Fernhill (Sydney)
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 Fernhill
Location in New South Wales
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| General information | |
| Status | Complete |
| Type | Residence and horse stud; Former residence and gardens |
| Architectural style | Old Colonial Greek Revival |
| Location | 1041 Mulgoa Road, Mulgoa, New South Wales |
| Country | Australia |
| Coordinates | 33°49′31″S 150°38′19″E / 33.8251751167°S 150.6386152810°ECoordinates: 33°49′31″S 150°38′19″E / 33.8251751167°S 150.6386152810°E |
| Construction started | c. 1830 |
| Completed | c. 1840 |
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| Grounds | 690 hectares (1,700 acres) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Attributed:
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| Official name | Fernhill |
| Type | Historic landscape |
| Criteria | a., c. |
| Designated | 2 April 1999 |
| Reference no. | 00054 |
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Fernhill is an heritage-listed house located on Mulgoa Road, Mulgoa in western Sydney, in New South Wales, Australia. Completed in c. 1840 as a residence for Captain William Cox and family, the house was completed in the Old Colonial Greek Revival style with its design attributed to either Mortimer Lewis, John Verge or Francis Clarke.
Set on 690 hectares (1,700 acres), Fernhill was built as a much grander residence with associated gardens following Cox's earlier construction of The Cottage, that dated from c. 1810. Following Cox's death in 1837, Fernhill was completed under the supervision of one of his sons, Edward.
On 2 April 1999, Fernhill was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register with the following statement of significance;
The Fernhill estate comprises an extensive area of modified and natural landscape which provides the setting for a house completed c.1845 for Edward Cox. The estate is primarily significant for its landscape which is a rare Australian example of the English landscape school's practice of modifying the natural landscape to create a romanticised natural appearance embellished by a richness of cultural features: for the house which is a fine example of Greek Revival architecture, exceptionally well crafted; and the setting of the estate within the Mulgoa Valley with its modified landscape distinguished by historic colonial era homesteads and the Anglican Church.
The estate also demonstrates a unique phase in Australia's history with the rise of the landed pastoral estates, in this instance developed by Edward Cox and his son Edward King Cox. The importance of Fernhill as a group of related sites (along with St. Thomas' Church, Mulgoa, and the Cottage, Mulgoa) is twofold: the landscape is exceptionally significant in its own right irrespective of the buildings, and is as important as the architectural, historic and visual relationships of the buildings themselves.
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