TitleBleak House, Samford, ca. 1985DescriptionTimber flooring in the family room downstairs in Bleak House, Samford, prior to polishing. The timber floor was laid on battens on the concrete. Bleak House was originally a five-roomed cottage in Eastern Heights built in the 1860s. It was rebuilt by James Foote as a grand, two-storey mansion in the early 1890s, bought by his nephew Henry Smart Cribb after his death in 1895, before being partially demolished and moved in 1928 to make way for the Cribb Estate. The lower story survived in South Street Ipswich (Qld.) until 1985, when the house moved to Samford. There the new owners have restored it to its former glory.Dateca. 1985PhotographerSkinner, R.CollectorSkinner, R.Record typePhotographFormat typePhysicalOriginal format colourColour
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