Fairhead Stone Cottage 1891
The cottage was built in 1891 by Ephraim Henry Fairhead, builder and undertaker, a son of farmers James & Mary Fairhead, for his bride, Mary Ann Edwards who was a daughter of Thomas Edwards, Beverley’s first resident Police Constable.
The Fairheads married in December 1891 at St Paul’s Anglican Church, Edwards’ Crossing before moving into their new home where they raised their eight children.
EH Fairchild was also one of the two builders who built the Post Office (1892-1914).
In 1905 cottage was where the first edition of the Beverley Times was printed.
In 1954 Fairhead, in partnership with Ford, were the lessees who ran the new Road Board Picture Gardens.
Members of the Fairhead family resided in the cottage until 1965 when it was sold.
Plans to establish a restaurant in 2006 did not eventuate and the cottage was vacant until new owners restored the cottage in 2017.
Fairhead Cottage, a modest scale cottage of local pink sandstone walls with quoined corners of local mud bricks, makes a significant contribution to the otherwise commercial nature of Vincent Street.
The Fairheads married in December 1891 at St Paul’s Anglican Church, Edwards’ Crossing before moving into their new home where they raised their eight children.
EH Fairchild was also one of the two builders who built the Post Office (1892-1914).
In 1905 cottage was where the first edition of the Beverley Times was printed.
In 1954 Fairhead, in partnership with Ford, were the lessees who ran the new Road Board Picture Gardens.
Members of the Fairhead family resided in the cottage until 1965 when it was sold.
Plans to establish a restaurant in 2006 did not eventuate and the cottage was vacant until new owners restored the cottage in 2017.
Fairhead Cottage, a modest scale cottage of local pink sandstone walls with quoined corners of local mud bricks, makes a significant contribution to the otherwise commercial nature of Vincent Street.