Five Gums House and outbuildings

The property known as 'Five Gums', at 250 Adairs Lane and Lot 1 Adairs Lane, Heathcote.

'Five Gums', encompasses two neighbouring allotments in the Parish of Langwornor. Although there are other buildings located at 'Five Gums', only the sandstone and brick hut (circa 1876) on allotment Y5 and slab outbuilding (circa 1873) on neighbouring allotment Y7 are of significance. 

'Five Gums', at 250 Adairs Lane and Lot 1 Adairs Lane, Heathcote is of local historic and architectural and technical significance to the City of Greater Bendigo.

'Five Gums', at 250 Adairs Lane and Lot 1 Adairs Lane, Heathcote, is of historic significance for its association with Thomas Drewitt from as early as 1865. Drewitt was a prominent member of the Heathcote community and involved in a number of civil institutions, including the district Roads board and the establishment of a school at Wild Duck Creek. It is also important for its long association with members of the Izerott family, from about 1865. In 1924 the Izerott brothers named the place 'Five Gums'. Criterion A

Both buildings are architecturally significant. The sandstone and brick hut with corrugated iron roof is of primitive construction, and is notable for its unusual roof form of hip and gable, brick window dressings and timber lintels in the manner of buildings derived from either Cornish or German building tradition and widely practised in South Australia. Criterion D

The slab outbuilding is representative of of the farm buildings constructed on early selections, and probably dates to before 1873. Built from horizontal timber slabs set between vertical posts andstone flags on the floor is of technical significance for its demonstration of primitive building construction techniques. Criterion E.