Wilton Park

Item details

Name of item: Wilton Park
Type of item: Landscape
Group/Collection: Farming and Grazing
Category: Homestead Complex
Location: Lat: -34.2124192856 Long: 150.6410318000
Primary address: Wilton Park Road, Wilton, NSW 2571
Parish: Wilton
County: Camden
Local govt. area: Wollondilly
Local Aboriginal Land Council: Tharawal
Property description
Lot/Volume CodeLot/Volume NumberSection NumberPlan/Folio CodePlan/Folio Number
LOT8 DP243079
All addresses
Street AddressSuburb/townLGAParishCountyType
Wilton Park RoadWiltonWollondillyWiltonCamdenPrimary Address

Owner/s

Organisation NameOwner CategoryDate Ownership Updated
 Private06 Apr 99

Statement of significance:

The Wilton Park stables group which remains much as it was when retailer Samuel Hordern established his thoroughbred horse stud there, has historic significance because it forms a record of a significant part of the activities of a man who was a successful leader in Australian stud stockbreeding as well as a wealthy and successful businessman. The stables were built at a time when the horse was at its peak in Australian agriculture and stockbreeding was a developing skill and these buildings are fine examples of the rural architecture which developed in response to the needs of the bloodstock industry.

The stables group also has aesthetic significance derived from the fact that the individual buildings relate well to each other and to their environment. Their siting on gently rising ground in a formal composition around a central quadrangle creates an impressive vista when seen from the original main eastern approach and from the Wilton Road. Individual buildings are themselves fine examples of rural architecture. In particular, the covered round yard is of rare architectural quality and an excellent example of highly skilled timber craftsmanship. (It may have been the model for the brick round yard at Retford Park, Bowral, another Hordern family property.) It also forms an interesting contrast, both visually and in form and materials, with the brick buildings of the group. Of historic, architectural and aesthetic value (LEP, 1991).

Sited on gently sloping ground in a formal composition around a central quadrangle, the buildings are fine examples of rural architecture from a time when stock breeding was an important and developing Industry (RNE, 1980).
Date significance updated: 27 Mar 12
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Description

Designer/Maker: Albert Bond?
Construction years: 1891-
Physical description: Farm:
Fully established by Hordern in 1891, Wilton Park consisted of some 2500 acres of fertile undulating land on the right bank of the Nepean River about two miles from the main southern railway near Maldon (LEP, 2011).

Stables:
The stables consist of a group of structures sited on gently rising ground in a formal composition around a central quadrangle. They form an impressive vista when seen from the original main eastern approach to the property (LEP, 2011).

Stables Group:
The stables group consists of stables, a building containing a coach-house and harness room, underground water tanks, stallion boxes, a covered yard and a quadrangle (The present house built in 1955 is not included)(LEP, 2011).

Central to the group is a grassed quadrangle, originally raked gravel. The buildings facing onto the quadrangle are fine examples of rural architecture from a time when stock breeding was an important and developing Industry (RNE, 1980).

Three buildings of the group enclose a QUADRANGLE which was originally of raked gravel (now grass)(LEP, 2011).

Facing this are:
1) the stables building, with central gable over its opening to the paddocks;
2) a similar building to the coach house and associated rooms;
3) two underground water tanks and
two detached stallion boxes and timber framed, iron roofed, covered round yard (LEP, 2011).

Stables:
The STABLES building, which faces north, contains 12 loose boxes, is long and narrow in plan, built of sandstock brick, with a gable roof finished with iron ventilators and decorative fretwork barge boards. Floors vary from perforated plank floors over brick urine drains, to brick paving. In the centre, a gabled opening gives access to paddocks and rolling hills beyond (LEP, 2011).

Coach House & Harness Room:
Another similar building, facing east, contains the COACH HOUSE and HARNESS ROOM with a fine original harness cupboard as well as the grooms' room and feed room (LEP, 2011).

Underground Water Tanks:
The north side of the quadrangle is formed by two UNDERGROUND WATER TANKS roofed with low hipped roofs and capped with iron ventilators. The original water tank and windmill have been removed (LEP, 2011).

