40, 42 High Street, Dysart

40 and 42 High Street in Dysart is an 18th-century, two-storey, three-bay classical house that forms part of an irregular terrace. The building features a pilastered and corniced doorcase with a blocking course, and it is finished in painted render with stone margins. The eaves cornice and stone mullions add to its architectural character.

On the northwest elevation facing High Street, there is a deep-set door with a two-pane plate glass fanlight at the center. To the left, a corniced tripartite window is situated in the bay, with a window to the right and an adjacent pend entrance featuring a timber door and a three-part fanlight on the outer right.

The southeast elevation displays asymmetrical fenestration, including a forestair to the right of center that leads to a part-glazed door between the floors, and a half-gable with a small window above the wallhead. The windows are timber sash and case with small-pane glazing patterns, while modern tiles are present on the roof. The building has coped ashlar and harl stacks, with the southwest stack truncated, and features some cans and thackstanes along with ashlar-coped skews.

Inside, the property has plain plasterwork cornicing and dadoes. A notable feature is the elliptical-arched screen door leading to the hall, which includes etched glass and a sunburst-astragalled fanlight, along with a deep keystoned arch. The principal ground floor room has a timber fireplace, while the first floor of No 42 has plain cornicing, a timber balustered cantilevered dog-leg staircase, and a drawing room with round-headed doors, one of which is sealed, flanking another timber fireplace. The roof space reveals the base of a massive crowstepped stack.

The boundary walls surrounding the property are high and constructed of rubble.