"Toongabbie" Residence

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

'Toongabbie' (formerly 'Burnham Lodge') was erected in the mid 1850's for CS Friend a Pioneer Geelong Solicitor and Investor. The architect is not known for this red brick quoined single storey villa of Regency/Italiante stylistic origins. The house is notable for its early associations with the development of the Bellarine Peninsula and its restrained Regency derived architectural character. The verandah is a distinctive element but appears altered from the original.

RECOMMENDATIONS: PROTECTIVE MEASURES

Geelong Regional Commission Register

REFERENCES

Wright, G. McK, The Bellarine Peninsula, An Environmental Study - Geeolong Regional Planning Authority, 1973. p59.

Geelong Advertiser - 20th October , 1867 - Death at his residence Burnham Lodge, Kensington, (Leopold). Christopher Samuel Friend, Solicitor aged 48 years.

Funeral 23rd October, 1867 to Eastern Cemetery.

Geelong Advertiser - 22nd December, 1868 - Advt. ladies select Boarding School Burnham Lodge, conducted by Mrs and Misses Friend. College on banks of Lake Connewarre - Fee 50 pounds p.a.

Geelong Advertiser - 11th July, 1872 - CS Friend's property at lake Connewarre auctioned (Burnham Lodge) with 40 acres.

Geelong Historical Society - Investigator 1970, p.26 reference to Toongabbie.

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House