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Detached seven-bay single-storey corrugated-iron house, built c.1900. Pitched corrugate iron roof having timber bargeboards and uPVC rainwater foods. Square-headed window openings with timber sills and timber casement windows throughout. Square-headed door openings with timber surrounds to front (east) elevation having timber battened doors. Attached corrugated-iron shed to side (west). Corrugated-iron outbuildings to front and side (west). Set within own grounds.

An unique structure in the village of Myrtleville, this corrugated-iron house represents a building tradition which developed in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Corrugated-iron became a popular construction material due to its low price and ease of use and was sometimes used for holiday houses, as well as for outbuildings and railway buildings. The building retains most of its original form and character which is evident in features including timber battened doors and casement windows. Corrugated-iron houses are becoming increasingly rare, though they are important part of the built heritage.