Ivanhoe Public Golf Course Clubhouse

The clubhouse for the Ivanhoe Public Golf Course, formerly known as Chelsworth and built c.1860 is significant. The immediate surroundings including the mature specimen trees and the screen planting contributes to the setting. The golf course, carpark and roadway are not significant.

How is it significant?

The clubhouse for the Ivanhoe Public Golf Course is of local historic and aesthetic significance to the City of Banyule.

Why is it significant?

The clubhouse of the Ivanhoe Public Golf Course, formerly the homestead Chelsworth built c.1860 is of historic significance for its early establishment as a farming property in Banyule. The origins of the property can be traced to the 1846 when Patrick Stevenson ran a dairy farm in the vicinity. The homestead is significant for its early date of construction and its association with the first settlement in the area. Its location close to the river is rare as other homesteads were built further away from the potential flood risk on higher ground. It is the only early homestead in the Ivanhoe and Heidelberg area that retains a rural setting. (Criterion B)

The house retains some indication of its early date of construction in the hipped roof form arranged in long intersecting wingswhich typically illustrate the early to mid Victorian period of residential design. The integrity of the building is reduced by the number of changes that have taken place to the exterior. The mature exotic trees in the vicinity of the Clubhouse contribute to the setting and provide an important buffer between the building and the road, carpark and golfcourse. (Criterion E)

Group

Recreation and Entertainment

Category

Golf Course