Melbourne House

Melbourne House and Hamilton House are a pair of two-storey semi-detached houses built in the late Georgian style. They are constructed of unpainted stucco that is lined to resemble ashlar, topped with slate hipped roofs. The garden elevations create a unified four-bay design featuring a shallow central projection with a pedimental gable and a niche at garden level that holds a bust on a fluted pedestal. The eaves are close, except for the central gable, which has Greek mutules along the cornice. The building has a basement and two storeys, with two bays in the central projection that include stone steps leading up to the ground floor windows above the basement area, and one bay at each end. The upper floor features twelve-pane sash windows, while the ground floor has eighteen-pane sash windows. There is a broad band between the floors and a raised plinth that contains the basement openings.

The side elevations are plain, with a long eighteen-pane staircase window breaking the band at the centre, a twelve-pane window on each floor towards the rear, and an arched doorway towards the front. The windows have slate sills. The brick side wall stacks are complemented by rear wings that are hipped to the north with an end stack, enclosing a small courtyard.

Melbourne House has a flight of three sandstone steps leading to a six-panelled door that consists of four fielded panels and two flush panels. The door is topped by a fanlight with distinctive radiating tracery, featuring an inner ring of small triangles. There is a late 19th-century or later half-glazed porch with a contemporary tile floor. A basement door is located under the windows to the left, and the original stone stack is found at the north end.

The building is not available for inspection, but its plan is similar to that of Hamilton House, with the staircase positioned to the east of the entrance. Panelled shutters are present throughout the property.