1 Ginn Street

Ipswich QLD 4305

GINN COTTAGE
'' 'GINN COTTAGE' IS BELIEVED TO BE ONE OF THE OLDEST SURVIVING BRICK COTTAGES IN IPSWICH. BUILT FOR WILLIAM GINN, THE EXACT DATE OF ITS CONSTRUCTION IS UNKNOWN. GINN BOUGHT THE LAND FROM THE NEW SOUTH WALES GOVERNMENT IN NOVEMBER 1858 AND COUNCIL RATE BOOKS SHOW THE COTTAGE WAS BUILT BY EARLY 1860. THE BUILDING IS LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF GINN STREET AND MEREDITH LANE, WITH SOUTH WALLS AND EASTERN VERANDAH COINCIDING WITH THE PROPERTY BOUNDARIES.
THIS BRICK COTTAGE ON SANDSTONE FOOTINGS IS SIMILAR TO OTHER EARLY VICTORIAN BUILDINGS SEEN IN OLD PHOTOGRAPHS. THE FRONT ROOMS EACH HAVE A FIREPLACE WITH A CEDAR CHIMNEY-PIECE. THERE IS AN ATTIC WITH A SLOPING ROOF, REACHED BY A STEEP STAIRCASE WITH SIMPLE SQUARE BALUSTRADING.'' THIS HOME IS CONVENIENTLY LOCATED AND WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE TO EVERYTHING YOU CAN IMAGINE; A MOVIE THEATRE, HOSPITAL, SPECIALIST DOCTORS, SHOPS, LIBRARY, COUNCIL, ART GALLERY, SCHOOLS, TRAINS AND BUSES. YOU DON'T NEED TO OWN A CAR TO LIVE HERE. FEATURING 3 BEDROOMS, 2 BATHROOMS & 1 LOCK-UP GARAGE.