Hamilton House

Hamilton House and Melbourne House comprise two two-storey semi-detached houses, unpainted stucco, lined as ashlar with slate hipped roofs whose garden elevations form a single four-bay composition with shallow central projection with pedimental gable and niche at garden level with bust on fluted pedestal. Close eaves except for centre gable which has Greek mutules to cornice. Basement and two storeys, two bays to central projection with stone steps up to ground floor windows over basement area, and one bay to each end. Twelve-pane sash windows to upper floor, 18-pane to ground floor. Broad band between floors and raised plinth containing basement openings. Side elevations are plain with long staircase window breaking band to centre, 12-pane window each floor towards rear and arched doorway towards front. Slate sills. Brick side wall stacks, the rear wings hipped to N with brick end stack, and enclose a small courtyard. Hamilton House has a high plinth on the S side, broken for entrance door, with basement plate-glass sash window to left and basement door and similar sash window to right, the window aligned with those above. Entrance door is up rendered flight of six steps with renewed iron railings, C20 door and leaded patterned fanlight. Garden steps have rounded nosings and C20 rails.

Steps up from front door to main ground floor level. Arch at head of stairs with moulded arch and pilasters. Plaster ceiling over with rose. Front room to W with moulded cornice patterned with shells, ceiling border with rosettes in scroll bordered with ribboned reeding. C19 white marble fireplace with roundels at top corners. Six-panel doors. Staircase off axial hall to E of entrance stairs. Acanthus ceiling rose in hall. Elliptical staircase with C19 or early C20 twisted balusters and ramped rail. Dining room to E with elliptical-arched sideboard recess, black marble C19 fireplace, mid C19 cornice and acanthus rose, and 6-panel door with bordered panels. Fireplace with shouldered architrave on upper floor.