Tulloona is a heritage-listed residence at 562 Ballina Road, Goonellabah, City of Lismore, New South Wales, Australia.
This outfit was always made available when anyone of note came to Lismore, and the 2 horses, Beauchamp and Carrington, showed their paces on these important occasions.
[1] The Heritage Council awarded $2,500 to the owners to contribute to a Conservation Management Plan which was produced in August 2005.
[1] It was subsequently sold by long-term owners Sue and Michael Dakin c. 2012 after having comprehensively restored the property.
[3] Tulloona was a farm originally comprising several hundred acres, with dairy and piggery on the northern end of the property overlooking Bexhill.
[1] Significant plantings along the front boundary and within the articulation zone obscure views to Tullonna House from the street.
[1] The land contains a circular drive and garden to the front, an early school house to the rear and a scattering of subtropical trees.
[1] An impressive large scale house displaying all the exuberance of a high Victorian residence befitting that of a successful country gentleman.
The galvanised steel verandah roofs have a distinctive ogee shape and the wide verandahs possess deep pointed timber valence boards with cast iron columns, panels and frieze which impart an air of lightness contrasting with the solid massing of the bays.
All these rooms contain rich Victorian marble mantelpieces to the fireplaces with pattern inlays to sides and hearth.
The central staircase is of impressive proportions with cedar balustrade and panelling surrounds reflecting a taste for "Old English" detailing (National Trust of Australia (NSW), 1978).
[1] In the rear yard small garden beds are clustered around the School House, pool, and Residence.
[1] Stables for 4 horses were built at the back of the 4 acre property, together with the[1] Carriage house for 2 buggies, a sulky and a "sociable", which held 9 people.
It displays a high degree of integrity, and features design elements that exemplify opulent Victorian taste.
[1] This Wikipedia article was originally based on Tulloona, entry number 00051 in the New South Wales State Heritage Register published by the State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) 2018 under CC-BY 4.0 licence, accessed on 1 June 2018.