Stallion Boxes:
Two detached STALLION BOXES, with details similar to the stables face away from the quadrangle (LEP, 2011).

Round Yard:
The COVERED ROUND YARD is constructed of posts set in the earth to form a ring about 30 feet in diameter, lined internally with two layers of boarding. Encircling the post tops is a continuous, circular laminated wall plate to form a 'parasol', perforated at its apex by an iron ventilator. The collar ties radiate like spokes of a wheel from a central hub and four suspension rods link the hub and the apex. The roof of mitred corrugated iron is fixed to concentric rings of roof battens (LEP, 2011).
Physical condition and/or
Archaeological potential: 		The buildings are in good condition and were restored in sympathy with the original design in the late 1970s (LEP, 1991)
Date condition updated:28 Feb 18
Modifications and dates: The present house, buuilt in 1955, replaced the stud groom's house (LEP, 2011).
Further information: The stables consist of a group of structures sited on gently rising ground in a formal composition around a central quadrangle. They form an impressive vista when seen from the original main eastern approach to the property (LEP, 2011).
Current use: farm
Former use: Aboriginal land, farm, horse stud, residence

History

Historical notes: Aboriginal land
This area was the traditional land of the Gandangara people (Garran ,1978, 530). The area is home to the Tharawal and Gundungurra people (Robinson, 2008).

Gundungurra or Gandangarra people lived in the Southern Highlands area, which includes Mittagong, for many thousands of years. People who spoke the Gundungurra language lived in the Blue Mountains, the Southern Highlands and the Goulburn Plains of New South Wales. They lived in small groups of extended family members, who were attached to particular areas of country (Di Johnson: 2004 in SHR database 5045486).

Gundungurra groups left archaeological evidence of their occupation throughout their traditional lands, including scarred trees where bark was removed for use as a boat or other object, grinding grooves on rocks where axes were ground, and occupation sites which include middens. Well-worn Gundungurra pathways on ridge tops were often the routes used as the first roads by colonists (Di Johnson 2004). Possibly this could have been the origin of the Old South Road... (SHR database 5045486).

One of the first places in the Gundungurra traditional homelands that most appealed to the Anglo-Celt settlers were the river flats of the Burragorang Valley (now flooded under Warragamba Dam). Even before the valley was officially surveyed in 1827-8, many early settlers were already squatting on blocks that they planned to officially occupy following the issue of freehold title grants. From the Burragorang Valley and using Aboriginal pathways, other valleys to the west were occupied and developed by the settlers with construction of outstations and stock routes. These cattle entrepreneurs were then followed by cedar-wood extractors and miners (Johnson, 2009, 4).

After Anglo-European settlers caused displacement of Gundungurra people, they often worked on farms or grazing properties within and adjacent to their traditional land (Di Johnson: 2004 in SHR database 5045486).

The Gundungurra traditional owners resisted the taking of their lands, and, relying on various laws of the colony at the time, continually applied for official ownership. Although their individual claims failed, in some kind of recognition of the significance of the designated tracts of land claimed, six Aboriginal Reserves (under the control of the NSW Aborigines Protection Board) were formally declared in the Burragorang Valley. Even after these reserves were revoked, many of the traditional owners remained, quietly refusing to leave their traditional homelands (ibid, 2009, 4).

Finally pushed into the 'Gully', a fringe development in West Katoomba from about 1894, the Gully community stayed together for more than 60 years until dispossessed of the Gully by the then Blue Mountains Shire Council so a group of local businessmen could develop a speedway that became known as the Catalina Race Track. The Gully people kept talking about areas of land they had walked in as children - the nearby Megalong and Kanimbla Valleys and the Burragorang Valley. They knew of the profound significance of these valleys for their parents and grandparents (ibid, 2009, 4).

Camden & the Cow Pastures:
The area is associated with the early history of the colony of New South Wales. Governor Hunter named it 'The Cowpastures' after cattle which had strayed from the Farm Cove settlement were discovered there in 1795. Due to the early European settlers, namely the Macarthurs, who established flourishing wool, wine and wheat industries here, the area is said to be 'the birthplace of the nation's wealth' (ibid, 2008).

