The Homestead

This property comprises two distinct houses, built at different times. The first, The Homestead, dates to approximately 1797, as indicated by the date on the chimney stack. It is a two-story, three-window range house constructed with Flemish bond brickwork and a brick plinth. It has a half-hipped roof covered with old plain tiles, with a brick ridge stack in the centre. The windows are 12-pane unhorned sashes, each with a flat brick arch above. A dentil brick course runs along the eaves. The right return features a 20th-century porch with a plank door and a regular arrangement of sashes and casements. The gable ends of the attic have horizontal sliding sashes. The interior has not been inspected.

The second house, nearby, appears to be of earlier origin, likely from the 17th century. It is constructed on a brick plinth, with roughcast rendering over what was probably timber framing. It has an old plain-tile roof and brick ridge stacks positioned to the left and right of the centre. The house follows a four-unit lobby-entry plan. It is a two-story, four-window range building, with a 20th-century plank door set within a 19th-century brick porch on the right side of the centre. Most windows are three-light wood casements, except for two-light casements on the ground floor at the left and right. Ground-floor windows (excluding the one on the left) have wood cornices. The first-floor features rendered panels; the centre panel depicts a flower in a pot, the panel to the right of centre a fleur-de-lys and a star on the right panel. The right return displays timber framing on the first floor, and a double Queen-post roof truss is visible in the gable end. The interior has not been inspected.