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COTTAGE

Location 64 CAMPBELL STREET PORT FAIRY, MOYNE SHIRE File Number 602674 Level Registered

[1/2] COTTAGE SOHE 2008 [2/2] 1 cottage 64 campbell street

Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The single storey, two then four-roomed bluestone cottage at 64 Campbell Street, Port Fairy was almost certainly built in 1856 by its occupant and subsequent owner, the stonemason, William Reyment. It has the typical form of a cross gable and skillion. The cottage is located on the southern side of the street grid of Port Fairy and faces the dunes of the South Beach. Perhaps because the owner was a stonemason, the front fence is a low bluestone wall. Reyment's widow sold the cottage to a local law clerk, James Samuel Bishop who, in turn, sold to the local Town Clerk, Frederick Mandeville. In 1919 local fisherman, William Denny purchased the cottage from the former mortgagors, the Trustees of the Loyal Prince Albert Lodge. For most of the twentieth century, the cottage, along with its neighbours to the west, was owned and occupied by members of the Denny family. The cottage has a relatively high degree of integrity and is in good condition. From the 1970s, it has been used as a holiday cottage.