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Knox's Rockhill Farm

Location 30 Christoffersons Road,, NERRENA VIC 3953 - Property No B5059 File Number B5059 Level Regional

[1/1] B5059 Knox's Rockhill Farm

Statement of Significance

An innovative dairying complex embodying the total mechanisation of milking, watering and feeding and elements such as double-sided milking lay-out, concrete feed silos and concrete blockwork.
Its owner, James Knox was a practising civil engineer, managing director of the pioneering Gelliondale Brown Coal Company, quarry and farm owner. He built this complex in 1926, after securing the Loudon Machinery Company (USA) agency during an American study tour, erecting this building as a showcase for its wares.
The complex demonstrated the company's machinery and building designs, as well as Knox's own concrete blocks. The simulated half-timbered roof gables and the castellated silos contribute to the visual picturesque character, as did the flared profile of a now demolished gable which has itself a direct reference to American barn designs.
Classified: 20/10/1987