• See also the post Toowoomba Federation Heritage
• See also Wikipedia page List of sites on the Queensland Heritage Register in Toowoomba

Come and join us at Toowoomba Open House

Toowoomba Open House celebrates our local historic attractions, innovative architectural design and clever adaptive reuse of heritage treasures with buildings such as the Empire Theatre, City Hall, Vacy Hall, St Luke’s Church and the Masonic Centre open free to the public.

Toowoomba Open House is a free-of-charge event that invites visitors to opens the doors of public and private buildings and places of architectural, historical and/or environmental significance. The event has run successfully in Brisbane for four years, Maryborough for two years and for many years in various international cities including London, New York, Dublin and Melbourne to name a few.

Festival of Architecture every October

Ascot House

Ascot House is significant as one of the largest and most elaborate of all the grand residences of Toowoomba. Ascot follows the pattern of the construction of substantial houses on the Downs, demonstrating the development of the Darling Downs from a sparsely populated pastoral region to one of prosperity.
Ascot House is significant for its association with American troops stationed at the house in World War Two.
Ascot House is also associated with the work of Harry Marks, who designed the 1890s folly, probably the most recognised architectural feature of the house and significant for its rarity amongst such residences.

Ascot House is significant for its association with prominent Toowoomba architect William Hodgen, who designed 1899 alterations to the stable and kitchen.

Ascot House is associated with Frederick Holberton and William Beit Jnr, son of William Beit Snr, the Westbrook squatter.
Ascot House is also associated with the work of Harry Marks, who designed the 1890s folly, probably the most recognised architectural feature of the house and significant for its rarity amongst such residences.
History

History Ascot House, a single-storey timber residence with an attached two-storeyed timber extension, referred to as a folly, has been called the largest and most extensive of the grand Toowoomba residences.

• While the exact construction date is unknown, Ascot was possibly built in the 1870s as a private residence for Frederick Hurrell Holberton, a Toowoomba storekeeper and later Member of the Legislative Council.
• The architect of Ascot house remains unknown. When built, the house stood on about 32 acres of land near the Toowoomba racecourse.
• The grounds of Ascot contained a glasshouse, stables, croquet greens, tennis courts and extensive gardens, which included trees and shrubs bought from overseas.
• The Trustees Quarterly Review, April 1912 states that: Queensland Trustees Limited, as attorneys for Mr William Beit, also placed on the market the beautiful house and park lands known as “Ascot”, and though the house property itself failed to find a purchase, the remainder of the estate found great favour with the public, and the whole lot was sold at the auction sale from 275 to 450 pounds per acre.
• Ascot was sold to Frederick Ernest Bennett in 1915, and has subsequently had a number of owners, being used for flats for many years. Articles in the Courier-Mail dated 21 March 1985, claim that American troops were stationed at Ascot House during World War Two.[1]
• The property has been progressively subdivided from the original 32 acres and it now stands on just over 2 acres of land. The house also suffered from the effects of vandalism during the 1970s.
• The current owner purchased Ascot House in 1984. Following extensive renovations, the two-storeyed extension of Ascot House, Beits’ Folly, was opened as a tea room and house museum in 1994.

• See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascot_House

• Beit was reputed to have had a distinctly artistic temperament which was reflected in the buildings he owned. The folly has become the distinctive architectural characteristic associated with Ascot House.
• The architect of the “folly”, Harry Marks, was a prominent Toowoomba architect noted for his highly creative work. Harry Marks was born in Toowoomba in 1871. After training under his father, architect James Marks, Harry entered into partnership with him in 1892 and spent his entire career in Toowoomba.

