Landmark property Cintra is about to come to the fore with the announcement it is to be considered for listing on the State Heritage Register.

Minister for Heritage Robyn Parker announced yesterday that the Heritage Council of NSW considers Cintra as having exceptional aesthetic value as an outstanding, highly intact example of a Victorian Italianate town villa.

Mrs Parker said the outbuildings included the original stables, kitchen, scullery and laundry, set within a historic landscaped garden.

"The house within its setting is a widely recognised architectural landmark in Maitland," Mrs Parker said.

"It contributes to the Regent Street historic landscape and the heritage of the Hunter Valley, demonstrating the pattern of settlement and commercial expansion prior to the growth of Newcastle," she said.

Owned by the Long family, Cintra was built in 1878.

It is significant for its historical associations with the eminent Hunter architectural firm of JW Pender who designed the house and outbuildings, the famous Jewish merchant families of Levy and Cohen, for whom Cintra was built, and its association and links to the Jewish community in Maitland, Sydney and the United Kingdom.

Public comment on the proposal to list Cintra's house, garden and stables has started.