the Tenterfield community in the Diocese of Armidale.
A couple of homes in a quiet street.
Uniting Church and the door below. The Church was opened in 1930 after the original one was burnt down due to a lightning strike. The original was built in 1898.
The Arts Center in Tenterfield. Above and below.
Tenterfield Post Office built in 1881 to 1892 with the clock tower being completed in 1891-1892.
Tenterfield area with the red dots around it on the map.
What a shame Peter Allen lived abroad for all his adult life. "I still call Australia home" was inspirational, but not quite true.
ReplyDeleteWasn't quite true for Peter Allen as you say Hels, but it seems he still called Australia home though he didn't live here.
DeleteThis is a wonderful and very informative post!
ReplyDeleteThanks!
Thank you.
DeleteO desenvolvimento da povoação deve-se, sem dúvida, às comunidades que se foram instalando.
ReplyDeleteAbraço de amizade.
Juvenal Nunes
Yes that is true, it's a hub these days as was for all the farms in the area.
DeleteThank you, dear Denise, for the wonderful photos and the accompanying explanations, as well as those of the singer's museum.
ReplyDeleteWishing you a lovely week—hugs, Elke.
You are welcome Elkes.
DeleteThe buildings you are showing are magnificent, and the buildings from that era are very fine. Take care, Margaret.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous Post Office, love building of like that Marit.
DeleteI love those buildings, esp. that small church.
ReplyDeleteIt was a nice Church with the door locked.
DeleteBeautiful old buildings💖Thank you for sharing💖
ReplyDeleteYou are welcome Anita. I also loved the buildings.
DeleteHello Margaret,
ReplyDeleteHow nice to read, and I'm learning something new too. It's great that you were allowed to borrow Peter's photo, because now we have a face to go with it :-) I read that the building had various functions and is now a museum. I also read about the nuns, the convent, and the founding of a school. The photos with a few houses in a quiet street show really beautiful and clean houses. The churches are also beautiful to look at. It seemed like a very lovely place to me.
Thank you for sharing.
Best regards, Helma
It is a lovely town, nice and clean with a fair bit of history attached to it, Helma.
DeleteI enjoyed this post of course I have heard of the song but have never been to the town
ReplyDeleteThanks Jo-Anne. It's a lovely town, well we thought so. We stopped there a few times in our travels as we went that way.
DeleteDear Margaret, I always enjoy your posts and beautiful photos! This one is no exception! Nice that you have the borrowed photo of Peter! Thank you so much for sharing this lovely tour and information, dear friend. I hope you have a lovely week ahead.
ReplyDeleteThank you Linda and I'm pleased you enjoyed this post and others.
DeleteUvítala jsem, Margaret, tyto fotografie z města, protože se rádi podíváme, jak to město, tedy i domy, vypadají. Peter Allen se asi cítil v Austrálii izolován, možná to bránilo jeho popularitě, ale to se mohu jen domýšlet.
ReplyDeleteZajímavý je ten kostel, protože jsem zrovna připravila příspěvek z našeho města a jak uvidíte, kostely jsou svými stavebními prvky podobné.
Děkuji za zajímavý příspěvek a přeji úspěšný nový týden. ☺
Thank you. Tenterfield where Peter Allen came from is a rural small town so it's small. I expect he couldn't do what he wanted to do with his singing and acting in Australia.
DeleteThe Post Office is a wonderful building. It seems the town has quite some history.
ReplyDeleteI love that Post Office it's one of the nicest ones I've seen. A lot of history there in Tenterfield.
DeleteBeautiful old buildings, the Post Office in particular is very lovely to look at.
ReplyDeleteIt's a beautiful Post Office R. One of the nicer ones I've seen in the travels with in Australia.
DeleteWhat beautiful buildings these are, Margaret.
ReplyDeleteIt’s lovely to read about them, I always find that interesting.
I wish you a wonderful week.
All the best, Irma
Thank you Irma. They are lovely building, especially the post office, that is my favourite out of those buildings.
DeleteSuch interesting architecture. I remember Peter Allen
ReplyDeleteI'm pleased you remember him. I love the post offce.
DeleteDo they call that style "British Colonial"?
ReplyDeleteYes they do, Bill. It is also a heritage building, Victorian Italianate architectural style dating back to 1881 so I'm told. (The post office)
DeleteThe type of towns I love to visit and photograph too
ReplyDeleteOh yes, much more there to take photos of. There is a large cork tree in one of the back streets, I'll post a photo of that in the future.
DeleteThe quiet street with those neat homes looks so inviting, and the Post Office is a real gem. I didn’t know about the convent’s history until now -- it’s amazing how much heritage is tucked into Tenterfield.
ReplyDeleteThanks for taking us along with you.
You are welcome, Veronica. Beautiful building is that post office.
DeleteLots to see and enjoy on a visit to Tenterfield.
ReplyDeleteThat is for sure David.
DeleteBeautiful looking town, nice place to visit and explore.
ReplyDeleteIt is Bill, been there a few times as we chose to travel that way back then.
DeleteEine sehr schöne Stadt in der es sicher einiges zu sehen gibt. Was mir besonders gefiel, ist das Postamt. Ein tolles Haus.
ReplyDeleteIt is a lovely rural town and you are right, a lot to see there. Beautiful post office.
DeleteIt's a nice touch that Peter Allen's grandfather ran the saddlery for 52 years, the building must have felt like part of the family. I also didn't know the Uniting Church was rebuilt after lightning burned the first one down. Thanks for the walk through town, Margaret.
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A long time to run a business 52 years. I've come across many churches that burnt down way back and were rebuilt, amazing that.
DeleteAn interesting post.
ReplyDeleteIt seems there is a lot of history in Tenterfield.
All the best Jan
Yes there is Jan for a small rural town.
DeleteBellas casas. Te mando un beso.
ReplyDeleteYes they are indeed and thank you.
DeleteA fun and interesting read, thank you Margaret, and thank you also for including these maps.
ReplyDeleteYou are welcome Denise.
DeleteI liked learning more about this. Nice looking place.
ReplyDeleteThat is good Mary and thank you..
DeleteArticolo meraviglioso e ricco di atmosfera! È un vero e proprio viaggio nel tempo e nella memoria.
ReplyDeleteIt is indeed.
DeleteDear Margaret, how all of this is so beautiful, interesting, and yes...your blog background is wonderful, that gentle color is so eye-catching.
ReplyDeleteGreetings with rain, Andreja!
Thank you Andreja.
DeleteUnas imagenes realmente impresionantes de esa poblacion.
ReplyDeleteMuy buen trabajo.
Saludos.
Thank you, Ildefonso.
DeleteTenterfield is a beautiful town.
ReplyDeleteI loved the architecture of the buildings.
All the best for you
Todo me parece muy bonito, me gustó mucho. Gracias Margaret. Besos.
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