| Historical notes: | Site of the second barracks in Parramatta built to house British Regiments until their withdrawal in 1850s. LINDEN HOUSE: Built 1828 on south side of Macquarie St near Marsden St. Used as a school till 1830s when it it became the quarters for some of the officers of the garrison. A school again from c1840 to 1919, during which time the name Linden House came into use. From 1919 it had various uses. In 1963 it was acquired by members of the Royal NSW Lancers Association. The front half of the building was removed to its present site and reopened in March 1966 as a museum of the Lancers. OFFICERS' QUARTERS: Built 1819-20 to accommodate officers of the Parramatta Garrison. Designed by Lt John Watts. MENS' QUARTERS: Built 1819 to accommodate soldiers of the Parramatta Garrison. Designed by Lt John Watts. Substantially rebuilt between 1833-1842; renovated 1897. With the Officers' Quarters the oldest extant military buildings in mainland Australia. OFFICERS' MESS: Built 1897 probably as married quarters. REGIMENTAL HEADQUARTERS: Built 1900 as military residence. National Trust (Parramatta Branch): Linden House built in 1823 for Daniel Jackson. and sold to Robert Merchane a Sydney merchant between 1826 and 28. Campbell sold the building to the Trustees of the new Parramatta School of Industry run by Governor Darling's wife Elizabeth. The school's aim was to instruct girls in domestic arts as well as in reading and arithmetic and operated from the south side of Macquarie Street Parramatta between Marsden and O'Connell Streets, from 1829 until 1847, when it was moved to Sydney. The building was later used as a kindergarten then a mess house for junior officers of the British Garrison from c.1830. Ref.: Helen Proudfoot heritage study of Parramatta 1972. | From 1859 to 1878, the Presbyterian School was operating in this building in Macquarie Street. Margaret Griffith, and her daughter, who had run girls schools in various houses in Parramatta from as early as 1840 moved their school here in 1885 and named it 'Linden'. The Griffith and Duffus families had arrived in Parramatta from France c.1834 Later in the | mid twentieth century, the Returned Soldiers League bought the property . The R.S.L remained there until 1960s when it was sold to the AMP CO. . The house was carefully demolished and rebuilt in the grounds of the Lancer Barracks in 1966. Reference: S. & K. Brown, A Town Caught in Time, 1870., Hale & Iremonger 1995., pp.2, 64, 111. | | Meridth Walker :Site of second barracks to be built in Parramatta to house British regiments until their withdrawal in the 1850s. | LINDEN HOUSE: built1828 on south side of Macquarie Street near Marsden Street. Used as a school under the patronage of Governor Darling's wife until 1830s. when it became the quarters for some of the officers of the garrison. A School again from 1840 to 1919 during which time the name "Linden" was used. In 1963 it was occupied by members of the Royal NSW Lancers Association. | | Significance: | Evidence of the major role of colonial and state government in Parramatta. | Site possesses potential to contribute to an understanding of early urban development in Parramatta. This site is one of the few in Parramatta which still retains a continuous use from the early days of the settlement. | | National Trust (Parramatta Branch): This building designed by Lieutenant John Watt in 1819 for Governor Macquarie as part of a complex of buildings erected for the military in Parramatta. Originally two of these cottages were erected facing each other across a square and designed to house married officers and their families. | Reference: S. & K. Brown, A Town Caught in Time, 1870., Hale & Iremonger 1995., pp.2, 60, 61, 64, 111. | Meridith Walker :Site of second barracks to be built in Parramatta to house British regiments until their withdrawal in the 1850s. | OFFICERS' QUARTERS: Built 1819-20 to accommodate officers of the Parramatta garrison. Designed by John Watts. | MEN'S QUARTERS: Built 1819-20 to accommodate soldiers of the Parramatta garrison. Designed by John Watts. Substanially rebuilt between 1833-1842, renovated 1897. With the Officers quarters the oldest extant military buildings in mainland Australia. | | Significance: | Evidence of the major role of colonial and state government in Parramatta. | Site possesses potential to contribute to an understanding of early urban development in Parramatta. This site is one of the few in