"Fernside "Homestead

"Fernside"

Photo: Shirley Tunnicliff collection - date unknown

The historic homestead, Femside, is situated on the Narrango Road, east of the village of Rylstone. Fernside property straddles the Counties of Phillip and Roxburgh; the Cudgegoing River, just below the homestead, forms the boundary between the two counties. 
Ref: Fernside Rylstone - An Architectural and Historical Study by John Broadley

The homestead consists of three distinct sections. The small sandstone section at the rear dates from the mid 1850s, to which a larger parallel brick section was added on the western side. Under separate hipped roofs these two sections ultimately became the service area of the house. Several years later the main section of the house was constructed several metres further west.

Ref: Fernside Rylstone - An Architectural and Historical Study by John Broadley