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Quambi House
This building is a local museum of great historical significance, it is open to the general public and coach tours.
Council is responsible for the maintenance of the building, whilst the Stroud and District Historical Society looks after the operational aspects of the building.
The exact date of Quambi House is contested but the late 1830s have been suggested. Originally known as Lady Parry's School it became a grammar school when the state school was opened in the 1880s and a private residence in 1900.
Quambi is a two-storey house of sandstock brick with a hipped roof, shuttered and multi-paned windows, a fine door, painted semi-circular fanlights on the ground floor openings, brick arches, curved parapet brickwork to the kitchen annex (c.1860), a front porch supported by four classical columns, and cedar grates on both floors which are considered to be characteristic of the district. There is also an old milestone out the front.
Quambi House displays furniture, clothing, personal and household items, photographs and other objects from the late 1800s to the mid 1900s. The restored, convict built building also houses a collection of historic books from the Australian Agricultural Company (AAC), dating from the late 1700s to the 1800s.
Opening hours:
Contact Stroud Historical Society
Telephone: 4994 5400 or 4997 4196
Address
87 Cowper Street
Stroud NSW 2425
Contact details
Community Services Section
02 6591 7279 (ph)
02 6591 7362 (fax)
council@greatlakes.nsw.gov.au
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