Visit Private Heritage Houses in the Mulgoa Valley
Sun, 29 May
|Mulgoa Park
Walk the grounds of historic Fairlight, a substantial Victorian house and impressive barn surrounded by old fig trees, and The Cottage, home to Edward Cox before he built Fernhill, creating a landscape between The Cottage, Fernhill and St. Thomas Church virtually unaltered since the 1850s.
Time & Location
29 May 2022, 9:30 am – 12:00 pm
Mulgoa Park, 364 Littlefields Rd, Mulgoa NSW 2745, Australia
About the Event
FFMV will be conducting two bus tours to Fairlight (c1860s) and The Cottage (c1811) on 29 May. There are two options, a morning session from 9:30 to Noon, then a 1:00pm to 3:30pm.
Fairlight is a substantial Victorian house with early barn and garden, standing on land granted by
Governor Macquarie to the Norton family in 1821. The present house and barn were built by Jarrett,
and there are a number of trees that may have been part of his garden
The Cottage was built by William Cox for his sons George, Henry and Edward. It was the home of
Edward Cox before he built Fernhill in the early 1840s. With the building of St Thomas’ Church at his