Parramatta which still retains a continuous use from the early days of the settlement. | | National Trust (Parramatta Branch): Meridth Walker :Site of second barracks to be built in Parramatta to house British regiments until their withdrawal in the 1850s. | LINDEN HOUSE: built1828 on south side of Macquarie Street near Marsden Street. Used as a school under the patronage of Governor Darling's wife until 1830s. when it became the quarters for some of the officers of the garrison. A School again from 1840 to 1919 during which time the name "Linden" was used. In 1963 it was occupied by members of the Royal NSW Lancers Association. | OFFICERS' QUARTERS: Built 1819-20 to accommodate officers of the Parramatta garrison. Designed by John Watts. | MEN'S QUARTERS: Built 1819-20 to accommodate soldiers of the Parramatta garrison. Designed by John Watts. Substanially rebuilt between 1833-1842, renovated 1897. With the Officers quarters the oldest extant military buildings in mainland Australia. | OFFICERS' MESS: Built 1897 probably as married quarters. | | Significance: | Evidence of the major role of colonial and state government in Parramatta. | Site possesses potential to contribute to an understanding of early urban development in Parramatta. This site is one of the few in Parramatta which still retains a continuous use from the early days of the settlement. | | National Trust (Parramatta Branch): This building designed by Lieutenant John Watt in 1819 for Governor Macquarie as part of a complex of buildings erected for the military in Parramatta. Originally two of these cottages were erected facing each other across a square and designed to house married officers and their families. | Reference: S. & K. Brown, A Town Caught in Time, 1870., Hale & Iremonger 1995., pp.2, 60, 61, 64, 111. | | Meridth Walker :Site of second barracks to be built in Parramatta to house British regiments until their withdrawal in the 1850s. | LINDEN HOUSE: built1828 on south side of Macquarie Street near Marsden Street. Used as a school under the patronage of Governor Darling's wife until 1830s. when it became the quarters for some of the officers of the garrison. A School again from 1840 to 1919 during which time the name "Linden" was used. In 1963 it was occupied by members of the Royal NSW Lancers Association. | OFFICERS' QUARTERS: Built 1819-20 to accommodate officers of the Parramatta garrison. Designed by John Watts. | MEN'S QUARTERS: Built 1819-20 to accommodate soldiers of the Parramatta garrison. Designed by John Watts. Substanially rebuilt between 1833-1842, renovated 1897. With the Officers quarters the oldest extant military buildings in mainland Australia. | | Significance: | Evidence of the major role of colonial and state government in Parramatta. | Site possesses potential to contribute to an understanding of early urban development in Parramatta. This site is one of the few in Parramatta which still retains a continuous use from the early days of the settlement. | | National Trust (Parramatta Branch): REGIMENTAL HEADQUARTERS:Built 1900 as military residence possibly designed by Government architect Walter Liberty Vernon. | | Meridth Walker :Site of second barracks to be built in Parramatta to house British regiments until their withdrawal in the 1850s. | LINDEN HOUSE: built1828 on south side of Macquarie Street near Marsden Street. Used as a school under the patronage of Governor Darling's wife until 1830s. when it became the quarters for some of the officers of the garrison. A School again from 1840 to 1919 during which time the name "Linden" was used. In 1963 it was occupied by members of the Royal NSW Lancers Association. | OFFICERS' QUARTERS: Built 1819-20 to accommodate officers of the Parramatta garrison. Designed by John Watts. | MEN'S QUARTERS: Built 1819-20 to accommodate soldiers of the Parramatta garrison. Designed by John Watts. Substanially rebuilt between 1833-1842, renovated 1897. With the Officers quarters the oldest extant military buildings in mainland Australia. | OFFICERS' MESS: Built 1897 probably as married quarters. | REGIMENTAL HEADQUARTERS:Built 1900 as military residence. | | Significance: | Evidence of the major role of colonial and state government in Parramatta. | Site possesses potential to contribute to an understanding of early urban development in Parramatta. This site is one of the few in Parramatta which still retains a continuous use from the early days of the settlement. | | | | |