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25-1043: For the Australian villa, see Rodway, Toowoomba . For the English high school originally named Rodway School, see Mangotsfield School . Rodway may refer to: Eduardo Rodríguez Rodway (born 1945), Spanish singer and musician, former guitarist of the rock band Triana Florence Aline Rodway (1881–1971), Australian painter Frederick Arthur Rodway (1880–1956), Australian physician, botanist, and plant collector James Rodway (1848–1926), Guyanese historian, botanist and novelist Leonard Rodway (1853–1936), English-born Australian dentist and botanist Norman Rodway (1929–2001), Irish actor Steve Rodway ( fl.  1980s–2000s ), British electronic dance music record producer Tommy Rodway (1879–1959), English footballer Valerie Rodway (1919–1970), Guyanese song composer [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with

50-535: A central porch with an ornately shaped timber surround and a wide flight of timber steps. The open verandahs have an unlined corrugated iron ogee shaped awning with timber posts, brackets and grid-like balustrade. A bay to either side of the entry, and one to the north, pierce the verandah awning and are hipped at the eaves . These bays, and at either side of the dining room, contain HJ Marks' step-out "disappearing" sash windows. The north projecting dining room bay

75-400: A corrugated iron gable roof is located on the boundary to the northwest, with iron gates to the west which originally led to an avenue which accessed the former property to the southwest. The western border of camphor laurel trees remain, the southwest section of which is fenced off to form a horse paddock. The north garden contains two large jacaranda trees with pine trees along the boundary and

100-475: A particular class of cultural places. It is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a substantial federation period timber house. The place is important because of its aesthetic significance. It is important in exhibiting a range of aesthetic characteristics valued by the Toowoomba community, in particular the form of the house and its relationship to the expansive southeast view, and

125-488: A timber and wire fence. Garden beds with terracotta tile surrounds and brick drains border the north garden and the grassed driveway to the east. The southeast area of the site is lower and contains the remains of the original tennis court. Rodway was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992 having satisfied the following criteria. The place is important in demonstrating

150-489: A timber arch, walls are of tongue and groove boards with painted timber architraves and skirting, and doors are panelled cedar with fanlights. The northeast room has arched divides to the bays, and later fibrous cement ceiling and brick fireplace. The southeast room has an arched divide to the bay, a white marble fireplace surround and more recent ensuite. The dining room has plastered walls and ornate, pressed metal ceiling and cornice . Pressed metal ceilings also feature in

175-537: A town residence. Frith lived in semi-retirement but maintained his Augathella property, Toolmaree Station. Renamed Rodway after his birthplace in Somersetshire in England, the house was described as one of the most picturesque and beautiful homes in the vicinity of the city. A gabled north projecting dining room bay may have been undertaken by Frith, and was certainly in existence by 1919. Interior alterations to

200-666: Is a single storeyed timber house erected c.  1904 for John Long to the design of architect Harry Marks on a 40-acre site on the Toowoomba Range. The site was acquired by Long, a hotel keeper, in 1896. He had previously commissioned Marks' father, James Marks in 1885 to design the Imperial Hotel in Ruthven Street, which Long operated for a number of years. In 1910, the property was acquired by grazier, John Oliver Frith and his wife Annie Peek Frith as

225-749: Is a word for long, thin boards used to cover walls and (formerly) roofs of buildings. Historically, it has also been called clawboard and cloboard . In the United Kingdom , Australia and New Zealand , the term weatherboard is always used. An older meaning of "clapboard" is small split pieces of oak imported from Germany for use as barrel staves, and the name is a partial translation (from klappen , "to fit") of Middle Dutch klapholt and related to German Klappholz . Clapboards were originally riven radially by hand producing triangular or "feather-edged" sections, attached thin side up and overlapped thick over thin to shed water. Later,

250-412: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Rodway, Toowoomba Rodway is a heritage-listed villa at 2 South Street, Rangeville , Toowoomba , Toowoomba Region , Queensland , Australia. The architect was Harry Marks . It was built from c.  1904 to 1930s. It is also known as Sylvia Park. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992. Rodway

275-751: Is rotated 5 ⁄ 8 inch (16 mm) until it has turned 360°. This gives the radially sawn clapboard its taper and true vertical grain. Flat-grain clapboards are cut tangent to the annual growth rings of the tree. As this technique was common in most parts of the British Isles , it was carried by immigrants to their colonies in the Americas and in Australia and New Zealand . Flat-sawn wood cups more and does not hold paint as well as radially sawn wood. Chamferboards are an Australian form of weatherboarding using tongue-and-groove joints to link