Wilton Park estate:
The stables group was built about 1892 for Samuel Hordern, grandson of the founder of the firm and the builder of the Palace Emporium, Brickfield Hill, Sydney. Although there is no definite evidence on hand, the architect for the stables group could have been Albert Bond, the Hordern family architect during the period 1876-1910 (LEP, 1991)..

Wilton Park became one of the leading horse breeding studs in Australia, contributing significantly to the quality of horses in the colony and producing many winners (LEP, 1991).

There were few family names more resonant in the commerce of Sydney during the first half of the twentieth century than that of Hordern. The huge emporium of Anthony Hordern and Sons stood defiantly on the historic slope of Brickfield Hill proudly proclaiming to the world under its trademark spreading oak tree the motto: 'While I live I'll grow.' And it did. The original Hordern family to migrate to Sydney came from Staffordshire in England in March 1825 and moved to escape family opprobrium over a marriage that was deemed unsuitable. The Horderns quickly moved into merchandising and land speculation in their newly adopted country, acquiring a considerable fortune. The man most responsible for consolidating the Hordern fortunes, and the first Samuel Hordern relevant to our Derby chronicle, was born in Sydney in 1849 on the spot where the original emporium burgeoned. In 1875 at Paddington he married Jane Booth, the daughter of one of the founders of Milton on the south coast of New South Wales. In August of the following year, Samuel's father died, and he became a very wealthy young man. However, the real change in his fortunes occurred ten years later in 1886, following upon the death of his older brother, Anthony, from brain fever while at sea. Samuel paid 158,252 pounds for Anthony's share of the business. In so doing, he became the sole proprietor of Anthony Hordern and Sons, Universal Providers, Palace Emporium, Haymarket. While there were five other competing Hordern shops in Sydney at the time, it was Samuel's Haymarket enterprise that thrived (Ibbott, 2018).

To most of the Horderns, wealth, power and magnanimity went together although the family's undisputed altruism had a shrewdly practical side. Never one to obtrude himself in public affairs, Samuel's first love - apart from the family business - was yachting; he was commodore of the Prince Alfred Yacht Club. Balanced against this love of the ocean was an equally abiding passion for country life and all things rural. It was this love that led him in the 1880s to buy Wilton Park and Retford Park near Bowral and develop the properties as a stud farm (ibid, 2018).

The farm bred all the cattle as well as all the dray horses employed in delivery service of the Hordern stores; but part was also developed into a thoroughbred nursery, the famous Wilton Park Stud. Fully established by Hordern in 1891, Wilton Park consisted of some 2500 acres of fertile undulating land on the right bank of the Nepean River about two miles from the main southern railway near Maldon. In 1890 gangs of men were set at clearing, ploughing, fencing and dam-making. All timber other than shade trees were cleared from the numerous paddocks. Various grasses were laid down on the hills and flats; while ranges of splendid summer and winter boxes, round-houses, stallion houses, yards and shelter sheds were constructed on the estate under the supervision of Fred Day. Day was an English veterinary-surgeon originally hailing from Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, but who for a few years relocated to Sydney (ibid, 2018).

No expense was spared in establishing Wilton Park as a model estate. Some fashionably bred mares were purchased, both in England and from within Australia. From England and the 1891 Newmarket July Sales came the likes of Deborah, by Arbitrator (100 guineas); Spite, by Dutch Skater (310 guineas); and Idolatry (540 guineas), a daughter of Isonomy. All were bought on behalf of Hordern by Fred Day who had gone home to England especially to fill the commission, and the trio all foaled good-class winners in the paddocks of Wilton Park. To supplement this imported lineage, in Australia Hordern acquired such distinguished performers on the turf as Grace Darling and Trieste, not to mention well-bred fillies such as Novelette. As we have seen in an earlier chapter, Nordenfeldt was installed at Wilton Park as the foundation stallion to be mated with this select harem of mares, and Hordern had intended to retain and race all of the progeny himself. Upon the death of Nordenfeldt in June 1895, Hordern despatched his stud manager, Michael Power, to England with an unlimited commission to purchase a son of St Simon with which to replace him (ibid, 2018).

