Historic Buildings

Here are some of the significant buildings of history in Holroyd. Clicking on the small picture will bring up a bigger version.

Greystanes (Boothtown) Aqueduct

The Greystanes (Boothtown) Aqueduct is located in the Lower Prospect Canal and was completed in the 1880's for the opening of the Upper Nepean Scheme in 1888

Constructed of brick, the Aqueduct is 225 metres in length and has 22 arches, each with a 9.1 metre span. Today the Aqueduct is maintained for stand-by use. Large concrete plugs have been installed to prevent water from the canal entering the Aqueduct.

Dunmore House

The house was constructed in the 1880's dripping with iron lace and its verandahs were paved with white marble tiles. The house was built overlooking the surrounding land of Wentworthville, which later became Pendle Hill.

It is located at 222 Dunmore Street, Pendle Hill. The property and house are owned and operated as part of the Church of Christ home and school.

Goodlet & Smith

John Hay Goodlet was the founder of the brickworks in 1884. It is one of the oldest cement, brick and tile works in the district. The Goodlet & Smith site is located off Walpole Street in Holroyd Gardens, Holroyd. It illustrates the physical remains of the original and new technologies used at the site.

Linnwood

The historic ‘Linnwood’, 25 Byron Road, Guildford. ‘Linnwood’ was built by George McCredie in 1891. The first Presbyterian services in Guildford were held on the property and continued until after George McCredie’s death in 1903 and the George McCredie Memorial Church was built and opened in 1905. The property was sold to the state government in 1921 and became known as the Guildford Truant School for Boys and in later years became ‘Lynwood Hall’, a Domestic Training School for Girls. “Linnwood” was listed on the State Heritage Register in 2003.

The Friends of Linnwood provide a Linnwood Website.

Mays Hill Cemetery

Mays Hill Cemetery was active from 1848 to 1991, and is an historic record of the people of Holroyd. It provides outstanding examples of monumental craftsmanship and has many traditional and rare plant species within the site.

Situated at the corner of Steele Street and the Great Western Highway, it overlooks Mays Hill Park. The last burial in the cemetery was in 1991.

It is maintained by the Friends of Mays Hill Cemetery. 

St Andrews Presbyterian Church

The church was built in 1840 in Church Street, Parramatta and was completed in 1849.

In 1929 each brick was removed one by one and re-erected in McKern Street, Wentworthville.