Survey Data
Reg No
20867014
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
House
Date
1760 - 1800
Coordinates
168934, 70463
Date Recorded
04/05/2011
Date Updated
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Description
Detached five-bay two-storey house, built c.1780, having projecting porch to south, single-bay single-storey wing to west and four-bay projection beneath cat-slide roof to north. Pitched artificial slate roof with overhanging eaves and rendered chimneystacks having clay pots. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed window openings having render surrounds, limestone sills and recent timber casement windows. Rendered masonry wall to Douglas Road.
Appraisal
Woollahra, formerly known as Beaufield, is one of the earliest houses in this area of the city, and though much altered, constitutes an important part of the architectural heritage of this area.