The genial Irishman journeyed throughout the kingdom in his quest, and his choice eventually fell on two sons of St Simon, Haut Brion and Gigue. Gigue was to sink without trace in Australia but Haut Brion, who was out of Bonnie Lassie, a daughter of Brother to Strafford, was to be something else. The winner of three races from twelve starts and (Pounds)2,180 in stakes on the English Turf, Haut Brion was a member of the famous 'Sunflower' family and had been bred by General Owen Williams. During his three seasons' racing in England, Haut Brion had won a race each year... Haut Brion had just completed his first season at Robert Peck's Howbury Hall Stud serving a limited number of mares when he was sold to Hordern. Haut Brion was shipped to Australia in the 'Nineveh', together with some well-bred English mares such as Meridian and Nineveh, for his future pleasure at Wilton Park, creating tremendous interest upon arrival here in September 1896, after a particularly rough passage from Cape Town. Samuel Hordern took advantage of the gathering brought about by the A.J.C. Spring Meeting of 1896 and issued invitations to an inspection of his latest stallion in the quarantine grounds. A large assembly of more than one hundred people gathered and included among them was William Bailey, who, as we shall see, would enjoy such conspicuous success with colts from the stallion's first two crops. A horse of much quality and substance, Haut Brion was advertised at 50 guineas although he attracted few outside mares in that initial season (ibid, 2018).

The first crop of Haut Brion's yearlings went through the Sydney sales ring in April 1899. Wilton Park offered seven lots from an excellent selection of imported and Australasian mares yielding an aggregate amount of 765 guineas or an average of around 110 guineas per yearling... no sooner had the first of Haut Brion's progeny hit the racecourses of Sydney and Melbourne than this son of St Simon had become the toast of Australian sportsmen (ibid, 2018).

(In) the 1901 A.J.C. Derby field and race Just below the St. Leger stand Hautvilliers had Caravel's measure and the son of Haut Brion came away to win the classic by a length-and-a-half with Grasspan, who finished well after momentarily being blocked for a run, a half-neck away in third place. The time, 2 minutes 37 seconds, represented a new record for the race, clipping a half-second of Trident's previous record set in 1886. Jockey Bob Lewis and trainer James Scobie had combined to win the A.J.C. classic in successive years emulating the achievements of Ernie Huxley and Tom Payten nine years earlier. The victory was a significant achievement for Wilton Park, and while Samuel Hordern basked in the reflected glory, he was also saddened that Michael Power, the man who had selected Haut Brion and done so much to build-up Wilton Park, hadn't lived long enough to witness the achievement. Power had died suddenly in August 1900 at his residence at Wilton Park at the age of just forty-seven from the rupture of a blood vessel to the brain. However, even by the time of his death, it was clear that Haut Brion was going to have a significant influence on Australian bloodstock. Hautvilliers was a real Haut Brion from the ground up and was yet another example of a Derby winner showing all the quality and strength of his sire. Hautvilliers victory nonetheless did serve to focus attention not just on Haut Brion, but the quality of the broodmares kept at Wilton Park (ibid, 2018).

For all the success of the sons and daughters of Haut Brion in Australia, the man responsible for bringing the stallion into the colony didn't enjoy the pleasure of seeing his own colours carried by many of them. At the time of his importation, Samuel Hordern had enjoyed only mixed fortunes in his dalliance with the Turf despite racing on a fairly large scale. Soon after establishing the Wilton Park Stud, Samuel Hordern purchased a large plot of land in Botany-street, Randwick, running through to Wansey-road and proceeded to erect the most luxurious training quarters in the land. The main building comprised a coach house, feed and saddle-rooms and a dozen lofty boxes. An extended verandah surfaced with tan, covered its whole length of 175 feet, and in inclement weather permitted walking of the horses. For racing colours, Hordern had acquired the famous 'white, blue spots' of Charles Fisher and there seemed every probability at the time of him becoming the leading owner in Australia (ibid, 2018).

