One of the oldest homes in the St George area, New South Wales State Heritage-listed Lydham Hall Historic House Museum is a sandstone villa built in the late 1870s and now open to the public.
Meet our volunteer guides and learn how about the lives of the 19th and 20th century residents of Lydham Hall, including the naturalist David Stead and her daughter Christina Stead, acclaimed author of The Man Who Loved Children (1940), based on her childhood in Sydney. She is commemorated with the richest and longest running state-based literary award for fiction in Australia, the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction.
In the cafe, our traditional Devonshire Tea (freshly baked scones, clotted cream, jam, tea or coffee) is always on the menu.
The museum is located at 18 Lydham Avenue Rockdale NSW 2216. On-street parking is available or a short bus trip from Rockdale Station takes you within a 5-minute walk of the museum.
The house and manicured gardens are regularly open to the public and for group tours and venue hire. The interior of Lydham Hall is presented in the style of a late Victorian residence with a fine collection of antique furniture and over 1500 objects of local and historical interest contained within the rooms and in the museum upstairs. The museum also has a library and archives which contain a broad range of books photographs and documents on local places, people, events, and institutions.
To book with the best prices and plan your visit:
https://stgeorgehistsoc.org.au/lydham-hall/
|
