[1] On 24 May 1826, about 300 convicts in groups of 50 to 60 were used to construct the Great North Road from Castle Hill via Wiseman's Ferry to Maitland.

[1] Millfield began as a cluster of buildings on the Great North Road and was named for the large flour mill of which only a few posts remain, but it is better known today for its sawmills.

In December 1840 McDougall was visiting Pendergast at the inn, where they were held up by Edward (Jew Boy) Davis and his gang of bushrangers.

Pendergast was robbed of 13 pounds and McDougall given a dozen strokes with a bullock whip in revenge for his treatment of convicts as overseer.

[2][3][1] The Rising Sun Inn is a simple vernacular cottage, constructed of vertical ironbark slab walls and doubled gabled roof.

[4][1] The original hardwood slab building is said to date from 1832 and the late 19th century weatherboard additions to the rear and eastern side.

[1] A rare example of a vernacular slab built inn, part of which dates from the early nineteenth century, which served travellers on the Great North Road from Wollombi to Maitland.

[2][6][1] Rising Sun Inn was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999 having satisfied the following criteria.

A rare example of a vernacular slab built Inn, part of which dates from the early nineteenth century, on the Great North Road from Wollombi to Maitland.

The house dated from c. 1838 and its later additions reflect its varied history as an Inn, general store, post office and residence.

[2][1] The place possesses uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales.

[2][1] This Wikipedia article was originally based on Rising Sun Inn (former), entry number 00529 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.