St Vincent'S House

St Vincent's House is a villa built around 1830, which was later developed into a hotel and is now divided into flats. The building features a stuccoed exterior with a slate roof and has stacks with rendered shafts, sunk panels, and corbelled cornices on moulded corbels, some of which still have original tapering pots. The main block is rectangular and double-depth, with the entrance located on the east side and a service block to the north-east.

The exterior is two to three storeys high, presenting an asymmetrical five-window, two-storey entrance front. It has deep eaves and an eaves band, with shallow projecting stacks on both sides. A fine projecting open porch is supported by paired, fluted Ionic columns that hold up an entablature with a modillion frieze beneath the cornice. The porch features a parapet with sections of fine cast-iron balustrade decorated with palmette and anthemion motifs. Most windows are 12-pane sashes, except for a 9 over 12-pane stair window that includes margin panes and a stained glass border. The left return has a three-bay design with an eaves band and pilaster strips, featuring 12-pane sashes on the first floor and 18-pane sashes on the ground floor. The west elevation mirrors this style and includes a two-storey canted bay.

Inside, the villa retains some original details, including Greek motifs and plasterwork. Historically, Joseph Marchetti operated the Queen's Hotel until around 1833 when he moved to this location, then known as Apsley House, and ran it as a private hotel. Notably, Queen Adelaide and her suite stayed here in 1845, and in 1854, Marie Amelia, the ex-queen of the French, also visited with her suite.