Edinglassie (New South Wales)

[1] A two-storey sandstone house with hipped iron roof of simplified Italianate style built in two stages c. 1880, and c. 1895, for James White, designed by John Horbury Hunt.

[1] The house is approached through original iron gates and through well kept grounds containing many fine mature trees, including some Queensland species brought from other White family properties.

[1] A two-storey sandstone house with hipped iron roof of simplified Italianate style built in two stages c. 1880, and c. 1895, for James White.

Each elevation is asymmetrical about a large full height projecting bay with a continuous single storey verandah (originally two stories to east and south) supported on cast iron columns stamped 'F.

'[1] The fourteen principal rooms have a variety of pressed metal ceilings and marble and timber fireplaces whilst the fine joinery throughout is of cedar.

[1] The Edinglassie property demonstrates an excellent application of the Arcadian design approach to the siting of structures and elements in the landscape which is rare in the region.