Boyce Estate and Gardens

The Boyce Gardens Estate is a Heritage listed jewel in the crown of the University of Queensland. The vision for the future of this gem is to engage and educate the community and students for generations to come. Located in Toowoomba, the Garden City, the Gardens are extremely well placed to attract local, national and international attention from plant enthusiast and researchers.
The house was built and the Boyces moved in after their wedding on April 29, 1930. They lived and gardened here for the rest of their lives, and after their deaths (Margaret in 1984 and Leslie in 1988) their ashes were scattered in the garden.
A favourite project was the restoration and preservation of the remnant of indigenous rainforest in the north-east corner of the property. After all the exotics were removed a canopy of only 12 metres high remained. The Boyces set about reintroducing indigenous trees, shrubs, vines and ferns. They also installed a rain-like watering system, which was quite ahead of its time. Today the forest canopy is more than 30 metres high and watering is not needed since the natural ecology is restored.

In May 1969, Mr and Mrs Boyce gifted the estate to the University of Queensland to hold the land in trust in perpetuity for educational purposes and to preserve and maintain the gardens and forest for the education of the public. The Boyce Gardens Estate is now a Heritage listed jewel in the crown of the University of Queensland. It has been and will be used to engage and educate the community and students for generations to come.

Built: 1929 and onwards
Website: http://www.uq.edu.au/boycegardens
Open: 9:00am to 4:00pm
Tours: General access (self-guided tours)

This magnificent park, covering six hectares, was established as a private garden by leading Toowoomba citizens Leslie and Margaret Boyce over a period of sixty years and was given in trust to the University of Queensland in 1969.

Shortly after they became engaged in 1929, Margaret Hall and Leslie Boyce bought around six hectares of land on what was then the north eastern outskirt of Toowoomba. Margaret designed the house site, drive and surrounding terraces and the land was remoulded by carefully removing the topsoil and spreading it back over the shaped terraces. The house was built and the Boyces moved in after their wedding on April 29, 1930. They lived and gardened here for the rest of their lives and after their deaths their ashes were scattered in the garden.

Over the years the couple established a sunken garden (now the White Garden), a terraced flower garden, a western walk and shrubbery, a walled garden, lawns, rockeries and a thriving fruit and vegetable garden. Margaret experimented with new species, trying dozens of varieties of daffodils, iris and lilies. As she kept careful records, her experiments are of great value to Toowoomba gardeners. The Boyces also collected many plants on their trips abroad.

The Gardens attract local, national and international attention from plant enthusiasts and researchers.
University of Queensland continues to improve and expand the gardens, installing underground water storage tanks to drought-proof the estate in 2010.

Redlands

Concordia College Administration Centre

Redlands, a two-storeyed brick building, is located on a level site facing a formal garden and is approached via a long avenue of mature pine trees to the north. The building has a U-shaped hipped corrugated iron roof with a central valley, paired eave brackets and verandahs on the east, north and west with unlined curved corrugated iron awnings. The symmetrical north elevation has a projecting double storeyed porch, with a flight of stone steps, surmounted by a cross. The verandahs have timber posts with cast iron balustrade, brackets and valance.

The northeast and northwest corners of the ground floor verandahs have decorative coloured glass and pressed metal screens and infill panels. The building has flemish bond brickwork with painted quoining, step-out sash bay windows on the ground floor and a central arched entry to the north with stained glass fanlight and sidelights. The first floor also has a central entry of french doors with stained glass inserts, featuring painted birds, fanlight and sidelights. The south elevation has been cement rendered.

The “Pear Shape” garden still in existence at the front of the building was created by Edmund Wilcox, as was the impressive driveway which he lined with Norfolk and Bunya pines. The old stables, outhouses, orchard, tennis court, dairy, windmill, garages, paddocks and a brick well, however, are all gone.

The ‘Redlands’ building is the historic centrepiece of Concordia Lutheran College and is set amidst spacious grounds and a heritage listed garden. This grand old lady with her wrought iron petticoats has many stories to tell.

Internally, the building has a central hall with a carved cedar staircase at the south. The ground floor has rendered walls, elaborate pressed metal ceilings of varying designs and cedar joinery.