He had untold wealth behind him, and rich men known to race without betting had often made themselves extremely popular by racing horses practically for the benefit of the public. Initially, people thought that Samuel Hordern would not bet - but he did so, albeit not on a large scale - but a section of the Sydney sporting public didn't take to him as a leading owner. There were two unruly scenes at Randwick in connection with Samuel Hordern's horses. Although A.J.C. stewards exonerated Hordern and Earnshaw from any complicity, the imbroglio was enough to convince Samuel Hordern to have no more to do with the Turf other than as a breeder. He promptly disposed of all his horses in training in May 1898 and resolved never to revisit Randwick. Hordern sold Gunbearer with a proviso that he was to go west and not run in N.S.W. or Victoria ever again (ibid, 2018).

When he first went into racing, F.W. (Fred) Day trained for Hordern and won the 1893 Sydney Cup for him with Realm, a Queensland-bred horse that was already a tried performer when Hordern bought him for 900 guineas plus a (Pounds)100 contingency from the Queensland sportsman, Captain Sandeman. It was Day who selected the first lot of English mares that went to Wilton Park, and when in 1894 he returned to England to train at Newmarket, he continued to act as a sometime bloodstock agent for Samuel Hordern when he sought additional English horses. I might mention that before training for Hordern in Australia, Day had prepared horses for the Governor of N.S.W., Lord Carrington (ibid, 2018).

The year 1901 held mixed fortunes for Samuel Hordern, for although September saw him basking in reflected glory as a Derby-winning breeder, just three months before Samuel had witnessed a fire that had effectively destroyed the Haymarket building housing his grand emporium. Again, showing the flair and initiative that had seen the business flourish, Samuel Hordern leased the Exhibition building, and it was 'business as usual' the very next day. It wasn't until 1905 that he opened the impressive new Italianate building on Brickfield Hill; and under his shrewd stewardship, the company continued to expand, eventually employing almost 4,000 people (ibid, 2018).

Haut Brion did go on to sire 19 individual winners of 34 principal races. Haut Brion remained at Wilton Park until the end of Samuel Hordern's life. The merchant prince of Sydney retailing having suffered for some time in bad health, died at the age of sixty in August 1909 at his residence Retford Hall in Darling Point, bequeathing an estate valued at a staggering (Pounds)2,925,925. Leaving a family of eight including four sons, as we shall see, a significant part of this legacy helped his eldest son, also christened Samuel, to succeed in the A.J.C. Derby as an owner, where his father had failed. In April 1910, the Executors of the estate dispersed much of the Hordern bloodstock. Thirty-one broodmares went, many of which had represented the essence of the stud down through the years (ibid, 2018).

After Samuel's death in 1909, Wilton Park remained in the Hordern family, until sold in 1927 (LEP, 1991).

