Hunts Road
Private property. Please view from the street.
James Delmage built this two-storey house to the plans of the headmaster’s house. Delmage was a blacksmith turned builder and undertaker and built many of the fine homes in the Irwin District. He was Chairman of the Irwin Road Board from 1903 to 1918.
The small stone cottage to the west, partly obscured by a wall, is known as Herbert’s Cottage. It was built in the 1870’s and was used by neighbour Francis Pearse to house employees. In c1940 it was bought by retired farmer and Irwin Road Board secretary Frank Herbert. During World War II Annie Herbert ran the Red Cross War Comforts Depot across the road from this home.
Delmage House with Herbert’s House at rear I IRME1151
Annie Herbert in front of her house, 1944 I IRME1970
