Beth-Eden, Heritage-listed house in Graceville, Australia

Beth-Eden is a two-storeyed rendered brick villa at 85 Bank Road, Graceville, overlooking the Chelmer Reach of the Brisbane River. It has double-height verandahs on all four elevations with cast-iron balustrading and columns, a corrugated iron hipped roof with projecting gables, and a pedimented arched portico over the main entrance. The entrance hall contains a carved timber staircase and sandblasted glass bearing the name "VERNEY". A weatherboard stables/coach-house stands to the southwest and now serves as a garage. The house operates as a retirement home with 61 units in one- and two-bedroom configurations.

Newspaper proprietor Charles Hardie Buzacott commissioned architect Richard Gailey to design this villa in 1888 and originally named it Verney. The property went through multiple name changes before becoming Beth-Eden in 1958.

The property served the community by housing recuperating soldiers from World War I when the Ferguson family donated its use to the Australian Red Cross in 1919. This role shows how local residents contributed to supporting those returning from the conflict.

Beth-Eden is a retirement home accommodating 61 residents in one- and two-bedroom units, so the interior is not open to casual visitors. The 1888 house stands at 85 Bank Road, with the original weatherboard stables/coach-house, now a garage, to its southwest. The single-storey brick nursing-home buildings surround the house.

The name Rakeevan came from A. H. Chambers, manager of the Union Bank of Australia, who took the house in 1895 with his wife, a daughter of John Ferguson. He named it after his family home in Ireland. The entrance fanlight still reads "VERNEY", the villa's first name from 1888.