Norman Lindsay Gallery and Museum

The Norman Lindsay Gallery and Museum is the former residence and farmlet of Australian artist Norman Lindsay. Now an art gallery, tourist attraction and museum located at 14–20 Norman Lindsay Crescent in the Blue Mountains town of Faulconbridge in the City of Blue Mountains local government area of New South Wales, Australia, it was built from 1898 to 1913 by Francis Foy, Patrick Ryan, Lindsay, and the artist's wife, Rose Lindsay (nee Soady). The property, owned by the National Trust of Australia (NSW) (Community Group), is also known as Maryville and Springwood. The site includes a stone cottage home on a 17-hectare (42-acre) and several smaller buildings, including two used. History The 17-hectare (42-acre) property was originally owned by Patrick Ryan, a local stonemason. In 1898 he sold the land, then called "Erin-go-Braugh" to Francis Foy, brother of Mark Foy , a Sydney entrepreneur. Soon after Foy commissioned Ryan to build a sandstone cottage, which his family used as a halfway house between Sydney and Medlow Bath , where Mark Foy owned the holiday retreat, The Hydro Majestic . The house, renamed Maryville , was a small four bedroom construction with a roof covering of French tiles and a corrugated galvanised iron bullnosed verandah painted.