Parkdale House And Attached Railings, Wall And Outbuilding

Parkdale House, built in 1824 for solicitor George Washington Anstie, is a well-preserved Regency villa located on land given by his father, B.W. Anstie. The house features a stucco exterior over brick, a hipped Welsh slate roof, and stucco stacks. It has a double-depth central stairhall plan and stands two storeys tall with a symmetrical five-window northeast front. The fenestration is arranged in a 1:3:1 pattern, highlighted by pilasters leading to a blocking course. The first floor has four 8/8-pane sashes, while the ground floor has 8/8-pane sashes as well. A flat-roofed porch with pilasters and half-glazed six-panel double doors adds to the entrance.

The rear elevation displays a 1:2:1 fenestration pattern, also articulated by pilasters, featuring four original 8/8-pane sashes, two French windows at the center, and a mid-19th century window in a widened opening to the left on the ground floor. A fine tented verandah with decorative ironwork enhances the rear. Decorative wrought-iron railings top the terrace wall at the front, with a gas lamp positioned in the southeast corner. To the east of the front, there is approximately 10 meters of stucco wall with a brick lean-to attached to a two-storey outbuilding. This outbuilding, constructed of Flemish bond brick, has a pyramidal slate roof and cast-iron Gothic windows.

Inside, the house features panelled doors and shutters, moulded cornices, an open-well stair with stick balusters and a wreathed handrail, and a large kitchen fireplace with dressers. Most fireplaces date from a refitting around 1870, including a simple marble fireplace from the 1820s in the south ground-floor rear left room. The Anstie family previously constructed a tobacco and snuff factory at the rear of New Park Street and Snuff Street in 1785. George Washington Anstie lived at Parkdale until his death in 1882.