Macquarie Arms Hotel

The Macquarie Arms Hotel stands at Thompson Square featuring sandstock brick walls, Georgian doorways, and cedar joinery throughout its interior. The structure includes stone flagged cellars and represents the solid construction of an established commercial house from early colonial times.

Richard Fitzgerald, a former convict who arrived in 1791 and later became superintendent of agriculture, built the hotel in 1815. The building rose during a time when Windsor was becoming an important commercial center.

The hotel serves as a social gathering place where visitors encounter local music performances and sense the early colonial connections of the region. The rooms reflect its importance as a center for commerce and community life.

The hotel is centrally located at Thompson Square and easily accessible on foot. The interior spaces can be viewed from outside, allowing visitors to appreciate the building even without entering.

The building is considered one of the most advanced commercial structures from Australia's pre-1820 period and reflects the social and economic ambitions of early settlers. Its design shows how important establishing European architectural styles was to the colonists.