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DUNMORE TURKISH BATH HOUSE AND HOMESTEAD KITCHEN
Location3039 WOOLSTHORPE-HEYWOOD ROAD BROADWATER, MOYNE SHIRE LevelHeritage Inventory Site |
Statement of Significance
The Turkish bath house and kitchen ruin at the former Dunmore homestead
site were built in the 1860s. The bath house was in part by Port Fairy
stonemason John Perry, for the Scottish-born Charles Hamilton Macknight.
It is a Gothic inspired bluestone structure comprising two chambers,
with a pointed portal and highlight window and a steeply pitched roof.
The 1866 constructed Turkish bath house at the former Dunmore homestead
site is of historical significance to the State as it is perhaps the
only bath house built for a mid-nineteenth century pastoral homestead.
It is one of two known privately owned and built Turkish Bath Houses in
Australia.
The bluestone kitchen located adjacent to the bathhouse is a ruin
that has potential archaeological evidence of the former homestead
complex, its occupants and provides an insight into early settlement
in the region. The Turkish bath house and kitchen ruin at the former
Dunmore homestead site are of historical, architectural and aesthetic
significance to the State of Victoria and Moyne Shire.
Group
Residential buildings (private)
Category
Other - Residential Buildings (private)