Fairfield House

This home is located at 21 Fairfield Avenue, Windsor, New South Wales. It is listed by Hawkesbury City Council as an item of local heritage significance.

This grand Victorian house is believed to incorporate an earlier Georgian residence (c.1833) built by William Cox and was extended in the Victorian Filigree style by Henry McQuade (manager of Her Majesty’s Theatre, Sydney) in 1880. The interior of the house features opulent fittings and furnishings including marble fireplaces, elaborate plasterwork, ballroom and entrance portico.

In 1882 a cricket match was held in the grounds between local teams and the All England Eleven and a special train carried 1,000 spectators from Sydney to view the event. The property also included a private race track. The house originally had an entrance from the main road (only the gate posts survive from this structure) but can still be viewed across the Windsor Golf Course (opened May 1905) from Hawkesbury Valley Way.

Read about the history of Fairfield House.

See photos and read about the sale of Fairfield House in June 2018 from the Daily Telegraph.

Fairfield is currently (February 2024) undergoing restoration by Craig and Sharon Nancarrow see article in the February 2024 edition of the Hawkesbury Independent

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