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Lynburn Homestead

Location Midland Highway (off), BATESFORD VIC 3221 - Property No B1727 File Number B1727 Level Local

[1/1] B1727 Lynburn Homestead

Statement of Significance

Lynburn homestead at Batesford was erected c. 1857 for Dr Robert Culbertson Hope as a single storey squared basalt residence with double bay front, slate roof and two storey rear kitchen wing and encircling verandah, now demolished. Walter Sheridan, a Geelong architect/surveyor, may have designed this austere and virtually unadorned stone structure. A flour mill and cellar were also located on Lynburn in the nineteenth century.
Lynburn was for many years the country residence of eminent Scottish born surgeon, pastoralist and politician, Dr RC Hope. The property was an important centre for flour milling and viticulture, Hope having established one of the earliest vineyards in the district as well as erecting a very substantial water powered flour mill. The architecture of the residence is totally undistinguished and devoid of ornamentation or stylistic expression.
Lynburn at Batesford has been radically altered by removal of the original encircling verandah at an unknown date. The flour mill was destoryed by floods in 1880 and the cellar demolished.