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Friday, June 4, 2021

“Studley Park” House - Narellan

 


Studley Park House - Narellan








At a glance

  • Location: Camden Valley Way, Narellan (Camden Golf Club)
  • Built: 1888–89 for businessman William Charles Payne, who bought the 200-acre property on 2 October 1888
  • Architects: A. L. & G. McCredie of Sydney (house, stables, granary/engine house; the engine house powered a dynamo for electric light)
  • Style: Victorian Italianate country house with tower
  • Later uses: Campbelltown-Camden Grammar School (from c.1902); 1930s residence and golf-country club of A. A. Gregory (Twentieth Century Fox); WWII and postwar Army use, including the Women’s Royal Australian Army Corps; Camden Golf Club
  • Also known as: Payne’s Folly, St Helen’s School
  • Heritage: NSW State Heritage Register, listed 2 April 1999

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