GLENLOGIE HOMESTEAD RUINS AND WOOLSHED

What is significant?
Glenlogie Homestead ruins and surviving woolshed are located approximately five kilometres south east of the township of Branxholme, on a rise overlooking the Arrandoovong Creek. The ruins of the Glenlogie homestead are located about ten metres north of the Wallacedale-Branxholme Road. The Glenlogie timber woolshed is located some distance north of the homestead ruins. The ruins are of a brick homestead, Glenlogie, which was built around the turn of the century from bricks made on the property. The physical fabric which remains include brick footings, a concrete verandah, some plantings around the house and the remains of an orchard located adjacent to Arrandoovong Creek. The homestead was presumed to be built by either John or Alfred Fenton, who owned the property from 1897 to 1913. No architect or builder has been associated with the design. Glenlogie was a typical small mixed agricultural property, perhaps with a focus on sheep, evidenced by the timber woolshed. The timber woolshed is a vernacular structure, dating from about 1950. Glenlogie had a series of medium term owners between 1913 and the late 1970s when it was burnt down in a house fire. The timber woolshed is in poor condition, but both the homestead ruins and the woolshed retain a fair degree of integrity.

How is it significant?
The Glenlogie homestead (ruins) and woolshed are of historical significance to the Southern Grampians Shire.

Why is it significant?
Glenlogie ruins and timber woolshed are of historical significance as a representative example of small farming practice dating from the turn of the century. The ruins of the homestead demonstrate a typical conservative symmetrical design, with the homestead sited on a rise to overlook the land which is held by the small farmer. The timber woolshed adds to this, demonstrating the growing importance in the mid twentieth century of sheep and wool to the pastoral industry, and the advent of the wool boom. Glenlogie is of further historical significance for its association with early selectors, such as the Dreyer family, and for its later association with important local families such as the Fentons, Heenans and Prices.

Group

Farming and Grazing

Category

Homestead Complex