Woodford academy the building speaks

Woodford Academy is open 10am – 4pm, with special talk by Kate O’Neill and Dr Siobhán Lavelle commencing at 1pm.

Discover the history of Woodford Academy, as told through its sandstone bricks, wonky windows and paved courtyard, on an interactive tour with Historical Archaeologist Dr Siobhán Lavelle OAM.

The oldest complex of colonial buildings in the Blue Mountains, Woodford Academy has a diverse history, serving as a busy Roadside Inn, the first Guesthouse in the region, a gentleman’s private mountains retreat, and a salubrious mountain resort.

All of these phases are still evident in the building’s structures, from its 1830s beginnings as the original six roomed inn, its double storied Neo-Georgian expansion and the later addition of the feted six-foot wide verandah.