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Ascot House, circa 1876. Ascot House is a single-storey timber residence with an attached two-storey timber extension, referred to as a folly.The house has a verandah around three sides under a separate roof, supported by slender double columns with decorative cast-iron capitals.
Site map, 2019. Harris House is a substantial, single storey villa residence in a Federation-era style. It occupies a prominent 0.19 hectares (0.47 acres) site on the corner of Margaret and Clifford streets, located within a mixed residential and commercial area on the western side of the Toowoomba central business district.
Boyce Gardens comprises a number of major component parts. These include, the rainforest, located in the north-eastern corner of the site, the pine forest along Mackenzie Street on the eastern side of the property, the avocado orchard, displays of Australian flowering shrubs, tennis court, swimming pool, specialist garden areas including collections of ericas, proteas, roses, native orchids ...
The property is situated close to the escarpment of the Southern Toowoomba Range and the house is oriented to take advantage of the easterly views. The allotment covers an area of 1.69 hectares (4.2 acres) and the relationship between the house, gardens, garden structures and the expansive views are critical to the significance of the place.
The size of the house meant the use of the back of house for three bedrooms for the owner/manager and family, with family room, study, rear garden and swimming pool for private use. [1] In 1990 two law firms who combined to become one of the largest in Toowoomba purchased Kensington.
A swimming pool was built at Glen Alpine in 1931, designed by William Hodgen Jnr. It was one of the first domestic swimming pools built in Toowoomba. [1] Glen Alpine was temporarily occupied by the Australian Army, c. 1940 –42 during World War II. [1] Macrossan died in 1955 and his daughter purchased Glen Alpine from his estate in 1957. [1]
The family converted the property to a rental property over the years 1949-1952 as the son then father moved to new modern homes. When Jim Busby died in 1953 he was living in James Street and his children did not sell this revenue-producing property until 1988.
The land on which the Cottage stands was transferred to Marks' daughter KM Muir, in 1951. Katharine died in 1954, and her son Charles Beresford Marks, also a Toowoomba architect, was appointed trustee of the property. [1] Gladstone House was acquired by Theodore and Doris Hallop in 1955, and the property has since changed hands a number of times.
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