Camelot, Kirkham, Heritage building in Narellan, Australia
Camelot is a late Victorian brick house in Narellan in the state of New South Wales. The facade shows multiple gables, turrets and arched verandas running along the length of the building.
Architect John Horbury Hunt designed the house in 1881 for James White, a horse breeder and racehorse owner. White financed the construction with prize money from his racehorse Chester, which had won the Melbourne Cup.
The name was changed from Kirkham to Camelot by Frances Faithfull-Anderson, who was reminded of Tennyson's poem The Lady of Shalott when she saw the house. Before the Depression she hosted large parties there, and she supported local causes including the Red Cross and the Country Women's Association.
Camelot stands on Kirkham Lane in Narellan, south-west of Sydney, on the site of John Oxley's former Kirkham Mill. The 1816 stables, now under separate ownership, stand across the lane from the house. The property is privately owned and has served as a filming location, so it is not open to the public as a visitor attraction.
Camelot was used as the Ash Park estate in the television series A Place to Call Home, filmed there from 2013 to 2018. The house stands on the site of John Oxley's Kirkham Mill, and partly on its foundations. Oxley's 1816 stables survive across Kirkham Lane in separate ownership.
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