Shubra Hall, Heritage building in New South Wales, Australia

Shubra Hall is a two-storey Victorian Second Empire mansion on a landscaped hilltop north of Croydon railway station, designed by Albert Bond and built from 1869 for draper Anthony Hordern III. Its exterior carries a three-dimensional layer of plaster ornament: chamfers, blind arcading, polygonal columns and unusual capitals at the entrance, plus cast-iron balconies and verandahs. A tower with a steep fish-scale patterned roof rises above the composition. It now serves as an administration building for the Presbyterian Ladies' College.

Shubra Hall was built from 1869 to 1888 to a design attributed to architect Albert Bond for Anthony Hordern III, known as Tertius, co-owner of the Sydney department store Hordern and Sons. Hordern consolidated 13 acres and two roods under one title on 4 August 1868 and first lived in the Croydon stables while supervising the work. In December 1882 the Mutual Provident Land Investing and Building Society sold the house and grounds to diamond drill owner John Coghlan for £6,489; it was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 19 December 2014.

Anthony Hordern III named the house for reasons now obscure; "Shubra" was also used as a middle name by Hordern family members of the time. The Sands Directory listed the property as Shubra Park and Hordernville. The Hordern family created celebrated gardens around their residences, and Shubra Hall stood on a landscaped hilltop.

Plan your visit in advance as access may be restricted to protect the historic fabric of the building. Checking conditions beforehand helps ensure you can view the site and understand any guidelines for your visit.

Anthony Hordern III first lived in the Croydon stables while supervising work on the house, which suggests the stables predate the mansion; no original design drawings for house, stables or garden are known to survive.