John Speechley Gotch was the founder and managing director of Gordon & Gotch, an international news and advertising agency.

In the early Rate Books the house appears as timber but soon changes to brick and timber and finally to a fully brick one. In the opinion of Dr. Miles Lewis the verandah and balcony were remodelled in a Moorish style probably around the turn of the century, and probably by Nahum Barnet, who did other work for Gotch. Gotch died in 1901, however the family remained there until the 1930s.
The site is vehicle access and car park for Freemasons Hospital.