[1] This single-storeyed stone residence was erected in 1853 for former Sydney bank manager Archibald Hepburn Hutchinson, on land he had acquired from surveyor James Charles Burnett earlier the same year.

[1] Burnett had alienated Eastern Suburban Allotments 51–53, a property of just over 12.5 acres (5.1 ha) fronting the Brisbane River near Norman Creek, between November 1851 and December 1852.

Eskgrove was a middle-class residence with fine river views, and was occupied by a number of persons prominent in the development of early Queensland, including squatters William Kent Jr (1857–58) and Thomas Lodge Murray-Prior (1858–59), Governor Bowen's private secretary Abram Moriarty (1859–60), Lieutenant George Poynter Heath, RN, Portmaster of Queensland (c. 1861–c.

As part of the realisation of Scanlan's estate, Eskgrove was offered for sale early in 1895, at which time the property comprised a stone house with a timber wing and timber outbuildings on 2 roods 33.3 perches (2,870 m2) (this included a river frontage, as Laidlaw Parade did not yet extend between Scanlan and Eskgrove streets), plus another 3 acres (1.2 ha) 1 rood 7.1 perches (1,190 m2) with a long frontage to the Brisbane River and to Lytton Road.

At this time the earlier rear timber wing appears to have been replaced and the shed and stables had been removed, but a cottage, not shown on the 1885 estate map and associated with the house, was located on the river side of Laidlaw Parade, to the west of the main residence.

[3] This is an 1850s low-set, single-storeyed sandstone house which originally consisted of a square stone core with a projecting front room and a rear service wing.

[1] The house has a steep sloping broken-back corrugated iron roof topped by a pyramidal chimney ventilator.

[1] Many mature trees provide ample shade for this pre-separation colonial dwelling which remains substantially intact in form.

Eskgrove, constructed in 1853, is significant historically as a rare surviving Brisbane pre-separation residence, closely associated with the earliest riverine development of the eastern suburbs.

Eskgrove, constructed in 1853, is significant historically as a rare surviving Brisbane pre-separation residence, closely associated with the earliest riverine development of the eastern suburbs.

Eskgrove is significant as important evidence of 1850s stone construction techniques in Queensland, and of the early adaptation of Georgian design to Brisbane lifestyle and climate.