Eskbank House, Lithgow

Name: Eskbank House
Address: Bennett Street, Lithgow, 2790, Australia
Telephone: +61 2 6351 3557

#2 among attractions in Lithgow

Specialty museum, Museum

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Facts and practical information

Eskbank House is a heritage-listed former mine owner's residence, iron and steel works manager's residence, school and boarding house and now museum, event venue and community resource centre at 70 Inch Street, Lithgow, City of Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by an unknown architect and built from 1841 to 1842 by Alexander Binning, a stonemason, using convict labour. It is also known as Eskbank House and Moveable Collections and Esk Bank House; The Grange. The property is owned by Lithgow City Council. The residence was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 24 August 2018. ()

Coordinates: 33°28'38"S, 150°9'58"E

Address

Bennett StreetLithgow 2790 Australia

Contact

+61 2 6351 3557

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Day trips

Eskbank House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Blast Furnace Park, Cooerwull railway footbridge, Lithgow State Mine Heritage Park & Railway, Lithgow Small Arms Factory Museum.

~1440 ftNE
Historical place, Park
Blast Furnace Park, Lithgow
7 min walk • The Lithgow Blast Furnace is a heritage-listed former blast furnace and now park and visitor attraction at Inch Street, Lithgow, City of Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia. It was built from 1906 to 1907 by William Sandford Limited.
1.4 miW
Bridge
Cooerwull railway footbridge, Lithgow
35 min walk • The Cooerwull railway footbridge is a heritage-listed pedestrian bridge located at Top Points Station, Zig Zag Railway, Lithgow, City of Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia. It was built in 1941. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.
1 miN
History museum, Museum
Lithgow State Mine Heritage Park & Railway, Lithgow
25 min walk • The Lithgow State Mine Heritage Park & Railway is an Australian mining museum, located in the Central Tablelands city of Lithgow, New South Wales.
1.6 miSW
33°29'15"S • 150°8'31"E
Lithgow Small Arms Factory Museum, Lithgow
40 min walk • Specialty museum, Museum
0.9 miW
Bridge
Lithgow Underbridge, Lithgow
23 min walk • The Lithgow Underbridge is a heritage-listed railway underbridge that carries the Main West Line over James Street, in Lithgow, in the City of Lithgow local government area of New South Wales, Australia. The bridge is located approximately 156 kilometres from Central railway station.
5.6 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Blaxland
144 min walk • Mount Blaxland, actually a hill, is located about 15 kilometres south of Lithgow. It was the furthest point reached by Blaxland, Lawson, and Wentworth on their historic 1813 crossing of the Blue Mountains.
5.8 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount York
147 min walk • Mount York, a mountain in the western region of the Explorer Range, part of the Blue Mountains Range that is a spur off the Great Dividing Range, is located approximately 150 kilometres west of Sydney, just outside Mount Victoria in New South Wales, Australia.
1.6 miSW
Museum
Lithgow Small Arms Factory, Lithgow
40 min walk • The Lithgow Small Arms Factory, or Lithgow Arms, is an Australian small arms manufacturing factory located in the town of Lithgow, New South Wales.
4.7 miS
Locality
Hartley
121 min walk • Hartley is a historical village in the Central Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia, within the City of Lithgow local government area, located approximately 127 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district.