Thirteen years’ hard toil has restored East Maitland’s Roseneath House - including the servants’ quarters - to a habitable, commercial property.
“Before it was Roseneath House it was an inn, so it’s fitting it has been restored as accommodation,” Mr Lines said.
The brick and rough-hewn timber servants’ quarters adjoin the original kitchen, that together as an outbuilding predate the old hotel on Day Street.
The original hardwood timber shingles are preserved beneath the corrugated iron roof and visible in the servants’ kitchen which has survived the building’s numerous owners.
The original inn, built by the Clift family, was converted to Roseneath House when it was sold in the 1930s.
Full article by Sam Norris available at: Maitland Mercury, Aug. 22, 2012.
