Clancholla, historic site in Queensland, Australia

Clancholla is a timber house built in 1922 in the Queen Anne style, located on Ward Street in The Range. The structure sits on wooden stilts, features a terracotta tile roof with prominent gables, original stained and leadlight glass windows, high timber ceilings, and French doors opening onto verandahs, while the grounds include formal gardens with fruit trees, pines, and jacarandas.

Clancholla was built by 1922 for Stuart MacDonald, a pastoralist running "Highland Plains" at Capella, on a lower paddock retained after the family sold Kenmore to the Sisters of Mercy in 1915. The land had belonged to descendants of Peter Fitzallan MacDonald, who reached Rockhampton in 1858 drawn by the Canoona gold rush and turned to pastoral land, making Yaamba his headquarters from 1861. It joined the Queensland Heritage Register on 12 January 2003.

The house reflects how wealthy families lived in the early 1900s through its design and grounds. The timber rooms, stained glass windows, and formal gardens show the tastes and social position of its owners during that era.

The house is located in the quiet area of The Range near the hospital and is easily accessible by Ward Street. Since it is listed on the Heritage Register, any modifications require approval, but visitors can view the original timber work and stained glass windows from outside to appreciate the architectural details.

The house stands on a lower paddock the MacDonalds kept after selling Kenmore, their earlier Ward Street mansion, to the Sisters of Mercy in 1915; the convent's grounds had held the family tennis court. From the 1940s South Sea Islander domestics, among them Doris Leo and Mabel Yow Yeh, worked at Clancholla.