The Bermuda National Trust has expressed disappointment about the recent delisting of Hureka House in St David’s.

However, the group applauded the listing of Princess Royal Union Lodge — also known as Samaritan’s Hall — on Cobb’s Hill.

Both changes were included in separate government notices, appearing in Friday’s edition of The Royal Gazette.

Jennifer Gray, the executive director for the BNT, said yesterday: “Without a doubt we are very sad that Hureka House has been delisted.

“We do understand that it was irreparably damaged by Hurricane Gonzalo in 2014.

“Hureka House is one of Bermuda’s few remaining wooden houses and typifies this unusual style of building.

“Wooden houses were introduced to Bermuda from the West Indies about the turn of the 20th century and adapted well to traditional Bermuda proportions.

“On the other hand, we are very happy that Princess Royal Union Lodge in Warwick, a former Samaritans’ Lodge and Friendly Society, has been listed a Grade 3 building.

“In doing so, it now benefits from protection under the Planning Act and is recognised as a building of architectural and historical significance. We understand that the listing was voluntary and we congratulate the owners for their foresight in submitting the building for consideration.”

Hureka House, which stands on Lighthouse Lane, was one of several wooden homes featured in the book Wooden Houses of Bermuda by Dale Butler. The book notes the house had been repainted in several bright colours over the years.

The book also describes the house as a gable-ended structure with horizontal lap-boarding on the exterior and a roof made with concrete on corrugated iron sheeting.

It also notes an “architrave” around the windows where they meet the horizontal lap-boarding — a common feature in “Georgian architecture”.