68, East Street

No. 68 East Street is a house built in the late 18th century or early 19th century, with alterations made in the later 19th century. It is timber framed, covered in plaster and weatherboarding, and has a roof made of handmade red plain tiles. The main part of the house faces north and features a central stack, with a truncated stack located near the left front corner. There is a rear wing at the right end that includes an end stack, along with a later extension beyond it. To the left of this wing is another later 19th-century rear wing.

The house is two storeys tall. On the ground floor, there are four early 19th-century sash windows with 16 lights, made with crown glass. The first floor has three similar sash windows, one with 12 lights positioned above the central door, and a blank space at the right end. The entrance features a six-panel door, where the bottom panels are flush, the middle panels are fielded, and the top panels are glazed. This door is set in a plaster rusticated doorcase that includes engaged fluted columns, a triglyph frieze, and a moulded pediment.

The front of the house is bordered by railings and double gates that extend the full length of the property, returning to the house at the right end. These consist of six round cast iron stanchions with enlarged heads and fluted friezes, six plain iron uprights with spikes, two rails, and fleur-de-lis finials and hoops; the gates are styled similarly.

On the right side of the house, the garden elevation features three early 19th-century sash windows with 12 lights and one with 16 lights on the ground floor, all made with crown glass. The first floor has two similar sash windows with 12 lights and one with a semi-circular head. All but the last window have 19th-century louvred external shutters. The central door on this elevation is similar to the front door and is set in a doorcase with fluted pilasters and a moulded flat canopy.

The left return and rear elevation are weatherboarded, while the rest of the house is plastered. Inside, the house retains hinged internal shutters in all ground-floor rooms, six-panel doors, an early 19th-century straight staircase, and other original features. In the main range, there are two fireplaces on each side of the central entrance hall, with flues that join over an arch. In the right rear wing, there is a 16th-century stop-chamfered transverse beam, which appears to be an addition, as no other 16th-century structures have been identified.