MYRNONG

Myrnong, at 2 Myrnong Court, Kangaroo Flat, was built in 1857-58 for Englishman John Cappy, who was associated with deep lead mining. Myrnong, set in a generous allotment, is a symmetrical single-storey, hipped and gabled, early Gothic-influenced house with its front elevation facing west. The original face brick external walls have been overpainted. The roof forms, clad in corrugated galvanised steel, comprise a transverse ridge over the linking central section of the building, and gables over the projecting flanking wings. There is a cast concrete cornice to the parapets and a reconstructed timber posted verandah to the central building section. The flanking wings have canted window bays with light timber frames and large-scaled sashes. 

Myrnong, at 2 Myrnong Court, Kangaroo Flat, is of local historical and aesthetic/architectural significance. 

Myrnong is historically significant (Criterion A) as a dwelling built in 1857-58 for Englishman John Cappy, who was associated with deep lead mining. By the 1870s, Mynong was a substantial 'gentleman's residence,' with extensive stabling and horse facilities. At that time the property was located in a generous landscaped setting, although the early configuration of the property, and the scale of the grounds, has been obscured and reduced through subdivision. 

Myrnong as a building dating to the 1850s, is also one of the few dwellings of this period in Kangaroo Flat and in the City of Greater Bendigo generally, and a rare example of a property dating to the 1850s which was built on the fringes of Bendigo. It is also among the oldest surviving dwellings on the Bendigo goldfields (Criterion B). 

Myrnong is additionally of aesthetic/architectural significance (Criterion E), as an early local example in the picturesque Gothic genre, albeit simply detailed but with prominent gabling and canted window bays. Its symmetrical facade, with the tranverse roofed central section, and flanking gabled wings, is evocative of the mid-Victorian period. Other elements of note include the large brick chimneys and the light timber frames and large-scaled sashes to the canted window bays. The dwelling is also substantially externally intact, albeit overpainted.