Historic themes

Australian theme (abbrev)New South Wales themeLocal theme
1. Environment-Tracing the evolution of a continent's special environments Environment - naturally evolved-Activities associated with the physical surroundings that support human life and influence or shape human cultures. Other open space-
1. Environment-Tracing the evolution of a continent's special environments Environment - naturally evolved-Activities associated with the physical surroundings that support human life and influence or shape human cultures. Gardens-
1. Environment-Tracing the evolution of a continent's special environments Environment - naturally evolved-Activities associated with the physical surroundings that support human life and influence or shape human cultures. Changing the environment-
1. Environment-Tracing the evolution of a continent's special environments Environment - naturally evolved-Activities associated with the physical surroundings that support human life and influence or shape human cultures. Cultural: Plains and plateaux supporting human activities-
1. Environment-Tracing the evolution of a continent's special environments Environment - naturally evolved-Activities associated with the physical surroundings that support human life and influence or shape human cultures. Introduce cultural planting-
3. Economy-Developing local, regional and national economies Agriculture-Activities relating to the cultivation and rearing of plant and animal species, usually for commercial purposes, can include aquaculture Private farming-
3. Economy-Developing local, regional and national economies Agriculture-Activities relating to the cultivation and rearing of plant and animal species, usually for commercial purposes, can include aquaculture Associations with the Royal Agricultural Society-
3. Economy-Developing local, regional and national economies Agriculture-Activities relating to the cultivation and rearing of plant and animal species, usually for commercial purposes, can include aquaculture Ancillary structures - windmills-
3. Economy-Developing local, regional and national economies Agriculture-Activities relating to the cultivation and rearing of plant and animal species, usually for commercial purposes, can include aquaculture Attempting to transplant European farming practices to Australian environments-
3. Economy-Developing local, regional and national economies Agriculture-Activities relating to the cultivation and rearing of plant and animal species, usually for commercial purposes, can include aquaculture Clearing land for farming-
3. Economy-Developing local, regional and national economies Agriculture-Activities relating to the cultivation and rearing of plant and animal species, usually for commercial purposes, can include aquaculture Ancillary structures - wells, cisterns-
3. Economy-Developing local, regional and national economies Environment - cultural landscape-Activities associated with the interactions between humans, human societies and the shaping of their physical surroundings Significant Places: How are significant places marked in the landscape of Parramatta by, or for, different groups?-Monuments and Sites
3. Economy-Developing local, regional and national economies Environment - cultural landscape-Activities associated with the interactions between humans, human societies and the shaping of their physical surroundings Developing local, regional and national economies-National Theme 3
3. Economy-Developing local, regional and national economies Environment - cultural landscape-Activities associated with the interactions between humans, human societies and the shaping of their physical surroundings Landscapes used for self reliant recreation-
3. Economy-Developing local, regional and national economies Environment - cultural landscape-Activities associated with the interactions between humans, human societies and the shaping of their physical surroundings Landscapes and countryside of rural charm-
3. Economy-Developing local, regional and national economies Pastoralism-Activities associated with the breeding, raising, processing and distribution of livestock for human use Horse breeding and raising-
3. Economy-Developing local, regional and national economies Pastoralism-Activities associated with the breeding, raising, processing and distribution of livestock for human use Agisting and fattening stock for slaughter-
3. Economy-Developing local, regional and national economies Pastoralism-Activities associated with the breeding, raising, processing and distribution of livestock for human use Modifying landscapes to increase productivity-
3. Economy-Developing local, regional and national economies Pastoralism-Activities associated with the breeding, raising, processing and distribution of livestock for human use Pastoral and Agricultural Associations-
4. Settlement-Building settlements, towns and cities Accommodation-Activities associated with the provision of accommodation, and particular types of accommodation – does not include architectural styles – use the theme of Creative Endeavour for such activities. Country Homes-
4. Settlement-Building settlements, towns and cities Accommodation-Activities associated with the provision of accommodation, and particular types of accommodation – does not include architectural styles – use the theme of Creative Endeavour for such activities. Living on the land-
4. Settlement-Building settlements, towns and cities Accommodation-Activities associated with the provision of accommodation, and particular types of accommodation – does not include architectural styles – use the theme of Creative Endeavour for such activities. Pastoral Homestead-
4. Settlement-Building settlements, towns and cities Accommodation-Activities associated with the provision of accommodation, and particular types of accommodation – does not include architectural styles – use the theme of Creative Endeavour for such activities. gentlemen's residences-
4. Settlement-Building settlements, towns and cities Accommodation-Activities associated with the provision of accommodation, and particular types of accommodation – does not include architectural styles – use the theme of Creative Endeavour for such activities. Adapted heritage building or structure-
4. Settlement-Building settlements, towns and cities Accommodation-Activities associated with the provision of accommodation, and particular types of accommodation – does not include architectural styles – use the theme of Creative Endeavour for such activities. Farm homestead-
