Swiss Cottage

Swiss Cottage is a cottage built in 1839, likely designed by Paxton and Robertson. It features coursed squared sandstone with sandstone dressings and a stone slate roof with diamond-shaped slates. The building has two ashlar stacks and deeply overhanging eaves supported by elaborate brackets, complete with decorative valancing.

The cottage is two storeys tall and has a T-plan layout. The west elevation includes a projecting gabled bay on the left with a bowed front, featuring round-arched windows on both floors that have gothick glazing bars. The upper window is adorned with a decorative hoodmould. The gable curves forward and is decorated with elongated brackets and valancing painted in blue and white.

To the right, there is an open porch with a round-arched doorway and a panelled door. The timber porch has a circular column at the corner and a palisaded parapet. Adjacent to the porch are round-arched windows on both floors, with the upper window located in a gabled half dormer that also features decorative gable detailing. The south side has a half hipped gable end, while to the right is a blind wall with a curved coped parapet.

On the left side, there is a curved single-storey wing with a similar window and a shallow 'veranda' that has a palisaded parapet rising to a gable. The rear of the cottage has plain glazing bar sashes. Swiss Cottage was designed as an eye-catcher to be viewed across the lake, and the surrounding Gardens and Park are registered at Grade I.