NameNurrewinTypeBuildingResidenceGeolocation[1] Description'Nurrewin' is an early 20th century sandstone house of beautiful design. The building has a corrugated iron roof and several sandstone chimneys, and wide verandahs. A stone kitchen lies to the rear of the property, connected by a common wall. A laundry and servants quarters also remain.
William Mann Thompson, a prominent Sydney engineer built 'Nurrewin' as a summer residence, after purchasing the land in 1904. Some time before World War One, Thompson family eventually took up permanent resident at the site.
The home was built from sandstone cut from large rocks 50 yards behind the house site. A light rail track was laid to enable its construction. It took approximately two years to build, beginning in 1904. Thompson sold the property in 1926.
'Nurrewin' has since had many owners, was once used as a guesthouse, and is now owned by the National Parks and Wildlife Service.
The word Nurrewin is reputedly the Dharawal word for Lyrebird, or place of Lyrebirds.
