"Lynnburn" Homestead and outbuildings

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

'Lynnburn' homestead at Batesford was erected c 1857 for Dr. Robert Culbertson Hope as a single storey squared basalt residence with double bay front,slate roof and two storey rear kitchen wing and encircling verandah, now demolished. Walter Sheridan, a Geelong architect/surveyor, may have designed this austere and virtually unadorned stone structure. A flour mill and cellar were also located on 'Lynnburn' in the nineteenth century. 'Lynnburn' was for many years the country residence of eminent scottish born surgeon, pastoralist and politician, Dr. R. C. Hope.

References

Johnston, R. "A History of teh Batesford District", History Research Essay, Department of Architecture, University of Melbourne, 1975. pp. 23-25. Including illustrations of homestead and flour mill.

Weekly Times, Melbourne, 27th September, 1978.

Henderson, Alexander, Henderson's Australian Families, Henderson, Melbourne, 1941. pp. 267-274.

Lonsdale, J.M. Gateway to the West, booklet produced for the "Back to Inverleigh" Celebrations, March 1978. p. 7 Biographical Sketch of Dr. R. C. Hope.

Clark, Manning, 'Hope, Robert Culbertson (1812-1878)', in Pike, Douglas (ed) Australian Dictionary of Biography, Melbourne University Press, Vol. 4 1973 pp. 419-420.

Willingham, A.F., 'Documentation of Listed Historic Places, Register of the National Estate; University of Melbourne, 1979, File No. 8/09/13.

Wynd, Ian, 'So Fine a Country, A History of Corio Shire', Draft Copy, to be published in late 1980.

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

Homestead building