It was designed by Henry Austin Wilshire (main house) and Stone & Siddeley (1914 pool room at front), and built between 1908 to 1910.

He married Alice Maude Curnow in 1906 at the Pitt Street Congregational Church and it appears Dalkeith was commissioned shortly after c. 1908.

[5][1] The house was used from 1954 until 1978 as the Norwegian Seaman's Church ('Sjomannskirken'), with the former billiard room used as the chapel, then used as centre for the International Meditation Society.

[1][7] The house is constructed of local sandstone, with a pitched slate roof[8] with terracotta finials and ridge saddles, a typical treatment at the time.

[7][1] An interesting example of a Federation Arts and Crafts style house which is representative of the type of residences which typified the early development in the area.

The house is set well back from the street, on a sloping site terraced with rock walling, and accessed by concrete paths and steps.

[1] A low stone wall with iron gate (and historic plaque on one pillar), and hedge of Viburnum odoratissimum marks the front boundary.

All Cocos Island or Queen palms (Syragus romanzoffianum) and the silver date (Phoenix sylvestris) were removed in 2015.

Shrubs now include sweet pittosporum (P.undulatum) and angels trumpet (Brugmansia) in the front garden bordering the upper (house) terrace.

Builder: Shaw Constructions As at 27 July 2011, interesting example of Federation Arts and Crafts style house which is representative of the type of residences which typified the early development in the area.

[1] Dalkeith Property was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999 having satisfied the following criteria.

Interesting example of a Federation Arts and Crafts style house which is representative of the type of residences which typified the early development in the area.

[7][1] The place is important in demonstrating aesthetic characteristics and/or a high degree of creative or technical achievement in New South Wales.

Interesting example of a Federation Arts and Crafts style house which is representative of the type of residences which typified the early development in the area.

[7][1] The place possesses uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales.

Interesting example of a Federation Arts and Crafts style house which is representative of the type of residences which typified the early development in the area.