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Wolverton is a heritage-listed detached house at 95 Stagpole Street, West End, City of Townsville, Wolverton, a single-storeyed, decorative timber residence, was constructed c. 1903 for Thomas Turton, a well known Townsville painter and decorator. The architect and builder are unknown. Thomas and Emily Turton resided at Wolverton until c. 1916, after which the house appears to have been rented out. Title was transferred from Mrs Turton in 1925, and the property passed through a variety of owners and lessees in subsequent years. It is understood the house was moved sideways in the 1930s to create a vacant adjacent block and in the 1950s it was divided into two flats. In the 1980s Wolverton was restored to its pre-1950 appearance. Wolverton is a modest, single-storeyed timber residence, high set on concrete stumps, surrounded by a modern tropical garden of ferns, palms, shade trees and lawn. A semi-circular driveway is a feature of the front yard together with the original concrete fence foundation and posts.[1] The building has a complex hipped and gabled roof. There are two small symmetrically placed gables at the front of the house and a gabled frontispiece which extends through the front verandah. A large square ventilator is centrally placed on the ridge of the corrugated iron roof. The verandah, with dowel balustrading and lattice screening, extends around three sides of the building. The front porch is decorated with simple fretwork and a wooden arch over the front steps. The single-skin timber external walls have exposed framing. Boards have also been used throughout the house on the internal walls and ceilings. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolverton,_West_End

Health and Safety would not be happy with the candles these days.

Seasons greetings to all in our National Library and especially you, Mary, for keeping this flickery thing going. Location. Temple of Castor and Pollux, The Forum, Rome www.flickr.com/photos/photohistorytimeline/8515815313/in/...

We could do with a drop-cloth like that this year. Easily the highest levels of needle shedding we've had in recent years. Those ceramic(?) heads on the drop-cloth scare me more than the candles to be honest :) We know the Dillons were well-traveled - do we think the images behind were collected or otherwise represent some of those travels?

Merry Christmas! I love how it has central place in the room. And the cloth under it was so sensible. As kids we still had crackers on our tree. I love the wee interior details here with the rod picture rail and the curtain pelmet rail to the left (oh the joy of changing fashions and that pelmets have long gone!)

I don't think cats were so common as indoor pets as they are today. Pets are taking over!! (No, none live in my house--say what you will. . .. :-) Thank you, Mary, and happy holiday to all at the National Library of Ireland!