The northwest room has a black marble fireplace surround with hand painted tiles depicting birds. The northeast room has a white marble fireplace surround and other rooms have carved timber surrounds, all with painted tiles. The foyer has an arched internal doorway with patterned glass fanlight and sidelights.

• The first floor has papered walls, panelled or boarded ceilings and cedar joinery. The formal garden to the north forms a turning circle and consists of a central fountain, flagpole, hedge border, garden beds in the form of the school’s initials and areas of lawn.
• A covered path links the building to a more recent classroom and staff block immediately to the south. Other school buildings built since the late 1950s, predominantly of two-storeyed brick, are built to the east, south and west. Playing fields are located either side of the entrance drive to the north, leaving the building’s northern outlook open.

• See also Wikipedia:

Redlands, a two-storeyed brick residence, was designed by Toowoomba architect James Marks and built by Henry Andrews in 1889 for Edmund Wilcox, a merchant and prominent citizen of Toowoomba.

Redlands was originally built on about 28 acres of land near the Drayton Road, approximately 1½ miles from Toowoomba.

Wilcox received his early business training with the firm of Messrs Cribb and Foote of Ipswich and with Holberton’s of Toowoomba. Later, Wilcox together with his brother Robert founded the firm Wilcox Brothers merchants, located in Ruthven Street for a number of years. Wilcox Brothers eventually sold out to Messrs Laidlaw and Peak.

• The foundations of Redlands are reputedly of local bluestone, the bricks supplied by the local brick and tile company, the glass by Exton and Gough of Brisbane, and the iron railing for the balcony and cresting by the Toowoomba Foundry Company.
• Redlands is said to still have the original corrugated iron roof which was imported from England and which bears the stamp of its producer on every sheet.
• The avenue of Norfolk and Bunya pines lining the approach to Redlands was planted when the house was constructed. It is thought that Wilcox also created the “teardrop” garden at the front of the building, complete with fountain, at around the same time. The original fountain has since been replaced.

In 1919, some time after his retirement, Wilcox sold Redlands to Dr Alexander Horn. In 1921 Redlands was sold to Mr Edward Farmer, a grazier. In 1945 the Lutheran Church resolved to purchase Redlands from Farmer’s widow, for a sum of approximately £5 000. In 1946 Redlands was dedicated as Concordia College, a co-educational Lutheran Boarding School. Since the establishment of Concordia College, Redlands has served a number of purposes including a residence for the first Headmaster and his family, offices and other uses associated with the College. A major building program commenced in the 1960’s with the addition of several school buildings in the grounds of the College. Redlands is presently used as the central administration block for the College.

Bishop’s House

Bishop’s House, designed by Henry Marks, was constructed in 1911 as the home of Toowoomba businessman, William Charles Peak. In 1939 the house was purchased by the Roman Catholic Church and became home to the Bishop of the recently created Toowoomba Diocese.

In about 1910 as a reflection of his importance in the local community, WC Peak commissioned local architect Henry J Marks to design a house, initially known as Kilallah, for the Peak family at the corner of Lindsay and Margaret Streets, Toowoomba, adjacent to Queen’s Park. Henry Marks was a member of a prominent Toowoomba architectural family. James Marks, Henry’s father, arrived in Queensland from England in 1866 and practised as an architect and builder in Dalby before starting his successful family practice in Toowoomba in the 1870s which remained active until 1962. Henry joined his father in practice in 1892 when the business became known as James Marks and Son.

Henry Marks was an innovative and creative architect, who invented and patented several products including pot-bellied ventilation flues and chimney shafts, windows and a walling system. He employed his inventions on many of his buildings and this helps to identify the buildings for which he was responsible. Several of these innovations are found at Kilallah, now known as the Bishop’s House, including window openings and chimney stacks.
Marks designed windows which allowed maximum opening capacity and also directed airflow around the opening. The windows designed for the end bays of the Bishop’s House were extendable casements. Also on the house were several of Marks’ patented design for “Improved Chimney Top and Ventilator” introducing a rounded base to the shaft of the chimney top directing air flow and with a V-shaped catchment plate and run-off for rainwater.

