Conferencing in Style
Fountaindale Grand Manor is an impressive 3-4 storey English Manor house, purpose built in 1924 to entice wealthy Sydney socialites to the beauty of the Southern Highlands. In its’ heyday, it boasted a nine hole golf course, two tennis courts, croquet, lawn bowls, billiards, fishing, hunting, horseback riding, and an onsite mechanic who looked after guest's cars during their stay. The hotel won the 'Most luxurious hotel in the Commonwealth' award in 1925, and was the first hotel in Australia to have phone lines to every room!
The upper floors provide uninterrupted views of the surrounding hills and valleys, with views to the ocean from the 4th floor loft. The ground floor offers an attractive entrance vestibule opening to a spacious guest lounge, restaurant, bar, conference facilities and a grand ballroom. Five open fireplaces add warmth and atmosphere to the hotel.
Fountaindale Grand Manor has been lovingly maintained and retains its period charm, providing you with just the right mix of past and present. The 14 acres of landscaped gardens are the perfect setting for a distraction free environment for your next conference. The hotel offers guests a choice of 49 accommodation rooms with 3 different syles, Heritage Room, Queen Ensuite Room and King Ensuite Room. They are very spacious and ooze old world charm of the 1920’s. Bathrooms are original and wonderfully quirky with the Heritage Rooms sharing bathroom facilities as was the custom of the era.
There are three meeting rooms catering to between 15 and 120 delegates featuring refreshing natural light ultimately creating a welcoming and stimulating atmosphere. There are various breakout spaces to choose from and meeting facilities include AV equipment, wireless broadband internet access and more.
At lunch, private dining can be enjoyed in one of the conference rooms and during the summer months relaxing picnics can be enjoyed by your delegates on the lawn with picnic hampers packaged by our chef. Dinners are also a private and relaxing experience in one of our many dining rooms.
Our surrounding grounds present the perfect setting to take advantage of team building activities. We can suggest proven companies that can tailor a program to meet your objectives.
As an added bonus, The Hotel had its own railway platform on the Moss Vale - Unanderra line, which is still used today. On Sundays the Cockatoo Run (3801) Tourist train stops to convey passengers to the Hotel for Sunday lunch. Please enquire with us about how your group can incorporate this in to your experience!!
Contact our expert conference team on (02) 48615 973 or
email your enquiry through to fountaindale@shce.com.au
We look forward to hearing from you!
