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GORRIN WOOLSHED

Other Name

GORRIN

Location

773 OLD GEELONG ROAD DOBIE, ARARAT RURAL CITY

File Number

FOL/15/48280

Level

Registered

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WOOLSHED SOHE 2008
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WOOLSHED SOHE 2008
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WOOLSHED SOHE 2008
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WOOLSHED SOHE 2008
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1 gorrinn woolshed
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gorrinn woolshed

Statement of Significance

Woolshed, Gorrin Station, nine miles South-South-East, Ararat, is a large, bluestone woolshed constructed for James Richardson, c.1867, as part of a complex of station buildings. Constructed in coursed masonry, the structure has a hipped corrugated iron roof and a central clerestory with multi-pane windows and its own hipped roof. All stone and timber is believed to have come from the property.

Woolshed, Gorrin Station is one of the largest stone woolsheds in Victoria, is believed to be one of the earliest and is certainly one of the finest of such structures in the State. Gorrin Station, as a complex of buildings, has historical associations with the settlement of the district. The use of the clerestory is particularly unusual and with the physical size of the structure, renders it a distinctive and important example of a woolshed and of vernacular construction practice.

Woolshed, Gorrin Station, is understood to be in good condition and very largely intact.

Source: Register of the National Estate

Group

Farming and Grazing