Bishop’s House, located opposite Queen’s Park on the corner of Lindsay Street fronting Margaret Street to the south, is a single-storeyed masonry building with rendered quoining and detailing.
The building has a corrugated iron roof with projecting gables, a central clerestory surmounted by a cross, and three HJ Marks patented pot bellied chimney stacks.
The symmetrical south elevation has a central enclosed loggia consisting of five arches with rendered voussoirs, keystones and columns, supporting a parapet wall surmounted by two small triangular projections either side of a central gable with the name BISHOP’S HOUSE in raised lettering.
The loggia is flanked by projecting bays at either end, and is enclosed with arched sash window units and masonry panels on the western side, and sliding aluminium window units on the eastern side of the entry. The central entry has steps leading to a timber door with leadlight panel insert, sidelights and fanlight depicting a crest.
The projecting bays have sash windows, but evidence of the original HJ Marks patented extendable casement windows is visible. The bays are surmounted by projecting boarded gables, above which are semi-circular windows with rendered voussoirs in the gable to the roof.

Chiselhurst Kindergarten

Once a substantial family home fronting MacKenzie Street this building has been home to Chiselhurst Kindergarten in Stonehaven Street for almost 50 years and holds happy memories for many a Toowoomba resident.

Address: 12 Stonehaven Street, Toowoomba

Elphin

‘Elphin’, a pastoralist’s town house in Anzac Avenue, is listed on the Queensland heritage register.

A heritage-listed villa at 24 Anzac Avenue, Newtown, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1907 to 1907. It was added to theQueensland Heritage Register on 28 July 2000.

Elphin is a large low-set timber house designed by Toowoomba architect William Hodgen in 1907 for Andrew Crombie. Elphin is an excellent example of a large Toowoomba timber home that was designed by prominent architect William Hodgen.

• William Hodgen tended to employ a Free style, modifying the prevailing Queensland vernacular by introducing individualist elements. His English experiences are reflected in the classicist detailing of entrance pediments using timber, joinery and internal fittings.
• His Toowoomba works include Kensington, Tor, Austral Hall, Glennie School (Ascot House) and Flour mill. He was also responsible for buildings in Brisbane and other parts of the state such as the Allora grandstand, Oakey Post Office, Jondaryn Queensland National Bank, Hotel Corones,Charleville. Hodgen designed an L-shaped house; the front core had a 9 foot 6 inches wide veranda on three sides.

• See also Wikipedia

Elphin on tree lined Anzac Avenue, Toowoomba, is large low-set single storey residence designed by prolific Toowoomba architect William Hodgen forLongreach pastoralist Andrew Crombie and his wife Ellen in 1907.[1]

• Either side of the 8-foot entrance hall was the main bedroom and drawing room. The drawing room and dining room shared a fireplace as did the master and second bedroom. Between the second and third bedrooms was a bay-windowed workroom, these rooms overlooked the side garden. Another bedroom, bathroom and boxroom were at the rear and opened off an internal central passageway.
• The 15-foot wide service wing stretching out behind the house contained the pantry, kitchen and laundry, extending of this was a storeroom and servant’s room. The house cost £1,236/19/3.

Gladstone House and Cottage

Designed by prominent Toowoomba architect HJ Marks as his private residence, Gladstone House and Cottage, erected c1908, display an individual inventiveness and creativity typical of Marks’ work in their design. Gladstone House includes examples of the AUSTRAL window designed and patented by Marks.

The buildings possess highly articulated geometry in plan, elevation and roof form, containing many design elements associated with Marks’ work, and reflecting many of his design considerations including the use of natural light and ventilation.

