Cecil Hills Farm, Heritage farm site in Cecil Hills, Australia
Cecil Hills Farm is a heritage estate in western Sydney containing a main house and several outbuildings designed for farm operations. The complex includes stables, shearing sheds, and cow bails that together demonstrate how rural properties functioned during the 19th century.
The property began as a land grant in the early 1820s during Governor Macquarie's expansion of settlement in the region. John Wylde developed it into a working farm complex that operated through the 1800s before being officially protected as heritage in 1999.
The farm buildings show how rural families organized their daily work, with each structure serving a specific purpose in the agricultural routine that once defined life in western Sydney.
The site is accessible from the surrounding streets in a quiet residential area near Liverpool. Check before visiting as access arrangements depend on current preservation and heritage management conditions.
Mature coral trees and Moreton Bay figs grow around the colonial buildings, having stood since the farm's working days. These large trees are part of the original plantings and frame the heritage structures in ways many visitors overlook.
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