Hi Marcus,

As a resident/homeowner/ratepayer within the City of Parramatta, I object to Willow Grove being dismantled and relocated because Willow Grove is a cement-rendered brick construction with plaster ceilings which cannot be moved without catastrophic damage. Any relolcated would be a bad replica with the original iron verandah attached to pretend authenticity.

There are currently NO detailed drawings or plans or a heritage report or a budget to indicate
how this would be done.
There is also NO indication of its planned, precise location in North Parramatta.

Ms Barbara Bryan
Dundas NSW 2117

Dear Marcus and associates,
I object to Willow Grove being dismantled and relocated because expert advice from Elizabeth Farrelly says it is not only culturally wrong but also scientifically. She said “ there’s a more rational, less invasive alternative: keep the Powerhouse in Ultimo, customise a genuine Parramatta museum within these old and lovely Fleet Street buildings and retain Willow Grove in its lofty garden as a tribute to the women who, for decades, created and ran it.”
Please rethink!!
Thank you,
Lee

Dear Sir,

I have just read an article about the NSW Government plans for Willow Grove and it's 'demolition' by way of moving this beautiful House brick by brick to another location and replacing on the then vacant land another (3rd) Powerhouse Museum to which I wholeheartedly OBJECT. There is already one at Pyrmont and one at Castle Hill in operation.

This action by the NSW Government is against the wishes of the majority of the Community and CMFEU have placed a ban on the demolition and that is what it will be because a House this size and age will (I am informed) only fall apart and what will be left is the front door and iron railing which is not PRESERVING the House but DEMOLISHING it.

PLEASE listen to caring and concerned people in the Community who want Willow Grove to stay where it is and in the condition it is. This is a part of Parramatta's Heritage and History and I plead with you to consider all consequences of your actions and think outside the square of NSW Government decisions by building another Powerhouse Museum (if you have to) on the lands where Parramatta Golf Club used to be situated or somewhere also more suitable.

I would like this to be published and I look to you for a favourable response as set out above as soon as possible.

Yours faithfully,
MRS LORRAINE GRINDROD
BAULKHAM HILLS

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