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==Buildings== '''Significant buildings include:''' * Ku-ring-gai Town Hall is situated at the top of Pymble Hill on the Pacific Highway. It was formerly the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, which was built in 1934, and is an example of the Inter-War Spanish Mission architectural style. Along with the presbytery next door it is heritage-listed.<ref>[http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?ID=1880381 State Heritage Website]</ref> * Pymble Chapel (formerly Pymble Methodist Church), on the corner of Mona Vale Road and Bromley Avenue, was built in 1879. It was the second church built in Pymble and is the oldest remaining building in the suburb. * St Swithun's Anglican Church, on Telegraph Road, was built {{circa|1938}} and is an example of the Inter-War Gothic style. It is the only church in Australia named after [[St Swithun]]. '''Significant houses include:''' * ''Grandview'' is a two-storey, Georgian structure made of sandstone. It was built {{circa|1870}} as a bank but is now used as a home. It has a federal heritage listing.<ref>The Heritage of Australia, Macmillan Company, 1981, p.2/33</ref> * ''Merrivale'' is a local stately home in the Regency style and is considered one of the finest examples of its kind in Ku-ring-gai. It has a state heritage listing.<ref name="dictionaryofsydney.org"/><ref>[http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?ID=1880321 State Heritage Website]</ref> * ''Coppins'', sometimes known as the [[Eric Pratten House]], was designed by [[Walter Burley Griffin]] and built {{circa|1936}}. It is one of three large houses designed by Griffin in Ku-ring-gai and is significant because most of his residential buildings were single-storey. It is an example of the Art Deco/Prairie style and has a state heritage listing.<ref name="dictionaryofsydney.org"/><ref name=nswshr-1443/> * ''Macquarie Cottage'', in Avon Road, was designed by [[William Hardy Wilson]] and built in 1918. It is considered a typical example of Wilson's work and has both state and federal heritage listings.<ref>The Heritage of Australia, p.2/33</ref><ref>[http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?ID=1880368 State Heritage Website]</ref> * ''Sacred Heart Presbytery'' is a two-storey house in the [[Federation architecture|Federation]] [[Arts and Crafts movement|Arts and Crafts]] style, with [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] touches to the windows. It was built in 1907 and has a state heritage listing.<ref>[http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?ID=1880382 State Heritage Website]</ref> * ''Colinroobie'', a two-storey Federation mansion built in the early 20th century, situated at the corner of the Pacific Highway and Clydesdale Place. It has a state heritage listing.<ref>[http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?ID=1880384 State Heritage Register]</ref> ===Gallery=== <gallery> File:Pymble house 008a.jpg File:Pymble house 010.jpg File:Pymble house 007.jpg File:Pymble house 001.jpg File:Pymble house 009.jpg File:Pymble house 004.jpg </gallery>
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