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Mudgee

Heritage Trail

The Mudgee Heritage trail is an easy 1 hr walk around the Mudgee CBD. It incorporates some of the several examples of Victorian, Federation and Art Deco construction that is common in NSW country towns.

During this walk you will see some state significant sites as well as some of the local features that make the town what it is today.

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1. Parkview Guesthouse

The Parkview Hotel is an excellent example of a fine early Victorian commercial-residential building. It was purpose built as a dispensary and residence for pharmacist Mr William Richards Lester, circa 1872. It is also an important example of a repurposed boarding house and guest house,…

Sites On this Trail
1. Parkview Guesthouse
99 Market St

The Parkview Hotel is an excellent example of a fine early Victorian commercial-residential building.…

The Parkview Hotel is an excellent example of a fine early Victorian commercial-residential building. It was purpose built as a dispensary and residence for pharmacist…

The Parkview Hotel is an excellent example of a fine early Victorian commercial-residential building. It was purpose built as a dispensary and residence for pharmacist Mr William Richards Lester, circa 1872. It is also an important example of a repurposed boarding house and guest house,…

2. Bandstand, Robertson Park
97A Market St

Robertson Park Bandstand is an exceptionally fine early Federation octagonal rotunda with a curved…

Robertson Park Bandstand is an exceptionally fine early Federation octagonal rotunda with a curved iron cupola roof finished with metal cresting and supported on elaborately…

Robertson Park Bandstand is an exceptionally fine early Federation octagonal rotunda with a curved iron cupola roof finished with metal cresting and supported on elaborately turned posts and metal brackets with a Turkish character. The balustrade of raking strapwork, originally in timber, has been replaced…

3. Mudgee Post Office
80 Market St

The Mudgee Post Office and Quarters is significant as one of the first major…

The Mudgee Post Office and Quarters is significant as one of the first major country post offices built in the state and rare now in…

The Mudgee Post Office and Quarters is significant as one of the first major country post offices built in the state and rare now in that it retains its original purpose. It is a fine civic building skilfully remodelled from its original 1862 Palladian form…

4. Cobb & Co Court
97 Market St

This early Victorian face brick two-storey building was constructed as the Post Office Hotel…

This early Victorian face brick two-storey building was constructed as the Post Office Hotel around 1859. It addresses an important corner, diagonally opposite the Post…

This early Victorian face brick two-storey building was constructed as the Post Office Hotel around 1859. It addresses an important corner, diagonally opposite the Post Office. The Post Office Hotel, also known as Hughson’s Hotel in the 1870s, operated here for over 100 years until…

5. Old bank building
70 Market St

This two-storey building on the western side of the former Town Hall was erected…

This two-storey building on the western side of the former Town Hall was erected for the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Ltd, which purchased the…

This two-storey building on the western side of the former Town Hall was erected for the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Ltd, which purchased the land in 1878.This Victorian building is Romanesque in style, with arched openings across the façade. The building is typically symmetrical,…

6. Shops
81 Market St

In 1898 pharmacist Mr Ebenezer Sheppard commissioned the construction of this fine building in…

In 1898 pharmacist Mr Ebenezer Sheppard commissioned the construction of this fine building in Market Street. It was designed by local architect Harold Hardwick and…

In 1898 pharmacist Mr Ebenezer Sheppard commissioned the construction of this fine building in Market Street. It was designed by local architect Harold Hardwick and possibly built by Stoddart and Casimir. The building later became Elton's Pharmacy, and most recently Elton's restaurant.The building features an…

7. Town Hall
64 Market St

This is an excellent late nineteenth century country municipal town hall building, executed in…

This is an excellent late nineteenth century country municipal town hall building, executed in a Neoclassical style. It has profuse façade ornamentation overlaying face brickwork,…

This is an excellent late nineteenth century country municipal town hall building, executed in a Neoclassical style. It has profuse façade ornamentation overlaying face brickwork, with stuccoed quoins, and displays typical “town hall” characteristics, including a central roof tower, entrance doors with (false) balcony above,…

