72, Eastgate Street

No. 72 Eastgate Street is a house dating from around 1800, with some minor alterations made later. The building is constructed of brick, partly covered in stucco, with stone details and slate roofs, and features brick stacks. It is located at the south end of a cul-de-sac, presenting a double-depth block with a full-height bow projection at the rear and a small entrance wing on the right side.

The main block is three storeys high with a basement, while the entrance wing is two storeys. The front of the main block has three bays, with the basement set within a partly railed area and painted white. There is a stone band at the first-floor level, a stone crowning cornice with closely set modillions, and a brick parapet. The basement features a single sash window with glazing bars. On both the ground and first floors, there are three sashes with glazing bars (3x4 panes), and on the second floor, there are three shorter sashes with glazing bars (3x3 panes). All windows are set in openings with flat-arched heads made of five raised and stepped stone voussoirs and have projecting stone sills.

The entrance wing, which is stuccoed, has an arched doorway on the left with a fanlight that has been crudely renewed in the 20th century, framed by a stone doorcase with Tuscan pilasters and an entablature. The entrance features an eight-panel door with raised and fielded panels, a sash window to the right, and a central sash window on the first floor, both with glazing bars (3x4 panes).

At the rear, the garden front has similar details to the entrance front, except the basement storey is fully exposed. Each floor of the bow on the right has three sashes, and to the left of the bow on each floor, there is a single sash, all with glazing bars.

A panel fixed to the front of the building states that it was previously named "Richleigh" and later known as School House, which was part of Sir Thomas Rich's School located here from 1889 to 1964. The interior has not been inspected.