Lorn

Postcode: 2320

Lorn is a suburb of Maitland in New South Wales, Australia. It is located across the Hunter River from Maitland by the Belmore Bridge.

In 1823 Thomas McDougall received a land grant of 360 hectares on the banks of the Hunter River opposite the thriving village of West Maitland. This land was to become known as Lorn. Following the English and American model in 1911 planning was well underway to make Lorn a Garden Suburb with street plantations and reserved established from this time. With subdivisions of the land divided between the McDougall family by 1923 the completion of the main residential of today’s Lorn was made and in 1927 it was stated, “the fine suburb of Lorn is regarded as a model residential area”.

The Federation homes of the upmarket suburb of Lorn complement the rich, early colonial fabric of much of the Maitland CBD directly across the Hunter River. Whereas Maitland, East Maitland and Morpeth were among the earliest white settlements on this stretch of the Hunter, Lorn was developed as a private subdivision around the turn of the 20th century.

Although almost 200 years have passed since freed convict Molly Morgan opened her euphemistically-named shanty pub, the Angel Inn, on an early stock route, the Maitland area retains much of the charm of colonial days. That charm is warmly reflected in the city's stock of such magnificent early colonial buildings as Brough House and adjoining Grossman House - built as mirror images by rival merchants, Samuel Owen and Isaac Beckett; Aberglasslyn, an 1840s Regency home still overlooking the river; and Cintra, a gracious 1880s homestead now serving as a guesthouse.

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