Restaurant & Menu

History
 

A few interesting facts about Prospect House:-

• Built in 1830 for James Kestell Buscombe. .
• Twenty-two convicts assisted with the building and lived in the cellars beneath the house.
• The cobblestones on the floors of the stables are original.
• Prospect House was originally known as Prospect Villa and was possibly the site of the first vineyard in Australia.
• Prospect House is classified by the National Trust of Australia.
• The restaurant was opened in 1974.
• The 10 accommodation units were built into the original barns and haylofts in 1981.
• The family "Cottage" was built into the original servants' quarters and coach house in 1989.
• The house room (the Kestell room) was opened in 1996 along with the guest lounge and boardroom.
• Reception is the original house kitchen with woodfired ovens, bread oven and even a plate warmer.
• James Buscombe owned 18 other properties in and around Richmond.
• James and his wife Elizabeth along with James' parents John and Martha, are buried in the Richmond Anglican cemetery in a large underground crypt.