Newington House

Newington House
Newington House c.1894
General information
Type	House
Architectural style	Regency villa
Location	Silverwater, New South Wales
Construction started	1829
Completed	1832
Owner	Built by John Blaxland Owned since 1879 by the New South Wales Government
Technical details
Structural system	Stone and cement rendered brick
Design and construction
Architect	Attributed to John Verge or Henry Cooper

Coordinates: 33°49′44″S 151°03′25″E / 33.829°S 151.057°E / -33.829; 151.057

Newington House is a historic house in Silverwater, New South Wales, Australia and is located 20 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Auburn Council. The house and chapel are situated on the southern bank of the Parramatta River and are now enclosed by the Silverwater Correctional Centre. With Elizabeth Bay House and Camden Park, it is considered to be one of the three great houses of the County of Cumberland.

Newington is a substantial and intact example of a rural colonial villa, and demonstrates the quality of life of prominent citizens and families from early settlements. It is associated with a notable New South Wales family, being built for John Blaxland, whose entrepreneurial business activities were among the oldest in the colony, and whose brother Gregory Blaxland assisted in activities generally relative to the site. Its use since the occupation of the Blaxland family has reflected a number of social changes as the founding site of Newington College, and as an asylum, hospital, and prison administration building.