The property consists of Gladstone House, the Cottage and associated grounds.
Gladstone House 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. The east entry has a central octagonal hipped corrugated iron roofed
turret, surrounded by a skillion roofed
verandah. The verandah has diagonally patterned timber
balustrading, chamfered timber posts and a batten
valance, and is accessed via a concrete platform and steps with steel
handrails and diagonally patterned balustrade. The entry door is to the side of a central projecting bay, which has a patented Marks' AUSTRAL window, and is flanked by the same to either side. The eastern projecting wings, and northern infill bedroom, have projecting triangular
bay units with
sash windows and skillion
awnings. The upper section of the walls, between window heads and
eaves, is finished with hardboard sheeting with spaced vertical battens giving a horizontal band around the building and separating the higher and lower gutter lines. The southern bathroom has a patented Marks' AUSTRAL window, and the dining room has twin sashes. Internally, the building has timber
skirtings and
cornices, with vertically jointed boarding to walls to all rooms, except the central octagonal room which has horizontal boarding to the
fanlight head height and vertical boarding above. Ceilings are boarded, with the central room having skylights located above the ceiling line forming angled recesses. This room has timber doors with glass panes and glass fanlights located below the north and east skylights, and a fireplace located on the southwest wall with an ornate timber surround with tiled inserts and a boarded chimney stack with timber mantle. A doorway has been inserted to the west of the chimney, and accesses the southwest dining room which may have been the original kitchen. This room has a concrete slab which may have been the hearth of a fireplace backing onto the existing living room fireplace. The corners of the triangular infill rooms are squared-off to create small cupboards which are accessed from the adjoining projecting wing rooms. The bathroom has been recently refitted, and the rear kitchen area has undergone a number of alterations and currently links into the 1970s addition and opens onto a deck on the northwest.
The Cottage The Cottage, now a separate residence, is located at the northeast corner of the northerly sloping site fronting Gladstone Street to the east. This single-storeyed weatherboard structure with a multi-hipped corrugated iron roof with a tall central
clerestory skylight, has timber stumps with batten infill, curved timber eave
brackets, and sash and casement windows with timber batten brackets and corrugated iron hoods. The building is symmetrical to Gladstone Street, and has an entrance
porch at either corner with the main entry being at the northeast and accessed via a timber stair with metal handrail. A small verandah has been enclosed on the northeast corner, which was formerly a rear entry, and a lean-to laundry has been attached at the rear. Internally, the building consists of a central living room dominated by a clerestory skylight, with a bedroom to either side and a kitchen and bathroom at the rear. Ceilings are of hardboard sheeting with timber coverstrips, walls have vertically jointed boarding, doors have timber frames with glass panel inserts and ventilation strips above, and the kitchen has early cabinets and fittings.
Grounds A
driveway accesses the property to the north of Gladstone House, and leads to a recent brick garage built adjacent to the house at the northwest. A
chamferboard shed with a corrugated iron skillion roof and timber doors is located to the northwest of the house, and the site contains a number of mature trees, including a large tree to the southwest of Gladstone House. == Heritage listing ==