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Wando Villa

Location 89 Wellington Road PORTLAND, GLENELG SHIRE Level Included in Heritage Overlay

[1/1] Wando Villa

Statement of Significance

The two storey stucco rendered bluestone house "Wando Villa" at 89 Wellington Road, Portland, was constructed in 1864 for Major Alexander Davidson, a notable Scottish born pastoralist who had earlier in 1848 settled on the Wando River near Casterton. Architecturally speaking, the house is unusual in Victoria and is conceived in a style similar to gothic style villa architecture popularized by pattern books of the period 1840 - 60. The symmetrically conceived facades are delightfully ornamented with picturesque bay windows and window label mouldings