Raglan

Raglan is a small suburb of Bathurst, NSW. It is actually the first suburb you see when you enter Bathurst from the Sydney direction. It is not a very big suburb but it does have some historic gems hidden a 1km radius with some buildings nearly 200 years old.

Random fact according to Wikipedia is that Raglan was named after FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan, commander-in-chief of the Allied forces in the Crimean War from 1850 to 1855

I have been living in Bathurst for over 3 years now and I have only ever been into Raglan once to photograph an old train going past the train station. So with restriction easing in the Central West of NSW I decided to head to the Bathurst information centre and find a map that will take me on my next adventure. I picked up the “ Unique Raglan Station” guide with a map.

Map of the “ Unique Raglan Station” guide.

Stop 1: St James Church located on Christie Street Raglan.

St James Church was erected on the 14 October 1873 making the church 148 years old. The church was currently under renovations when I visited with a large skip bin out the front making an appearance in some of my photos but it is great to see some history preserved.

Stop 2: The location of the old Raglan Public School that opened on 10 November 1875. I am guessing the building has since been demolished as I could not find an old school building near the church only a paddock with a few old cars.

Stop 3: The Earth built house located on an unnamed laneway in Raglan. The Earth house was constructed about 1826 making this building 195 years old. I am not sure if this building will honestly last another 5 years and make it to 200 years old as the state of this old house is ready to fall down due to be neglected.

Stop 4: On the Map stop 4 is Violet Hill homestead formerly known as Springvale homestead constructed in 1836.

As this homestead is not located in Raglan I did not get a chance to visit as I am unsure of the exact located and most likely will be private property.

Stop 5: Raglan Train Station

The first train station was built in 1873 and was a temporary structure. I didn’t go looking for this building so I do not know if it still stands.

The second station was built in 1890 this is the station that you see today. I took these photos from the corner of Harris Road and Eugenie Street. I managed to take me photos through the hole in the gate to stop anyone from trespassing.

I have posted more about the train station on my facebook page Nadine Travels West.

If you would like to find out more about Raglan Train station there is a facebook group called Save Raglan Station or there email is saveraglanstation@gmail.com or you can take a trip to Raglan yourself and explore this little townships history.