Raffah House

RAFFAH HOUSE

Raffah House has had many varied lives over its lifetime!

Samuel Loone dispensed medicines and ointments when it was built in 1840; it went on to sell drapery for James Burrill; and following a fire in 1914, it became a private maternity hospital run by Mrs Nell Gane, who oversaw the births of local babies up until 1940.

When fire ravaged the building, the interior was destroyed, leaving only the stone walls and chimneys. The interior was subsequently rebuilt, and it was at this time that the building was renamed Raffah.

The sandstone cottage is of the Georgian architecture era, where simple features and symmetry of the façade and room layout are key to the design. Now an Airbnb, Raffah House preserves the colonial façade, whilst creating a light-filled extension with intriguing hints to the original stonework.