Image: StateLibQld 1 116960 Manning family on the steps of Milton House, 1868

Description: Manning family on the steps of Milton House, 1868 Front view of Milton House showing the Maning family on the front steps, 1868. Milton House was erected in 1852 or 1853 for retired Queen Street chemist Ambrose Eldridge.This hip-roofed house is Colonial Georgian in style and plan, having a typical front doorway with segmented sidelights with arched fanlight, and a symmetrical arrangement of rooms radiating off a central hallway on each floor. The ground floor has wide, open verandahs on three sides. Two service rooms run across the rear of the house incorporating pavilion wings off the side verandahs. The walls are of brick, which is lime rendered and jointed to give the impression of stone. A three-roomed cellar is constructed of rough rubble walling, and entered by steps on the south side of the verandah. The roof is covered in shingles.
Title: StateLibQld 1 116960 Manning family on the steps of Milton House, 1868
Credit: Item is held by John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland.
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