Gladstone House, a single-storeyed weatherboard residence with a multi-hipped corrugated iron roof and timber stumps with batten infill, is located on a northerly sloping site fronting Gladstone Street to the east. The building has a 1970s split-level addition at the rear. The strong geometry of the building is reflected in the cruciform plan, consisting of a central octagonal living room with three bedrooms projecting to the northwest, northeast and southeast, and a dining room to the southwest. The inside corner of each projecting wing is infilled with a triangular shaped room, with the main entry to the east, bathroom to the south, bedroom to the north, and originally an open deck to the west which has been enclosed and extended to create a kitchen.

The 1970s split-level addition is attached to the west of the kitchen. Each projecting wing has a hipped roof with finial, the infill rooms have skillion roofs, and the central octagonal room has hipped dormer skylights to the north, east and south, and a central look-out which was originally accessed via a western stair which is no longer extant. The skylights have centrally pivoted hopper widows, and a pot-bellied rendered chimney stack is located above the southwest wing.

Henry (Harry) James Marks (1871—1939) was an architect in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. He was the architect of numerous buildings, many now listed on the Queensland Heritage Register.

Harry Marks was considered a creative designer and was responsible for many buildings on the Darling Downs as well as two Roman Catholic Churches in Brisbane. During his career he invented and patented numerous ventilators, reversible casement windows and a method of stucco construction. He continued the practice into the 20th century and his son Charles Beresford Marks became a partner in 1925.In 1925 he became an Associate of the Queensland Institute of Architects, becoming a Fellow 1929.

The RAIA Queensland chapter now awards an annual Harry Marks award for Sustainable Architecture.

• Sold for $690,000 **Sold Date:** Sat 08-Mar-14

Erected in the early 20th century, in a then outer part of Toowoomba [previously Gowrie Shire], Gladstone House survives as evidence of the growth and residential expansion of Toowoomba from this time, as formerly large estates and farms were subdivided and sold.

Born and trained in Toowoomba, Harry Marks had entered into partnership with his father James, in 1892. James had commenced practice as an architect in Toowoomba by the early 1880s, and he and Harry have been described as dominating the architectural profession for more than half a century.

Although Harry Marks was responsible for designing a number of buildings on both the Darling Downs and in Brisbane, much of his work was in Toowoomba where he designed a variety of buildings including Rodway [600868], St James Parish Hall [600856], St Luke’s Church Hall [600866], additions to the Toowoomba Maltings [600852], and the Darling Downs Co-operative Bacon Factory. Marks was also described as being gifted with inventive genius, and he devised and patented a number of architectural elements, including roof ventilators, windows and a method of stucco wall construction. Marks incorporated examples of his inventions in the design of St Rest, triangular bay windows and the AUSTRAL window which he designed reputedly for the house.

James Marks set up as an architect at Toowoomba in 1880. In the late 1880s his eldest son Henry James Marks (1870-1939) trained with him. The firm became James Marks & Son in 1892—the second son Reginald John (1877-1918) was to join the practice after James’s retirement.

James Marks’s reputation and technical competence was complemented by Harry’s inventive ingenuity and flair. Unlike James’s mostly conventional work, Harry’s was unconventional, uninhibited and idiosyncratic; many of the firm’s admired buildings (such as St James’s church hall, additions to the Toowoomba Maltings and Alexandra Hall) were his designs. Evident in these were construction and climatic innovations that Harry patented, including his Austral windows, which were widely used in the United States of America in the 1920s. Harry also designed St Luke’s church hall (1901), featuring Byzantine-like cupolas, cruciform decoration and ventilating gables. According to Janet Hogan, ‘the clerestory lighting, the heavy timber detailing to the entrance portico and the triple casement windows with the curious balance of flat head and ornate sill all contribute to form a . . . fascinating structure’.

Marks incorporated examples of his inventions in the design of St Rest, triangular bay windows and the AUSTRAL window which he designed reputedly for the house. The Shire of Newtown was formed in 1913, from part of the Gowrie Shire area. Marks was an alderman on the Newtown Council from 1913 until 1917, when it was absorbed into the Toowoomba City area. Following Marks’ death in 1939, Katharine remained at Gladstone House and commenced subdividing the grounds of Gladstone House during the 1940s. The land on which the Cottage stands was transferred to Marks’ daughter KM Muir, in 1951. Katharine died in 1954, and her son Charles Beresford Marks, also a Toowoomba architect, was appointed trustee of the property.