4. Settlement-Building settlements, towns and cities Accommodation-Activities associated with the provision of accommodation, and particular types of accommodation – does not include architectural styles – use the theme of Creative Endeavour for such activities. Architectural design-
4. Settlement-Building settlements, towns and cities Accommodation-Activities associated with the provision of accommodation, and particular types of accommodation – does not include architectural styles – use the theme of Creative Endeavour for such activities. Housing famous families-
4. Settlement-Building settlements, towns and cities Accommodation-Activities associated with the provision of accommodation, and particular types of accommodation – does not include architectural styles – use the theme of Creative Endeavour for such activities. Housing the prosperous - hill station summer retreats-
4. Settlement-Building settlements, towns and cities Accommodation-Activities associated with the provision of accommodation, and particular types of accommodation – does not include architectural styles – use the theme of Creative Endeavour for such activities. Accommodating workers in workers' housing-
4. Settlement-Building settlements, towns and cities Accommodation-Activities associated with the provision of accommodation, and particular types of accommodation – does not include architectural styles – use the theme of Creative Endeavour for such activities. Housing professional people-
4. Settlement-Building settlements, towns and cities Accommodation-Activities associated with the provision of accommodation, and particular types of accommodation – does not include architectural styles – use the theme of Creative Endeavour for such activities. Housing farming families-
4. Settlement-Building settlements, towns and cities Accommodation-Activities associated with the provision of accommodation, and particular types of accommodation – does not include architectural styles – use the theme of Creative Endeavour for such activities. Housing for farm and station hands-
4. Settlement-Building settlements, towns and cities Accommodation-Activities associated with the provision of accommodation, and particular types of accommodation – does not include architectural styles – use the theme of Creative Endeavour for such activities. Housing for industrial managers and owners-
4. Settlement-Building settlements, towns and cities Accommodation-Activities associated with the provision of accommodation, and particular types of accommodation – does not include architectural styles – use the theme of Creative Endeavour for such activities. Housing working animals-
4. Settlement-Building settlements, towns and cities Land tenure-Activities and processes for identifying forms of ownership and occupancy of land and water, both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Naming places (toponymy)-
4. Settlement-Building settlements, towns and cities Land tenure-Activities and processes for identifying forms of ownership and occupancy of land and water, both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Naming places (toponymy)-
4. Settlement-Building settlements, towns and cities Land tenure-Activities and processes for identifying forms of ownership and occupancy of land and water, both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Changing land uses - from rural to tourist-
4. Settlement-Building settlements, towns and cities Land tenure-Activities and processes for identifying forms of ownership and occupancy of land and water, both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Changing land uses - from rural to tourist-
4. Settlement-Building settlements, towns and cities Land tenure-Activities and processes for identifying forms of ownership and occupancy of land and water, both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Selecting land for pastoral or agricultural purposes-
4. Settlement-Building settlements, towns and cities Land tenure-Activities and processes for identifying forms of ownership and occupancy of land and water, both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Early farming (Cattle grazing)-
4. Settlement-Building settlements, towns and cities Towns, suburbs and villages-Activities associated with creating, planning and managing urban functions, landscapes and lifestyles in towns, suburbs and villages Garden suburbs-
4. Settlement-Building settlements, towns and cities Towns, suburbs and villages-Activities associated with creating, planning and managing urban functions, landscapes and lifestyles in towns, suburbs and villages A quiet Rural District-
4. Settlement-Building settlements, towns and cities Towns, suburbs and villages-Activities associated with creating, planning and managing urban functions, landscapes and lifestyles in towns, suburbs and villages Rural orchards-
4. Settlement-Building settlements, towns and cities Towns, suburbs and villages-Activities associated with creating, planning and managing urban functions, landscapes and lifestyles in towns, suburbs and villages Creating landmark structures and places in regional settings-
5. Working-Working Labour-Activities associated with work practises and organised and unorganised labour Working independently on the land-
8. Culture-Developing cultural institutions and ways of life Creative endeavour-Activities associated with the production and performance of literary, artistic, architectural and other imaginative, interpretive or inventive works; and/or associated with the production and expression of cultural phenomena; and/or environments that have inspired such creative activities. Adaptation of overseas design for local use-
8. Culture-Developing cultural institutions and ways of life Creative endeavour-Activities associated with the production and performance of literary, artistic, architectural and other imaginative, interpretive or inventive works; and/or associated with the production and expression of cultural phenomena; and/or environments that have inspired such creative activities. Architectural styles and periods - Federation Queen Anne-
8. Culture-Developing cultural institutions and ways of life Leisure-Activities associated with recreation and relaxation Going to the racetrack-
8. Culture-Developing cultural institutions and ways of life Sport-Activities associated with organised recreational and health promotional activities Racing horses-
9. Phases of Life-Marking the phases of life Persons-Activities of, and associations with, identifiable individuals, families and communal groups Associations with Samuel Hordern III, retailer-
9. Phases of Life-Marking the phases of life Persons-Activities of, and associations with, identifiable individuals, families and communal groups Associations with Albert Bond, architect-

