Don't miss this rare opportunity to visit Hobartville Estate, one of Hawkesbury City’s State listed iconic sites, seldom opened to the public.
Discover Hobartville Estate – a substantially intact early colonial homestead group, featuring one of the finest pre-1830 houses in the country; extremely rare for its intact setting, landscape features and outbuildings of various ages, and seldom opened for public viewing.
Take this rare opportunity to join a guided tour through some ground floor rooms of the grand house, the cellar, and even a spectacularly popular 8 seater dunny, before learning about the adjacent cottage and the conservation works undertaken after the entire roof blew off during a 2002 storm.
After your tour, enjoy a picnic lunch (BYO) in the grounds of Hobartville whilst overlooking the spectacular views of the Richmond Lowlands. After lunch you will tour the coach house, early cottages and timber barns for a taste of days gone by in the Hawkesbury.
Proudly presented by the Hawkesbury Branch National Trust of Australia (NSW).
History of Hobartville Estate
The Estate originally included the land grants of 100 acres to James Blackman (1802) and 400 acres to Edward Luttrell (1804). The grand homestead was completed by William Cox for his son William Cox Junior in 1828. Cox built his house beside Luttrell’s 1804 brick cottage (now fashioned as garage) and the symmetrical Georgian design has been potentially attributed to Francis Greenway.
Later purchased by Andrew Town in 1877, Hobartville Estate was established as a thoroughbred racehorse stud property, and this tradition has continued by subsequent owners until the present day. The Estate was classified by the National Trust in 1976 and identified as of State significance since 1980 with its setting and views identified by the Colonial Landscapes of the Cumberland Plain and Camden National Trust Study (2000).