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300-408: Is surmounted by a gable with timber brackets to either side and decorative timber bargeboard and finial, with an awning and timber brackets to the bay window below. The northwest enclosed tankstand is taller, and has a shallow hipped roof and pressed metal window hoods. The main entrance has a panelled cedar door with leadlight fanlight and sidelights . Internally, there is a wide central hall with

325-409: The surname Rodway . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rodway&oldid=1109523945 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description

350-499: The British Isles, and the style may be part of all types of traditional building, from cottages to windmills, shops to workshops, as well as many others. In New Zealand, clapboard housing dominates buildings before 1960. Clapboard, with a corrugated iron roof, was found to be a cost-effective building style. After the big earthquakes of 1855 and 1931, wooden buildings were perceived as being less vulnerable to damage. Clapboard

375-441: The boards together to give a flatter external appearance than regular angled weatherboards. Some modern clapboards are made up of shorter pieces of wood finger jointed together with an adhesive. In North America clapboards were historically made of split oak, pine and spruce. Modern clapboards are available in red cedar and pine. In some areas, clapboards were traditionally left as raw wood, relying upon good air circulation and

400-468: The boards were radially sawn in a type of sawmill called a clapboard mill , producing vertical-grain clapboards. The more commonly used boards in New England are vertical-grain boards. Depending on the diameter of the log, cuts are made from 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 to 6 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches (110 to 170 mm) deep along the full length of the log. Each time the log turns for the next cut, it

425-467: The death of Annie Frith in 1952, the property was transferred to PJ Seymour, LH Corser, and Leo and Isabel Lynch. The property was subdivided and later sold, with the Lynches retaining the house on a 5-acre block, later reduced to 4 acres to allow for the provision of new roads. The property was again subdivided in the mid-1990s, and the land the west of the house beyond the border of camphor laurel trees

450-465: The dining room may also have been carried out at this time. It is thought that the kitchen wing was added after 1904. Members of the Frith family are recorded as living at Rodway until 1940 although it is believed the house was rented and used as a boarding house during the 1930s. About this time new fireplaces were installed in the living and dining rooms as well as a new ceiling in the living room. After

475-470: The enclosed verandah rooms off the south bedroom and ensuite. The western verandah enclosures include a guest bedroom and storeroom in the tankstand, with the original verandah posts still in place. The kitchen has been remodelled and a bathroom added to the west end of the verandah, with the verandah having an ogee shaped boarded ceiling. Stairs lead down to the laundry, which contains the original copper, and store below. A chamferboard double garage with

500-528: The evolution or pattern of Queensland's history. Rodway, erected c.  1904 , is important in demonstrating the evolution and pattern of Queensland's history, in particular the development of Toowoomba as the service centre for the Darling Downs Region, and the development of the Range as a prime residential area. The place is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of

525-498: The layout of the gardens and mature trees and their contribution to the streetscape of South Street and to the Toowoomba townscape. The place has a special association with the life or work of a particular person, group or organisation of importance in Queensland's history. It has a special association with the life of Toowoomba architect Harry Marks as an example of his domestic work. [REDACTED] This Misplaced Pages article

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550-422: The south, east, northeast and northwest, and a kitchen wing and an attached enclosed tankstand to the west. The south and northwest verandahs have been enclosed, and the building has timber stumps with batten panel infill, except to the kitchen wing which has a brick base enclosing a laundry and store. There are three brick chimneys , of which the eastern two are cement rendered. The symmetrical east elevation has

575-431: The use of 'semi-hardwoods' to keep the boards from rotting. These boards eventually go grey as the tannins are washed out from the wood. More recently clapboard has been tarred or painted—traditionally black or white due to locally occurring minerals or pigments. In modern clapboard these colors remain popular, but with a hugely wider variety due to chemical pigments and stains. Clapboard houses may be found in most parts of

600-609: Was originally based on "The Queensland heritage register" published by the State of Queensland under CC-BY 3.0 AU licence (accessed on 7 July 2014, archived on 8 October 2014). The geo-coordinates were originally computed from the "Queensland heritage register boundaries" published by the State of Queensland under CC-BY 3.0 AU licence (accessed on 5 September 2014, archived on 15 October 2014). [REDACTED] Media related to Rodway, Toowoomba at Wikimedia Commons Chamferboard Clapboard , in modern American usage,

625-491: Was removed from the heritage register in 1998. Rodway is a single-storeyed chamferboard residence with a corrugated iron hipped roof and projecting north gable . The building, located on the Toowoomba Range, is situated on a south sloping site, overlooking the Brisbane Valley to the southeast, with a border of mature camphor laurel trees to the west boundary and Norfolk pines to the north. There are verandahs to

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