"Armytage house"

'Armytage House' formerly 'The Hermitage' a two storey Barrabool freestone ashlar and basalt rubble mansion was upon completion in 1860 one the finest colonial regency style mansion houses in Victoria. The Ionic portico and exquisitely proportioned, encircling wrought iron verandah is the most distinctive feature of this mansion, which is undoubtedly Edward Prowse's most impressive work. The mansion has considerable and important historical associations, firstly with the Armytage family, and finally with the Geelong C.E.G.G.S (1905-1973)

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Geelong Regional Commission Register

Historic Buildings Council Register

Australian Heritage Commission Register of the National Estate.

REFERENCES

Geelong Advertiser - 3rd May, 1858, tender notice

27th April 1860, tender for iron gates

15th October 1860, tender for stone wall and iron railing.

Southall Ivan, The Hermitage; History of Geelong Church of England Grammar School, 1906-1956.

National Trust of Australia (Victoria), File No 1001,

Henderson, A - Early Pioneer Families of Victoria and the Riverina - McCarron, Bird and Co, Melbourne.

Cirillo, P. R. and Moani, H - The Hermitage and Sacred Heart Girls Colleges, History Research Essay, Department of Architecture, University of Melbourne, 1970.

Smith, James (Ed) - Cyclopedia of Victoria, 3 Volumes. The Cyclopedia Co, Melbourne, Vo II, 1904 pp 438-439, biography of Thomas Guthrie.

Sutherland, A - Victoria and Its Metropolis, Past and Present - McCarron, Bird and Co, Melbourne 1888, Vol 2, pp 144, 458-459.

Brown, P.L. - 'Armytage, George - (1795-1862)' Australian Dictionary of Biography, 6 Volumes, Vol 1, Pike, Douglas (Ed), Melbourne University Pres, 1966, p.27.

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House