8. State Bank
62 Market St

This striking two-storey Greek Revival building was designed for the Bank of NSW by…

This striking two-storey Greek Revival building was designed for the Bank of NSW by Sydney architects Messrs Wright & Apperly in 1926. It was constructed…

This striking two-storey Greek Revival building was designed for the Bank of NSW by Sydney architects Messrs Wright & Apperly in 1926. It was constructed by Canberra builder JG Taylor. It remained as bank premises until circa 2000, when it was readapted for solicitor’s offices.This…

9. Shops
73 Market St

This well-presented red face brick commercial building in Flemish bond, dates from the earliest…

This well-presented red face brick commercial building in Flemish bond, dates from the earliest Victorian period. It has been used as a shop and office…

This well-presented red face brick commercial building in Flemish bond, dates from the earliest Victorian period. It has been used as a shop and office building since its construction, circa 1850. It was for many years the Mudgee Property Shop real estate agency, then a…

10. Woolpack Hotel
67 Market St

Constructed in 1855 as the Maitland Hotel, this is one of the oldest commercial…

Constructed in 1855 as the Maitland Hotel, this is one of the oldest commercial buildings remaining in the central business area of Mudgee. It became…

Constructed in 1855 as the Maitland Hotel, this is one of the oldest commercial buildings remaining in the central business area of Mudgee. It became the Club House Hotel in 1874, with its general appearance much the same as of today. Its name was changed…

11. St John the Baptist Anglican Church
60 Market St

This is a historically and socially significant building and site, being the site of…

This is a historically and socially significant building and site, being the site of the first church and the first school in Mudgee on land…

This is a historically and socially significant building and site, being the site of the first church and the first school in Mudgee on land granted in 1834. The present church building (1860–81) is socially significant as an important community place of worship, marriage, baptism…

12. Westpac Bank
59 Market St

This aesthetically significant Arts and Crafts style corner commercial building was built as the…

This aesthetically significant Arts and Crafts style corner commercial building was built as the Australian Bank of Commerce in 1912. It was designed by Sydney…

This aesthetically significant Arts and Crafts style corner commercial building was built as the Australian Bank of Commerce in 1912. It was designed by Sydney architects Roberts and Marks. Its use survived through various bank changes to become the Bank of NSW and then Westpac.…

13. Lawson Park Hotel
1-3 Church St

Lawson Park Hotel, which was known as the Tattersall’s Hotel until the late 1980s,…

Lawson Park Hotel, which was known as the Tattersall’s Hotel until the late 1980s, was constructed c. 1868 for merchant Richard Crossing and has had…

Lawson Park Hotel, which was known as the Tattersall’s Hotel until the late 1980s, was constructed c. 1868 for merchant Richard Crossing and has had many additions and alterations since. The original two-storied Flemish bond face brick building had a cantilevered balcony that was replaced…

14. The Regent Theatre
5-7 Church St

Built in 1937, the Regent Theatre is a landmark building and an excellent example…

Built in 1937, the Regent Theatre is a landmark building and an excellent example of an Art Deco–style country town theatre. The building is of…

Built in 1937, the Regent Theatre is a landmark building and an excellent example of an Art Deco–style country town theatre. The building is of great social significance, with many Mudgee people having attended various entertainments there: concerts, speeches, presentations and movies.The theatre was owned…

15. Former Imperial Hotel
58 Market St

This building incorporates the former Imperial Hotel, previously The Travellers Rest, built in the…

This building incorporates the former Imperial Hotel, previously The Travellers Rest, built in the mid-Victorian era, circa 1860, for Richard Crossing. It retains a long…

This building incorporates the former Imperial Hotel, previously The Travellers Rest, built in the mid-Victorian era, circa 1860, for Richard Crossing. It retains a long façade of solid painted brick walls and the original window arrangement. One large arched window represents an early coach entry.…

