Kirribilli Neighbourhood Centre

The houses were acquired by North Sydney Council in 1974 and the modern day Kirribilli Neighbourhood Centre opened in 1976.

In turn, the land passed to Robert Campbell (1769–1846), and then to Arthur Jeffreys by a deed of partition on 15 April 1848, and a conveyance on 28 February 1854.

On the 29 April 1873, Henry Hocken Bligh (1826–1904) and Neil Stewart bought from Jeffreys the land on which now stands the Kirribilli Neighbourhood Centre.

[1] Research into the early Rate Books of East St. Leonards Council by Marjory Byrne of the North Sydney Historical Society in 1978 shows that the two stone houses were built by Bligh in 1875-1876.

The Rate Books record that the houses were initially stated to be in North Sydney, subsequently Milsons Point, and later still, Kirribilli.

Subsequently, in 1974, vacant and neglected the property was purchased by North Sydney Council on 4 July 1974.

There are carved bargeboards, finials and a lancet ventillator to the gable ends, three-light square-headed windows and iron lace, columns and balustrades to the verandahs."

And as being "Built 1876 for Henry Hocken Bligh (1826-1904), former Mayor of Willoughby (1869-70) and husband of Elizabeth Shairp, granddaughter of James Milson.

"[6] North Sydney Council in more recent documentation has referred to the centre as "Rustic Gothic" Victorian architecture.

The establishment of the Kirribilli Neighbourhood Centre was initiated by Alderman Robyn Read Hamilton who had money set aside in the Council estimates and drove the project.

It also provides a wide range of adult education courses, holds a monthly market, and offers activities and services for all ages.