Shovel House

Shovel House is a small country house located in wooded grounds, dating from the early 19th century. It is constructed of Flemish bond brick and features wide bracketed eaves and a hipped double-Roman tile roof with brick stacks. The house has a symmetrical frontage with two storeys and a layout of 2:1:2 bays, where the center bay projects slightly. The ground floor has 15-pane sash windows, while the first floor features 9-pane sash windows, with the center bay also having French windows that include marginal glazing bars.

The entrance consists of a central segmental-headed door opening with paired panelled doors, sidelights, and a fanlight. It is sheltered by a glazed flat-roofed porch supported by colonnettes, and the roof of the porch forms a balcony adorned with scrolled cast-iron railings. There are lower wings set back on each side, which have copings and parapets, and blank window openings, with a tripartite sash window inserted to the left of the ground floor.

At the rear, the house features a verandah and flanking conservatories. Inside, there is much fine ornamental plasterwork, panelled archways, and original fireplaces, along with a staircase, doors, and window shutters that date from the same period as the house.