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Post date: 07/08/2012
Directions:
Coming from CBD along Umbilo Road, turn right into Cedar Road when reaching Congela Park.
Coming from CBD along Umbilo Road, turn right into Cedar Road when reaching Congela Park.
Archive Import
History: Until fairly recently the house has been the home of a prominent authoress and social anthropologist, Mrs E.L. Roberts.
Visual Description: Double-storeyed face brick house of the Victorian period with verandahs to two floors and two sides;
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Site Features: Balustrade verandah; timber brackets; garden and hedge gates
Condition: Good
Construction Date: 1902 (first listing)
Materials: face brick :
Catalogue: Kearney, 1984, No: 10.08, Significance Category: It is both of Architectural and historical significance. It represents on of the last surviving buildings in a pocket of Victorian development which straddled the southern route to the Umbilo river.