When the Ipswich Branch of the National Trust of Queensland added the house to the State Heritage list in the 1970′s; they stated that the house was built for local businessman Mr J B Colthup. The present owners do not believe that to be correct, it appears that Mr Colthup purchased it during the 1930′s. It is one of a row of four houses built by the then well known builder and philanthropist, John Farrelly in 1880. Many of the materials used in the construction were reclaimed from the earlier buildings, some windows and doors have a distinctly gothic look, and they may have come from a church. The house is built of bricks on rock rubble footings; the roof was originally slate and all of the ceilings lathe and plaster has been replaced with VJ boards.In the 1930′s the verandahs were enclosed and the house was converted into four flats upstairs and one downstairs. Mrs Joyce Sanderson it in 1974, and has it restored to appear much as it originally , to use as offices for her accountancy business. The current owner purchased the house in a derelict condition in 1989. It had been uninhabited for some years, except for some squatters, and a number of large grey huntsman spiders. The internal stairs had been removed, and the interior walls had been heavily graffitied and extensively damaged. The upstairs area is at street level; there are usable verandahs on three sides, and doors into the house from both side verandahs. The double front doors open into the 2.2m x 8.2m entry hall. At the old back door there are gothic windows with beautiful blue glass; those at the front door have red glass that contains gold dust. The internal stairs have been reistated to the original shape. The arched plaster ceiling was restored using the original framework, much of which was still in place over a false ceiling. The wallpaper is English ‘Anaglypta’ painted to match the colours in the Brussels Wilton carpet. The six internal doors in the hallway are cedar, and have been restored and Fr