Beacon Cottage

Beacon Cottage is a former gardener's cottage, now a house, built in 1903 by architect Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo for G.W. Taylor. The building is constructed of brick and rough cast with a hipped tile roof and stands two stories tall in a double-pile layout, featuring a central entrance and a scullery range at the rear.

The symmetrical facade showcases a wide, advanced porch with an arched opening, flanked by two-light windows. Each side has a canted return with single-light windows, all beneath a shallow hipped roof. The entrance consists of a narrow door, with a two-light window above it at the first floor. The roof flares slightly upwards at the base, and there are two corbelled brick chimneys along the ridge. Although all windows have been replaced in the late 20th century, they remain in their original openings.

Inside, there is a main room on each side of the central hall, which features a stick baluster and chamfered newel stair. Beacon Cottage was built as the gardener's cottage for the nearby Beacons, which were constructed in 1902-1903 and share group value with this building.