The Cottage was begun around 1810 by William Cox, who would, in 1814, build the first road across the Blue mountains. The Cottage is built on land granted to William's four and half year old son Edward in 1809 by Lieut-Governor Colonel Paterson. Governor Macquarie re-granted the same land back to Edward in 1810. Reaching its full completion in 1820, is one of the earliest timber-framed structures still surviving in Australia. The Cottage garden is planted out with specimens that would have been around the house during its early history.
