Colony Hall

This is a village hall, originally built around 1900 as sanatorium buildings. It was re-sited and modified in 1925 to create a community hall and school. The building is timber-framed with timber cladding, supplemented by later cladding in modern materials. The roofs are corrugated iron with timber bargeboards and finials.

The main hall is rectangular, arranged in five bays facing southeast, and is single-storey with a lit roofspace. A lower, two-bay cross range, previously the schoolroom, is attached to the northeast side. A verandah is attached to the front elevation, extending slightly beyond the eastern and western ends.

The principal front elevation is defined by the steeply-pitched roof and attached verandah, which is supported by turned timber posts set on concrete pad stones, joined by timber arches with keystones. Cast-iron brackets support the roof. The front wall has replacement weather-boarding, along with a central double-width door flanked by tall, late 19th-century two-light timber casements with four-pane opening lights above. The side and rear elevations also have weather-boarding. The lower half of the western gable end was rebuilt in 2017. The gable features a late 19th-century three-light window set within vertical cladding flanked by raised moulded stiles. The east gable end also retains late 19th-century timberwork and a three-light window. The north elevation was re-clad in shiplap in the 21st century, with new windows inserted, and a mid-20th century store with a lean-to roof is attached to the east end.

The front and rear gable ends of the cross range align with the front and rear elevations of the main hall range. The south end of the cross range was rebuilt in the mid-20th century with new weather-boarding. Otherwise, the fabric of the cross range is largely from the late 19th century, with some re-cladding and a replaced window unit.

Inside the hall, the walls are lined with vertical, beaded cladding from the early 20th century. A mid-20th-century ceiling obscures the original scissor-braced roof. Ogee-shaped corbels support the bases of the trusses on the north side of the hall.

The former schoolroom has late 19th-century six-panelled doors, and fitted cupboards and shelving installed in 1925. It is supported by a late 19th-century king-post truss with struts. A cellar is located under the schoolroom range.