[1] The Rudd Residence at 248 Agnes Street, Rockhampton was constructed in about 1923 and is believed to be the design of local architect Beatrice May Hutton.

It is a large, high set timber dwelling located on a spacious block originally part of Allotment 47 granted to John Ward and Andrew Bertram in 1862.

Like many of the women who attempted to enter the male domain of architecture at the time, Beatrice Hutton came from a family with associations in the field.

Her father, Falconer West Hutton, was a surveyor and she initially wanted to pursue a career in surveying but had to "accept architecture as the nearest feasible alternative".

After her father died, Hutton moved to Brisbane with her mother in 1936 and opened an art studio in the Colonial Mutual Life Building in Queen Street where she exhibited and sold her wood carvings.

"[1] It is not yet clear what constituted her contribution to the work of Hockings and Palmer, however, several wide verandahed houses in Rockhampton have been attributed to Hutton's early career.

Hutton is known to have continued to design houses for family and friends after she left for Sydney and the Rudd Residence is thought to be the last surviving intact example of her work.

[1] The Rudd Residence is located in the suburb of The Range, Rockhampton's "premier residential area" that overlooks the river, flood plain and town.

Parts of the roof are lined with horizontal timber VJ boards and the hardwood floor has a high gloss finish.

The verandah balustrade is composed of a simple timber grid which is reflected in a denser lattice fixed to the concrete posts and infilling the space between floor and ground levels.

It is lined with narrow, vertical timber VJ boarding to the walls and has a fibrous cement ceiling which continues down to picture rail level.

The square motif of the verandah detailing is continued through to the ceiling which has a grid pattern formed of timber cover strips painted black.

The part of this wall next to the pool is faced with stone and topped with a timber fence, the section that continues under the house is concrete block.

[1] The house is set back from the road in a large expanse of lawn with six prominent Canary Island Date Palms and two mature frangipani trees.

The expansive, well screened verandah with its variety of spaces and simple timber detailing and the many leadlight windows are particularly fine features of the house.