Camden Park Estate, incorporating Belgenny Farm, is a heritage-listed working farm at Camden South in outer south-western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, built between 1819 and 1840 by wool-industry pioneer John Macarthur, with later additions by architects Henry Kitchen, John Verge and A. J. Onslow. One of Australia's oldest surviving pastoral estates, it has functioned as a sheep station and horticultural farm since the early nineteenth century and remains occupied by Macarthur-Stanham family descendants. It was heritage-listed in 2006 and is today held by the Belgenny Farm Trust and the Camden Park Preservation Committee.
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Building TypeWorking farm and estate 1 LocationCamden South, New South Wales, Australia 1 Completed Year Classification
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The Camden Park Estate incorporating the Belgenny Farm is a heritage-listed large working historical farm located at Elizabeth Macarthur Avenue, in the outer south-western Sydney suburb of Camden South, New South Wales, Australia.
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is a heritage-listed large working historical farm located at Elizabeth Macarthur Avenue
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in the outer south-western Sydney suburb of Camden South, New South Wales, Australia.
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The Camden Park Estate incorporating the Belgenny Farm is a heritage-listed large working historical farm located at Elizabeth Macarthur Avenue, in the outer south-western Sydney suburb of Camden South, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by Henry Kitchen in c. 1800, John Verge in c. 1835 and A. J. Onslow in c. 1888 and built from 1819 to 1840 by John Macarthur in c. 1800, James English and Sons in c. 1888 and John Sulman c. 1895.
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It is built of stuccoed sandstock brick, with window and door architraves and other detailing of locally cut stone, including Marulan mudstone.
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It is built of stuccoed sandstock brick, with window and door architraves and other detailing of locally cut stone, including Marulan mudstone.
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More particularly it is an outstanding exemplar of Australia's Colonial Regency style of architecture, this significance being enhanced by the quality of the design and craftsmanship and the degree to which it has retained important original fabric and features.
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