Box Hill Inn

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Box Hill Inn
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Box Hill Inn, 753 Windsor Road, Box Hill, New South Wales in 2020
Location Windsor Road, Box Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates 33°39′35″S150°53′09″E / 33.6597°S 150.8859°E / -33.6597; 150.8859
Builtc. 1825
Official nameBox Hill Inn; Mogul Stud; Rummery Homestead; Coach House Inn; Bee Hive Inn
TypeState heritage (built)
Designated2 April 1999
Reference no.724
TypeInn/Tavern
CategoryCommercial
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Box Hill Inn (Australia)

The Box Hill Inn is a heritage-listed inn located at 753 Windsor Road, Box Hill, New South Wales, Australia. It is also known as Mogul Stud, Rummery Homestead, Coach House Inn and Bee Hive Inn. The property is privately owned and was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. [1]

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History

Two-storey brick inn with a two-roomed attic reached by a narrow Old Colonial Georgian stairway in the rear room. It is said to have been built in 1825 by the Rummery family who were orchardists in Riverstone as the Coach House Inn. [1] [2]

It was first licensed as the Box Hill Inn in 1842, and later changed to the Bee Hive Inn in 1848. Licenses were held by pioneers such as Joseph Suffolk, John Foley, Robert Smith and John Barnett. [3] [1]

Has remained vacant for many years. [1] [4]

Description

Two storey brick inn with a two roomed attic reached by a narrow Georgian stairway in the rear room. It is said to have been built in 1825. [2] The front veranda has octagonal timber posts with beaded-edge wide timber ceiling linings. There are two front doors, one of six panels with a four-pane fanlight over and the other of eight panels and no fanlight. Windows are 12-paned with solid timber shutters. The front wall is stuccoed and tuck pointed to represent Flemish bond brickwork. [1]

Internally there are six panel and vertically boarded doors. Architraves have been removed, but one mantelpiece remains on site. Walls and ceilings are of plaster. The ceilings are a lime and mud mortar pressed into laths. There is a cellar under one room at the end and a separate brick kitchen wing that appear to have been built in the late Victorian or Federation periods. A timber-framed gabled roof with detailing typical of the early twentieth century links the two brick structures The gable roof is clad with corrugated steel. The end wall has been demolished and a new footing poured. The rebuilding of this wall was stopped by Baulkham Hills Shire Council who required a development application and concurrence of the NSW Heritage Council. [3] [1]

Neat little early cottage, from c. 1830, with the roof line sweeping down to a low profile over the front veranda. [5] Several fruit trees remain - quince, citrus. A timber-framed shed stands to the rear in poor condition. Three wells lie to the rear and north of the house, two of them are unusually wide. [1]

Much of the Georgian character still remains with the Coach House at the rear. [1]

Condition

As at 4 May 2007, the general condition was fair. [1]

Modifications and dates

Unsympathetic alterations carried out some years ago, but would be easy to restore the facade (c. 1989). [1]

The eastern end wall has been demolished and a new reinforced concrete footing poured. The rebuilding of this wall was stopped by Baulkham Hills Shire Council, who required a development application and concurrence of the NSW Heritage Council. [3] Owners propose restoration, with reconstruction of eastern wall on new footings, as it was in danger of imminent collapse. Original bricks and a reproduction of the original windows are to be used. As a second stage, the owners propose to renovate the roof, as it is in very poor condition. [1] [4]

Heritage listing

As at 4 May 2007, the former Box Hill Inn or the Rummery Homestead is considered to be an item of the state's environmental heritage because of its: [1] [3]

Box Hill Inn was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Box Hill Inn". New South Wales State Heritage Register . Department of Planning & Environment. H00724. Retrieved 2 June 2018. CC BY icon.svg Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC BY 4.0 licence .
  2. 1 2 National Trust of NSW.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Heritage Council report, 27 June 1989.
  4. 1 2 1989 branch work sheet.
  5. ↑ Proudfoot, Helen (1987). Exploring Sydney's West. p. 124.
  6. ↑ "Ermington - A Brief History | Parramatta History and Heritage". historyandheritage.cityofparramatta.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 28 August 2023.

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