Rosehill

Rosehill is a house dating to around the middle of the 19th century, with an extension added around 1860. It is built of stuccoed stone rubble, with a slate roof. The gable ends feature ornate pierced bargeboards with a tall wooden finial and pendants, and the chimneys have moulded capitals and yellow clay pots. The original house appears to have a plan with a central entrance flanked by principal rooms, and was later extended in the 19th century. This included the addition of a projecting crosswing on the west end, a single-storey bay window in the angle, and a verandah across the front of the original house, returning around the east end. A later single-storey extension was added to the left side of the crosswing. The 1860 remodelling and extension are in a picturesque Gothic and Italianate style. The south front has two storeys and a 1:3 bay arrangement. The symmetrical right-hand three bays represent the original house, with sash windows lacking glazing bars and bracketed sills. The central first-floor window is round-headed with margin glazing bars, and the ground floor has a large bay window with sashes, as well as a glass-roofed verandah supported by pierced posts and a curved corner along the east elevation. The front doorway is centrally located with a rectangular overlight. The gabled west crosswing projects to the left, with a tripartite sash window on both floors – the first floor has round-headed lights with key blocks. To the left of the crosswing is a single-storey, flat-roofed extension incorporating a tripartite sash window. The east elevation, and rear elevation were not inspected. The interior was not inspected, but may contain interesting 19th-century features.