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Transported from Tingha and faithfully restored this is the original house of Sidney Hudson Darby, who arrived in NSW with his wife and children in 1840. In 1841 he and his partner J.H. Goldfinch took up "Tiengah" run, an area of 2,000 acres. It is recorded that the actual move from "Cressfield" in the Hunter Valley to "Tiengah" took six months by bullock waggon. The children, their faithful nurse, other servants and workmen accompanied Sidney and Mary Ann Darby. Supplies for six months, and furniture, which included a piano, bolts of materials, saddles and harness all had to be transported. The bulkiest and heaviest item was the timber for the new homestead. Seasoned, adzed and ready for erection, the bullocks dragged it over the range towards its unknown destination and it stands to-day as the oldest building in the Pioneer Village depicting the settlers first hcme. Though the Grove was the home of Mary Ann Darby its contents today belong mainly to her friend Mary Andersen, Mrs. Andersen and her husband Dr.C.A Anderson arrived in 1840 and purchased "Newstead". In the bedroom there are many items belonging to Mary Anderson: the silver topped toilet bottles are engraved with her initials end the large lead lined box is one of the original boxes shipped from England with their possessions. In the small parlour the spirit of Mary Andersen still pervades. Here can be seen her notepaper, printed for her in England, her silver tea set and her own unfinished embroidery.