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Date: 1828 Type: Homestead Status: Extant   Click to view map Coordinates: 33°30'16.61" S 26°49'40.32" E Alt: 224m

Morley House is one of the oldest buildings in Bathurst and dates from the time when the 1820s settlers arrived from England. The house was built in 1828 for the blacksmith Thomas Hartley from Mansfield, England by William Forward. The Morley family bought the property in the 1880s and occupied it continuously until 1970. The last Morley descendant, Anne Kirkpatrick, who had lived in the cottage until 1944 passed away in 1970. The cottage lay derelict for some time until it was renovated in the 1980s by Brigadier Norman Nauhaus. It was restored further to the beautiful condition you see today by Ian Davis in 2004. (Bev Young. A short history of one of the oldest homes in Bathurst. The Heritage Portal: October 9, 2017)