16. Shop
56 Market St

Constructed circa 1860, this early Victorian ground-floor shop with a residence above, is highly…

Constructed circa 1860, this early Victorian ground-floor shop with a residence above, is highly significant as it retains its original cantilevered balcony with a reverse…

Constructed circa 1860, this early Victorian ground-floor shop with a residence above, is highly significant as it retains its original cantilevered balcony with a reverse curve verandah roof, which returns to the east. Cantilevered balconies such as this one were once common in Mudgee. The…

17. Shops
54 Market St

This single-storied late Victorian commercial building has arched windows with a parapet above, finishing…

This single-storied late Victorian commercial building has arched windows with a parapet above, finishing in a corbelled string course at the top. The façade is…

This single-storied late Victorian commercial building has arched windows with a parapet above, finishing in a corbelled string course at the top. The façade is banded with string courses. Attached wall pilasters set a rhythm to the façade and decorate the parapet, extending down to…

18. St Marys Roman Catholic Church
57 Market St

This is a fine Gothic Revival church, designed by Edward Gell, a renowned architect…

This is a fine Gothic Revival church, designed by Edward Gell, a renowned architect of Bathurst and the Bathurst Catholic Diocese, and built in local…

This is a fine Gothic Revival church, designed by Edward Gell, a renowned architect of Bathurst and the Bathurst Catholic Diocese, and built in local Botobolar sandstone in 1873–76. The church retains part of the earlier 1857 church within the sanctuary and sacristy and so…

19. Mercer's Pharmacy
22-24 Church St

Historically significant as the home of a series of pharmacists, this building was initially…

Historically significant as the home of a series of pharmacists, this building was initially the pharmacy of Dr Charles Lester in 1912, then Mercer’s Pharmacy,…

Historically significant as the home of a series of pharmacists, this building was initially the pharmacy of Dr Charles Lester in 1912, then Mercer’s Pharmacy, and then Gawthorne’s until 2001. It now serves as a restaurant. It was probably designed by local architect Harold Hardwick.…

20. Shop, (previously cafe)
26-28 Church St

Historically significant, this Federation face brick shop probably dates from the 1920s. The design…

Historically significant, this Federation face brick shop probably dates from the 1920s. The design influence is Arts and Crafts. The building features two side parapets…

Historically significant, this Federation face brick shop probably dates from the 1920s. The design influence is Arts and Crafts. The building features two side parapets with attached piers that extend up to a small corbelled flat roof, and a central corrugated iron roof flows down…

21. Town Centre Store
19-41 Church St

This is a large country merchant’s store surviving from the 1870s and built by…

This is a large country merchant’s store surviving from the 1870s and built by the Loneragan family. The impressive façade, approximately 100 metres in length,…

This is a large country merchant’s store surviving from the 1870s and built by the Loneragan family. The impressive façade, approximately 100 metres in length, defines the mid-Victorian store. It has a high parapet wall above an ornate verandah. The older sections of the building…

22. Shop, Travel Agency
56 Church St

This building dates from the Victorian era, but above the awning the rendered classical…

This building dates from the Victorian era, but above the awning the rendered classical façade was refurbished and remodelled by Mr W Flack to give…

This building dates from the Victorian era, but above the awning the rendered classical façade was refurbished and remodelled by Mr W Flack to give its present appearance as a 1929 building. The façade composition includes attached piers in pairs that extend up to a…

23. Woolleys Butchery
43 Church St

This building was constructed as a butcher shop c. 1900 for Edwin Woolley. The…

This building was constructed as a butcher shop c. 1900 for Edwin Woolley. The shop retained the name of the original owners until closing in…

This building was constructed as a butcher shop c. 1900 for Edwin Woolley. The shop retained the name of the original owners until closing in 2001 and re-opening as the Butcher Shop Café. Many internal features, such as the wall tiling, have been retained. The…

