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Tyntynder Homestead

Location Murray Valley Highway, BEVERFORD VIC 3590 - Property No B1010 File Number B1010 Level Local

[1/1] B1010 Tyntyndyer Homestead

Statement of Significance

Tyntynder Homestead, Murray Valley Highway, Beverford, comprises a homestead complex settled by Scottish-born brothers. Andrew and Peter Beveridge. The first dwelling was a log structure built circa 1846 and faced with brick in 1850. Extensive additions were made circa 1854. The present structure comprises two main sections, constructed in brick with gabled iron roofs and timber verandahs.

Tyntynder Homestead, Murray Valley Highway, Beverford, is an early surviving pastoral homestead of importance within the first settlement of this area, architecturally and as a representation of the isolated first stations which characterise the remote Murray Valley during this era. In architectural terms, the homestead is an unusual example of the Colonial style, notable for its planning and detailing and also for the log structure.

Tyntynder Homestead, Murray Valley Highway, Beverford, has been a museum house residence for a number of years and is essentially intact.
Classified: 15/10/1959
Revised: 03/08/1998