A small brick and stone California style cottage with brick quioning and a Japanese style gable was built by Herbert Bell at the junction of Mitchell's Lane and the main Tarnagulla-Llanelly road, near the cemetery.
After serving in the First World War and the Merchant Navy Bell arrived in the area in the late 1920's to fossick around the goldfields. He gathered the stones with his bicycle and cut the timbers for the doorways and gables from the surrounding iron bark trees using a one man cross cut saw and broad axe.
The cottage was finished prior to the Second World War when Bell again served his country. On his return to the area Herbert Bell established an orchard and a poultry farm on a nearby block. Herbert Bell, born 28 April 1890 died on 22 October 1976.
- Extract from "Tarnagulla & District".