FORMER BENDIGONIA

* A relatively late and very unusual example of the bargeboarded Rural Gothic Style, exhibiting something of the muscularity of the Modern Gothic Style.

* One of only a few remaining residences which portray what was once the prestigious St Kilda Road and Queens Road nineteenth century residential precinct and the elegant lifestyle associated with the area.

* The building is believed to be an example of the work of well known architect John Beswicke.

* The home of one of Bendigo’s more successful mining investors, John Edward Gard.

* Retaining a number of fine internal spaces dating from the house's 1890s extension.

* A representative example of a home of the period with associated outbuildings and their arrangement on the allotment to provide spaces, both formal and informal, which were required for the many activities associated with running a substantial nineteenth century residence.

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House