[1] The house is located in the grounds of McCall Gardens, a non-profit organisation that provides residential and support services to people living with a physical disability.

Samuel Terry (1776-1838) arrived in the colony of New South Wales as a convict in 1801 and amassed a fortune through banking and property interests.

[1][2]: 5 [3] In 1819 the Box Hill estate was transferred to Samuel Terry (the "Botany Bay Rothschild") after Fitz fell into financial difficulties.

It is thought that Richard Rouse built the stables at Box Hill for his daughter Eleanor, although documentary evidence of this appears scarce.

[1][2]: 5–6 [4]: 124 John Terry died, aged 31, in a fall from a horse in November 1842 leaving three sons, Samuel Henry, Richard Rouse and Edward.

[1][2]: 5–6 [4]: 124 An adjoining property of 61 hectares (150 acres) on Windsor Road, Mount Jamison, owned by James Connor, was offered for sale in 1842.

[6] The property description gives valuable insight into the spatial organisation of the homesteads of the area, having a verandah cottage of five rooms with fenced 1/2 acre garden and orchard in front; men's huts and other outbuildings; a two-room slab building for the overseer; large shed for storing grain; and a chain of ponds supplying water.

[1][2][9] George Terry was an avid hunter and horseman and in 1891 the Box Hill Race Club held a New YEar's Day meet on the estate.

[2][11] In July 1895 the Sydney Hunt Club met for a "run" over the Box Hill country, as "Vandorian" put it in a long report called "A Day with the Hounds".

The complex had (and has) a commanding position on top of a sizeable small hill, looking across west to the Blue Mountains, and surveying the surrounding district.

[1][2][15] George borrowed some A£6,000 to do the homestead rebuilding, and this large sum, coupled with his rather extravagant lifestyle and spending, proved troublesome for the family, given that the pasture on the c.810-hectare (2,000-acre) estate was not the best and careful farming would not have yielded high income.

Lacking any training, his troubles with borrowing money led to his mortgaging all his properties, Box Hill's subdivision and sale and George's eventual bankruptcy.

[1] Financial difficulties led to Box Hill estate's subdivision into 170 farm allotments and sale via the agent Henry F. Halloran in 1919.

[1] The original weatherboard house was rebuilt and renovated between 1895 and 1897 and replaced by a very gracious brick bungalow which survives (in 1988), together with the Stables and the billiard room which was on top of it.

[1] As at 26 September 2016, Box Hill house and the remains of its former farm estate has historic and social significance as the former country seat of the "Botany Bay Rothschild" Samuel Terry and for its long associations with the farm estates and fluctuating fortunes of the Terry and Rouse families of this district.

[1][22] Box Hill House in grounds of McCall gardens was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.

[1] This Wikipedia article was originally based on Box Hill House in grounds of McCall gardens, entry number 00613 in the New South Wales State Heritage Register published by the State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) 2018 under CC-BY 4.0 licence, accessed on 2 June 2018.