Yallah - Historic buildings


Penrose formerly Penrose Villa - Princes Highway. Yallah.

Penrose is a Late Georgian Cottage built in 1852 from bricks made on the property. It has a verandah to three sides and a detailed brick kitchen with a stone flagged floor. It is a single storey residence made from sandstock brick with a slate roof and outhouses. The garden also has heritage value.

(City of Wollongong Heritage Study, 1991)

Original Residence next to Yallah "Woolshed" complex - Princes Highway Yallah.

This original residence was built c1910 and is a rare example of onsite concrete construction. It is an owner built insitu concrete residence with a corrugated metal roof. This roof replaced the original terracotta roof tiles. The "Woolshed" operated as a wool-store and skin-drying shed up until the 1980's.

(City of Wollongong Heritage Study, 1991)

Former Marshall Mount Public School and Schoolmasters Residence - Marshall Mount Road.

This single storey weatherboard building with a skillion gable roof was built in 1897. It is typical vernacular school house architecture and was a significant element in the Marshall Mount village district.

(City of Wollongong Heritage Study, 1991)

Marshall Mount House - Marshall Mount Road Albion Park.

Although this building is located in Albion Park, it is significant to Yallah's history. Its original residents were Henry and Sarah Osborne who settled at 'Athanlin' otherwise known as Yallah.

It is a singe and two storey residence with rendered brickwork and weatherboard, corrugated metal and tile roof. The original slab cottage was demolished and the single storey section was built c1838. The double storey was built c1840. This is a good and very rare example of colonial architecture in a rural setting.

(City of Wollongong Heritage Study, 1991)

 


Last Modified: 24/07/2008
 

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