**Gowrie House**

Also known as “Largo”, the Mayes’ family home, still stands. Built after the Toowoomba Town Hall in 1900, it is located on the corner of Mary and Arthur Streets and is now “Gowrie House”, a hostel for girls.

Gowrie House, a large low-set brick building designed by prominent Toowoomba architect HJ Marks for leading building contractor Alexander Mayes circa 1901. Mayes was a Mayor of Toowoomba and active in community organisations. Gowrie House is significant for its association with both these Toowoomba identities.

Renamed Gowrie House, after Lady Gowrie the wife of the Australian Governor General, the site became the Toowoomba Young Women’s Christian Association hostel. Mayor JD Annand officially opened it on 10 November 1945 as a hostel for young working and service girls.[1[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gowrie_House#cite_note-qhr-1|]]]

The Toowoomba Chronicle of 12 November 1945 described the new hostel, saying how it was ideally situated on an acre of ground with mature shady trees and turf lawn and “should provide a happy atmosphere for many students and Service girls away from home”.
The solid brick house had a central hall off, which were four spacious rooms with fireplaces and large windows and doors which opened onto wide verandahs.

• These large rooms with cedar-framed windows, doors and mantle pieces had been converted into dormitories sleeping four to six girls. The veranda on the northern side had also been converted into a dormitory, just off this sleepout was “the bathroom with gas heater, set-in basin, bath and shower”.
• Of three smaller rooms one would be used for the matron and the others for dressing rooms. At the end of the hall was a huge cedar-panelled dining room with eight tables each seating six girls. Facing east it opened onto a fernery and side garden.
• The staff room, servery and well-equipped kitchen opened off the south side of the dining room.

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Kensington

Kensington, 126 Russell St – Built in the early 1900s and renovated for a legal firm, the property has many features including metal work on the ridge of the roof and landscaping appropriate to the design of the house.

Kensington is a large, low-set, timber building at 126 Ruthven Street, Toowoomba. Toowoomba architect William Hodgen Junior designed Kensington in 1897 for successful draper George Pitlow Merry. Purchased in the early 1990s by a legal firm, Victorian architect Jack Clark was responsible for the refurbishment of the house and extension at the rear to create a building suitable for usage as a professional office.

William Hodgen established his Toowoomba practice with an advertisement in the Darling Downs Gazette of 6 February 1897 announcing he was a new Toowoomba architect. Growth and development in both Toowoomba and the Downs and his own efficient work meant he soon had a busy and successful practice.

While trained in Queensland, his London experiences and knowledge of the Arts and Crafts movement and Edwardian Classicism were expressed in some of his buildings. However, he tended to employ a Free style, modifying the prevailing Queensland vernacular by introducing individualist elements.

His English experiences are reflected in the classicist detailing of entrance pediments using timber, joinery and internal fittings.

Hodgen designed Kensington as a large timber residence of eight rooms costing £1,035. It was a variation on Hodgen’s standard cottage plan with corner bay windows that were articulated in the form of the roof, the side elevations with a gable over the dining room bay window and secondary entrance and a box roof over the core. His design also included a butler’s pantry, servery and outbuildings.

• See also Wikipedia:

Kensington is a single storey timber building located on a large block of land facing Russell Street, Toowoomba. Kensington has a symmetrical front facade that combines Classical Revival and Arts and Crafts motifs. A central gabled entrance separates a pair of semi-octagonal corner bay widows that project above the roof.

