Grossmann House

Grossmann House is a heritage-listed Victorian Italianate residence at 71 Church Street, Maitland, New South Wales. Built in 1870-1871 for merchant Isaac Beckett and later home to the Grossmann family, it is managed by the National Trust of Australia (NSW) with Maitland City Council. The two-storey brick house retains period furnishings and collections illustrating late 19th-century domestic life in the Hunter Region, paired with the adjacent Brough House as a museum complex.

Visitors can explore a two-storey Victorian Italianate house museum with period-furnished rooms, original joinery, fireplaces and National Trust collections that recreate 1870s domestic life. The house is set in a heritage garden with outbuildings and is presented alongside the adjacent Brough House. Guided tours explain the architecture, former residents and Maitland's history. The experience is indoor-focused with interpretive displays and limited outdoor garden areas to view.

Built 1870-1871 for Maitland merchant Isaac Beckett to a design attributed to architect William White, the house was later purchased in 1890 by Frederick Grossmann and occupied by his family until the 1960s. It is a notable example of Victorian Italianate domestic architecture in brick with rendered detailing. Listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register, it was acquired by Maitland City Council and is managed with the National Trust of Australia (NSW) as a house museum with Brough House (built 1860-1862).

The house illustrates middle-class domestic life and mercantile prosperity in Maitland during the late 19th century and is part of the Church Street heritage precinct. Operated as a National Trust museum, it preserves furniture, textiles and household collections and contributes to interpretation of Hunter Region social history and built heritage.