Your Dream Begins Here

Timeless historic residence beautifully linking the past with the present.

"Annandale House" is a superb stone Colonial Georgian home. Built in 1839 for Major Edward Johnstone and his family. Johnstone became the first Police Magistrate for the District of Paterson a position he held for 7 years. The house was named after Annandale in Scotland where Edward Johnstone was born in 1790. He came from the same town and was related to Lieutenant-Colonel George Johnstone of Annandale in Sydney.

"Annandale House" is a spacious but comfortably sized home on the edge of Paterson Township at the corner of King and Queen Street. The house is set among an extensive landscaped garden with lawns gently sloping down to the riverbank. Being on the Cedar Arm, the original name of the Paterson River, it has local cedar skirtings, architraves, doors and a magnificent cedar staircase. The floors, replaced in 1995, are made of hardwood from a Newcastle wool store. The extensive 2.9m ceilings of stained timber were renewed in early 1890s. Most family living occurs on the northern verandah overlooking the lawns and river.

The Accommodation now includes:

Ground floor

- Combined kitchen/family room with meals area, fireplace and dishwasher

- Formal dining room with solid timber floors and fireplace

- Formal living room with marble fireplace, beautiful timber floors and ceilings

- Small bedroom/study (or butlers pantry)

- Combined bathroom and laundry with spa bath, toilet and shower

- Underground cellar

- Spacious North facing verandah

- Large double garage

Level 1

- Three bedrooms

- Two bedrooms, one with floor to ceiling built in robe and ceiling fans

- Third bedroom with a full wall library featuring cedar bookshelves and a fireplace

- Modern main bathroom and two hall studies