Recommended management:

Recommendations

Management CategoryDescriptionDate Updated
Recommended ManagementProduce a Conservation Management Plan (CMP) 
Recommended ManagementPrepare a maintenance schedule or guidelines 
Recommended ManagementCarry out interpretation, promotion and/or education 

Procedures /Exemptions

Section of actDescriptionTitleCommentsAction date
57(2)Exemption to allow workHeritage Act grazing,repairs,pasture improv.,etc


Order Under Section 57(2) to exempt the following activities from Section 57(1):
stock grazing, pasture improvements, noxious plant and animal eradication, repairs and maintenance of existing buildings, fences and structures not identified in the order, to the owners, mortgagees or lessees of the property known as "Wilton Park", Wilton Park Road, Maldon, and referred to in Permanent Conservation Order No. 257. 		Feb 4 1983
57(2)Exemption to allow workStandard Exemptions ORDER UNDER SECTION 57(2) OF THE HERITAGE ACT 1977

Standard exemptions for engaging in or carrying out activities / works otherwise prohibited by section 57(1) of the Heritage Act 1977.

I, the Hon James Griffin MP, Minister for Environment and Heritage, pursuant to subsection 57(2) of the Heritage Act 1977, on the recommendation of the Heritage Council of New South Wales do by this Order, effective at the time of publication in the New South Wales Government Gazette:

1. revoke the order made on 9 November 2020 and published in the Government Gazette Number 318 of 13 November 2020; and

2. grant the exemptions from subsection 57(1) of the Heritage Act 1977 that are described in the attached Schedule.

The Hon James Griffin MP
Minister for Environment and Heritage
Signed this 2nd day of June 2022.

To view the standard exemptions for engaging in or carrying out activities / works otherwise prohibited by section 57(1) of the Heritage Act 1977 click on the link below. 		Jun 17 2022

PDF Standard exemptions for engaging in or carrying out activities / works otherwise prohibited by section 57(1) of the Heritage Act 1977

Listings

Heritage ListingListing TitleListing NumberGazette DateGazette NumberGazette Page
Heritage Act - State Heritage Register 0025702 Apr 99 271546
Heritage Act - Permanent Conservation Order - former 0025704 Feb 83 220662
Local Environmental PlanWollondilly Local Environmental Plan 2011 23 Feb 11   
National Trust of Australia register Wilton Park Stables Group4790   
Register of the National EstateWilton Park Group3304, 330521 Oct 80   

Study details

TitleYearNumberAuthorInspected byGuidelines used
Wollondilly Heritage Study1992W00190JRC Planning ServicesJocelyn Colleran Yes
Wollondilly Shire Council Heritage Study Review20062690190Andrea OehmAndrea Oehm Yes
Macarthur Region Heritage Study1985 Not Known  No
National Trust Country Register04790National Trust of Australia (NSW)  No

References, internet links & images

TypeAuthorYearTitleInternet Links
WrittenHoare, R., Reynolds, Peter .L., Roxburgh, Rachel Wilton Park, manuscript in National Trust of Australia (NSW) files
WrittenHooare, R; Reynolds, P.L; Roxburgh, R. Wilton Park (manuscript)
WrittenIbbett, Ian20181901 - Samuel Hordern and the Wilton Park Study View detail

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Data source

The information for this entry comes from the following source:
Name: Heritage NSW
Database number: 5045546
File number: S90/06177 & HC 32088

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