Back to search results » Back to search page »   Print 

house, 10 Gisbourne Road

Location

10 Gisborne Road BACCHUS MARSH, MOORABOOL SHIRE

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

An early large brick house built in 1868. From 1881, Christopher Crisp, editor and part proprietor of the Bacchus Marsh Express lived here with his large family until his death in 1915. It remained in the Crisp family until 1977. It is part of a group of three buildings (also refs: 192 & 193) associated with the newspaper.

Forceful, and intelligent Christopher Crisp was influential on Alfred Deakin and the Australian Federation movement at the end of the nineteenth century. This house is of state historical significance for its association with the then important and influential Express and Christopher Crisp. It is a representative embodiment of a way of life in the period from 1868. Finally it is local architectural significance as an early house, surviving in the centre of the town.

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House