Selhurst is a heritage-listed detached house at 24 Cleveland Terrace, North Ward, City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.

The house was commissioned by John Alexander Carpenter, Townsville manager for the Burns Philp Company, as his private residence.

[1] During his years in Townsville, Robert Philp developed an interest in politics through his involvement in the campaign to expand the railway to the west and through his participation in the movement to create a separate north Queensland state.

[1] It is important to note that from early settlement Melton Hill has been the location for residences for managerial staff, lawyers and doctors.

[1] Apart from Selhurst, a number of significant villa residences from the nineteenth and early to mid twentieth century survive along Cleveland Terrace.

[1] Situated almost atop Melton Hill, Selhurst faces east towards the Pacific Ocean and is placed close to the front of the block of land, on Cleveland Terrace.

The corrugated iron roof has a ventilated raised ridge capping with louvred screens at each end to assist internal cooling.

The house is surrounded by gardens and includes a large rock wall and ivy hedge along the front of the yard.

A white paling fence encloses the swimming pool and several ferns are intermingled with the palms and lawns in this area.

Together with Warringa and St James Cathedral, Selhurst makes a significant aesthetic contribution, through form, scale and materials to the Melton Hill streetscape.

[1] The place has a special association with the life or work of a particular person, group or organisation of importance in Queensland's history.

The house, which served as the managers' residence for the Burns Philp Company for fifty-seven years, is thought to be an example of the work of Townsville architect Walter Hunt.