The steeply pitched corrugated iron hip roof rises to a widows walk which features a finial at corners and cast iron lace. This roof capping is repeated for bays and side gable. Tall chimneys are symmetrically placed. While low-set it has a ‘hit-and-miss’ brick subfloor. Simple wide concrete steps lead up to a carefully detailed entrance bay, with the classical-style pediment resting on an arch supported by posts. The wide verandah, which wraps around to both sides, is edged with cast iron lace. Simple unadorned posts support the convex verandah roof that is stepped down from the superior roof with its pairs of brackets supporting the guttering. The eastern elevation has a projecting gable for the side entrance.

Oak Lodge and Spreydon

Pupils and staff of Spreydon College, ca.1914
Oak Lodge and Spreydon were erected in the 1890s as a single residence, commissioned by successful Toowoomba businessman Robert Walker Filshie and designed either by his partner in the Toowoomba timber merchandising firm of Filshie Broadfoot & Co., architect James Marks, or by the firm of James Marks and Son.

About 1923 the large building was converted into two detached residences on adjoining allotments. As a place, Oak Lodge and Spreydon survive as evidence of the growth and residential expansion of Toowoomba, an important regional centre, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

• Two tall brick chimneys protrude through the corrugated iron roof and the main section of the roof is capped with cast-iron ridge decoration. A short set of unbalustraded stairs leads to a wide verandah that wraps around to the northern elevation.
• The verandah is edged with a three-rail dowel balustrade and has a bullnose roof stepped-down from the main roof. The verandah porch is decorated with angular timber members in a pattern of triangles. This stick-style detailing is repeated on the main gable, which is decorated with an angular pattern of timbers which are held by brackets from the gable and barge boards. Under the gable is a bay window with a curved awning which is supported on large decorative timber brackets.
• The mature Silky Oak tree [Grevillea robusta] from which the house derives its name still dominates the front corner, while mature and recent plantings around the house add to its the streetscape contribution.

Spreydon

Spreydon is a low-set, single storeyed timber dwelling facing north on a large block in Rome Street, Newtown, adjacent to but around the corner from, Oak Lodge. The dwelling is asymmetrical in plan and form with a wide gable to the front and back projecting from a high-pitched roof. Single fretwork brackets support the roof either side on the front gable and eastern elevation. Above a bay in the front gable a rectangular box rises, decorated with timber stick infill. The bay has windows and doors opening onto a narrow bullnosed-roofed verandah which follows the shape of the bay.

• The skillion-roofed side and back verandahs are stepped down from the main roof and are enclosed with narrow weatherboards and glazing. Either side of the front entrance porch are windows. That on the east is an 1890s double hung sash window with convex roof supported by fretwork brackets. The window on the west is a 1920s style rectangular bay window with hipped roof. Wide steps lead to the arched porch and recessed front door.
• Side and fanlights frame the low-waisted four-panel front door. The front door opens into a passageway one room deep, from which, on the right, a door opens into a small front 1920s room.
• At the end of the passageway a door on the left opens into an arched, internal vestibule from which doors open to the large 1890s front room on the left, to the adjoining 1890s front bedroom on the north side of the vestibule, to the back verandah, and to a large 1920s room on the right. Dividing this space is a solid timber archway with central pendant. On the rear verandah side there is a skylight.
• Internally all walls are lined in timber boarding, with the most complex timber detailing being found in the front gabled room [1890s construction]. Moulding above the dado, and framing the fireplace, door and windows, is intricate as are the deep cornices. The cedar corner fireplace has tiles surrounding the iron cob. The box-like bay window, which opens onto a small verandah, has two hinged doors either side of a central window and is surmounted by fanlights.
• The 1890s vertically-jointed timber tongue and groove walls of the passageway and vestibule have a moulded belt rail and cornice that is repeated in the small front bedroom while the southern wall contains French doors with timber and glass panels on either side delineated by a chamfered doorframe. The eastern and northern 1920s walls have no mouldings. The 1920s long back bedroom has been converted into a stairwell and smaller bedroom with the roof space made over into an attic by the insertion of two rooms, both of which have new dormer windows.