Investigations continue into a fire which has claimed one of the original stagecoach inns, in Narromine last week.

Firefighters battled to contain the blaze at the Timbrebongie Inn on the evening of December 28 but the property sustained extensive damage.

Timbrebongie Inn in 2005. Image supplied by the Narromine Local History Group

Timbrebongie, Tomingley and Dandaloo, were the first villages in the Shire.

All three were originally coach routes, however when the train lines came to the western plains in 1883 the subsequent townships of Narromine and Trangie were developed, and Timbrebongie and Dandaloo lost prominence. 

The Timbrebongie Inn, along with the Dandaloo Church, were the two oldest buildings in the Shire. 

The original date of construction for the Inn is unknown, however the first license for the building was issued in 1866. It was not heritage listed, but the Inn was significant to the area's history. "It is a link broken with the coaching days past which can now never be replaced," a spokesperson from the Narromine Local History Group.  "It's a bit of a loss, because it's part of our coaching era in the area, never to be regained. That's something that's more or less lost now, all we've got is memories and photos."

An investigation is currently underway.