24. Kellys Irish Pub
49 Church St

In the 1850s a store was built on this site that was converted to…

In the 1850s a store was built on this site that was converted to the Sydney Hotel in 1870. It iInitially it had a cantilevered…

In the 1850s a store was built on this site that was converted to the Sydney Hotel in 1870. It iInitially it had a cantilevered verandah, that was extended in the 1920s. A full two- storied verandah was completed in the 1990s. Today the hotel…

25. Oriental Tavern
6 Lewis St

This two-storey corner hotel was completed in 1876. It has operated continually as the…

This two-storey corner hotel was completed in 1876. It has operated continually as the Oriental Hotel since its opening. Early publicans and owners include George…

This two-storey corner hotel was completed in 1876. It has operated continually as the Oriental Hotel since its opening. Early publicans and owners include George Brady 1884, Mr Freestone 1888, and John McPhee 1909.The walls of the original hotel were face brickwork but are now…

26. Uniting Church
87 Mortimer St

The Uniting Church of Mudgee is historically and socially significant, having developed from the…

The Uniting Church of Mudgee is historically and socially significant, having developed from the original Wesleyan presence in Mudgee from 1853. This church was constructed…

The Uniting Church of Mudgee is historically and socially significant, having developed from the original Wesleyan presence in Mudgee from 1853. This church was constructed in 1864, and is one of the oldest in Mudgee. It was supported in its conception through fundraising by families…

27. Civic Theatre
84-88 Mortimer St

This building was constructed as the Civic Theatre circa 1940, but never functioned as…

This building was constructed as the Civic Theatre circa 1940, but never functioned as a theatre. It was possibly used as a hall. The façade…

This building was constructed as the Civic Theatre circa 1940, but never functioned as a theatre. It was possibly used as a hall. The façade reflects the Art Deco period of its construction, with a rendered and moulded parapet façade featuring vertical recessed lines and…

28. Former Masonic Temple
18 Perry St

Constructed initially as a warehouse and stores building, this large and impressive building facing…

Constructed initially as a warehouse and stores building, this large and impressive building facing Perry Street was converted to the Mudgee Masonic Temple by architect…

Constructed initially as a warehouse and stores building, this large and impressive building facing Perry Street was converted to the Mudgee Masonic Temple by architect Harold Hardwick in 1923. It continued in that use until the 1990s, when the lodge moved to new premises in…

29. Salvation Army Citadel
19 Perry St

The former Salvation Army citadel was constructed in 1889–90 and features castle-like qualities, with…

The former Salvation Army citadel was constructed in 1889–90 and features castle-like qualities, with a return pediment and central tower topped with crenulated brickwork that…

The former Salvation Army citadel was constructed in 1889–90 and features castle-like qualities, with a return pediment and central tower topped with crenulated brickwork that is capped and rendered. The façade has a central louvred rose vent in the tower above plain double entrance doors…

30. Former Bank / Council Offices 'Lovejoy House'
1 Lovejoy St

This is a fine two-storied early Flemish bond brick Victorian building with an imposing…

This is a fine two-storied early Flemish bond brick Victorian building with an imposing frontage. The building is set close to the boundaries on a…

This is a fine two-storied early Flemish bond brick Victorian building with an imposing frontage. The building is set close to the boundaries on a corner lot and has a generous arcaded verandah on the northern side. It was completed in 1866 for the Australian…

31. Former Mudgee Guardian, Commercial building
9 Perry St

When first constructed in 1858–59, this building was the Australian Joint Stock Bank. The…

When first constructed in 1858–59, this building was the Australian Joint Stock Bank. The upper floor was a cantilevered balcony with a skillion roof over…

When first constructed in 1858–59, this building was the Australian Joint Stock Bank. The upper floor was a cantilevered balcony with a skillion roof over the footpath. By circa 1890 it had become the premises of the Mudgee Guardian newspaper. It was then that the…